Thursday, 29 January 2015

Going Green: KR to Install Solar Plant at Ratnagiri

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Margao: The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) has decided to install a solar plant at Ratnagiri as part of its recently-formulated 'energy policy'. The policy resolved to employ solar and wind aero-generators wherever possible.The proposed 350 KW-capacity solar photo voltaic plant, which will be connected to the state grid, shall generate about 3.8 lakh units of...

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Indian Railways Gets Cracking on Environment Protection, Fuel Bill

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After initiating plans for a thorough revamp of its administrative set-up and financial health, Indian Railways has got cracking on environment management, with a focus on pollution control, efficiency in energy consumption, conservation of resources like water, proper use of land, and development and use of renewable energy. The ministry has formed an exclusive directorate...

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China to Spend Additional $128 Billion on Railways this Year: Report

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SHANGHAI: China plans to spend a further 800 billion yuan ($128 billion) on building railway tracks this year after exceeding its 2014 investment target, financial news magazine Caixin reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources at the railways operator.Caixin said the 2015 forecast was made by China Railway in a report it distributed at a national railway work conference.It...

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Tuesday, 27 January 2015

ICF to Produce over 360 LHB Rail Coaches in two years

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Integral Coach Factory (ICF) plans to produce 67 stainless steel state-of-the-art Linke Holfmann Busch (LHB) high speed coaches this year and follow it up with another 300 in 2015-16, a top company official has said.The production unit of Indian Railways manufacturing passenger coaches had for the first time produced three variants of LHB EOG shells during 2013-14, its...

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Delay in Fund Release Stalls Work on Rail Line

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The inordinate delay on the part of the State government to release its share of cost appears to be the main reason for the delay in completing the 11-year-old Kalaburagi-Bidar new railway line, which would open up new vistas of development for this underdeveloped region as well as reduce the travelling time and distance between Bengaluru and New Delhi.The Kalaburagi-Bidar...

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Good Show by Palakkad Railway Division

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The Palakkad railway division has achieved 94.5 per cent punctuality for mail and express trains and 96.4 per cent for passenger trains during the nine-month period from April last year.The division was able to operate 415 special trains during this financial year, including 159 special trains in December.Extra CoachesAs many as 167 extra coaches were provided this year...

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Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu's New Office Makes Dadar Station Hawker-Free

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For the first time in years, people using Dadar station saw the station's over bridges wide and pedestrian-friendly as it was originally meant to be. It is good news for commuters and bad news for hawkers at Dadar station. The conversion of a part of the Central Railway construction department complex at Dadasaheb Phalke road in Dadar (East) into railway minister Suresh...

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Monday, 26 January 2015

Railway Ministry Shifts Blame to Coal India for Fuel Crisis

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Rubbishing the APP’s (Association of Power Producers) allegation of discrimination in coal rake allocation, the railway ministry has put the blame on Coal India (CIL) and the ministry of coal for the fuel crisis. A lower than promised supply of coal by CIL and the coal ministry’s inability to coordinate with the railways are the main issues, it said.During the peak season...

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Upkeep of A and B Class Railway Stations Outsourced

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Tiruchi Division records slight dip in freight earningsHousekeeping of “A” and “B” class stations in Tiruchi railway division has been outsourced, Divisional Railway Manager Manjula Rangarajan said on Monday.Noting that cleanliness was a focus area of the railway, Ms. Rangarajan said the railway had increased the imprest with station masters substantially to enable them...

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Thursday, 22 January 2015

Modi Govt to Present Rail Budget on Feb 26, Union Budget on Feb 28

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New Delhi: The budget session of parliament will begin Feb 23 and the union budget would be presented Feb 28.The first part of the session would be from Feb 23-March 20 and the second part from April 20 to May 8, a senior official said Wednesday.The railway budget would be Feb 26 and economic survey Feb 27.Source: ABP Li...

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Western Railway to Replace Fluorescent Tubelights with LED ones

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Decision taken keeping in mind high consumption of electricity; 500 LED tubelights have already been installed as part of pilot project at Mahalaxmi car shed earlier this month.A poorly maintained lighting system, which the Western Railway nonetheless spends heavily on, is a common feature in local trains. But the scenario is set to change, as the WR has started a project...

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Maharashtra: State Proposes Railway Terminus at Sawantwadi in Sidhudurg

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Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Raote has given nod to a proposal for a railway terminus at Sawantwadi in the coastal Sindhudurg district. The proposal would now be forwarded to the Railway Ministry, Raote said in Mumbai on Wednesday.The state government has also sanctioned Rs 21.20 crore for constructing the necessary infrastructure at Sawantwadi.The previous government...

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Tuesday, 20 January 2015

For Fifth Consecutive Day, Kalka Shatabdi Delayed due to Fog; City to Experience Rain till Friday

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For the fifth day in a row, fog led to delay in the arrival of New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi. On Tuesday, the the train was late by over five hours and reached the local railway station at 4.17 pm. On Monday, the train was late by over six hours and reached here at 5.15 pm.The delay caused inconvenience to passengers, with many blaming Railways for not providing enough services....

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Southern Railway to run Trichy-Pune, Guwahati–Thiruvananthapuram Special Trains

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CHENNAI: Southern Railway will operate special trains between Tiruchirapalli and Pune via Chennai and a train between Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati to clear extra rush of passengers.Special trains between Tiruchirappalli - Pune (via Chennai Egmore): Train No.06801 Tiruchirappalli - Pune special train will leave Tiruchirappalli at 5.30am on Sundays on January 25, February...

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Mumbai GRP Releases Annual Data of Crimes on Railway Premises, Conviction Rate up by 3%

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The Mumbai Government Railway Police (GRP) on Tuesday released statistics of the crimes recorded in the suburban rail premises in 2014. The Mumbai suburban railway saw a 16% jump in criminal offences in 2014.Interestingly, the conviction rate saw an improvement, as compared to the previous year, 2013.According to the figures releases by the Mumbai GRP, a total of 3,118...

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Blackstone seeks IPO for portfolio firm Gateway Rail Freight

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This could be first IPO-led exit activity for the PE firm in India.Private equity firm Blackstone has sought a public listing of Gateway Rail Freight Ltd (GRFL), which could open the window for an exit from its over five-year-old investment in the subsidiary of Gateway Distriparks Ltd (GDL), as per a stock market disclosure.Blackstone has written to Gateway Distriparks...

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Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu calls on KCR

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Railway Minister reiterated the demand of railways for payment of ‘traffic block charges’ by the State government in implementation of prestigious Hyderabad Metro Rail project.Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday took up with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu the demand of railways for payment of ‘traffic block charges’ by the State government in the implementation...

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Government may be Increased Passenger fare in coming Rail Budget

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HYDERABAD: Railway minister Suresh Prabhu said in response to a question at a seminar on Monday that the burden of the cashstrapped Indian Railways is the burden of the common man, a reply interpreted by many as a hint that he may consider an increase in passenger fares while announcing the rail budget next month.The minister, who was in Hyderabad to participate in a national...

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Monday, 19 January 2015

IRCTC Invites US President Barack Obama & Family for a Maharajas’ Treat

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NEW DELHI: US President Barack Obama is likely to get a taste of Indian Railway hospitality during his visit to the country. The Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation has formally invited the US President to travel on the ultra-luxury Maharajas' Express along with his family.Though the invite, sent through the Ministry of External Affairs, doesn't mention a...

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Virar-Panvel Suburban Railway Project put in cold Storage

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The move to create a full-fledged suburban line between Virar and Panvel, one of the most ambitious railway projects in the city, has been shelved because of the Dedicated Freight Corridor and the Vira-Alibaug Multi-Modal Corridor.The fact that the Dedicated Freight Corridor could decongest the Vasai-Diva line of freight trains and the Virar-Alibaug Corridor have a metro...

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Safer Trips For Women as Railways to Introduce all India Helpline

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Women travelling in trains can now hope for safer trips with Railways today saying it would introduce an all India helpline for them to send an alarm to the nearest railway station in times of distress. "Next month we are looking at launching an all India helpline for the safety of women that will send an alert to nearest railway station," Union Railways Minister Suresh...

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Railway Minister to Flag off new Train Today

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The maiden visit of Minister for Railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu to Hyderabad assumes significance as people expect him to make an announcement on the much awaited bifurcation of the South Central Railway (SCR) and creation of a new zone.He will be participating in a national seminar on ‘PPP and FDI in Indian Railways’. The seminar is organised by the Centre for Transportation...

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Mumbai: Land Problems Block Crucial Sixth Line on Western Railway

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Acquiring land has been a major hindrance to the Western Railway (WR) in making progress towards adding the sixth railway line between Mumbai Central and Borivli. The impasse between WR and the state government has led to the Rs 1,050-crore project to come to a standstill. WR requires nearly 1,700 square metres of land at four places: Vile Parle (south and north ends),...

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Saturday, 17 January 2015

MP: Gaur Launches GRP Helpline App for Rail Passenger Safety

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Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur today launched the mobile app 'GRP Helpline' here.He termed it "an important step towards ensuring the safety of railway passengers".Gaur referred to the death of Bhopal Development Authority CEO M G Rusia and the recent incident where a woman passenger was thrown out by some miscreants, and said the app will help in keeping a check...

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Railways Mulling Train from Kolkata to Cover key Buddhist Sites

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Railways is planning to introduce a special train from Kolkata to offer tourists a spiritual tour of key Buddhist circuit cities spread across the region where the religion originated thousands of years ago.The train will benefit tourists looking to visit Kolkata as also the states popular for their Buddhist pilgrimages, a senior Railway official saidAmong the Buddhist...

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Odisha Accepts Railway Ministry's Proposal of SPV for Projects

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Odisha government has agreed to accept a Railway ministry proposal to float a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to expedite several incomplete railway projects in the state."We sent a letter to the Railway ministry on January 8 informing the state's acceptance of forming the SPV," State Commerce and Transport Minister Ramesh Majhi said.Odisha's Rail Coordination Commissioner...

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Railway Finances in Deep Trouble: Minister

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Railway finances are in “deep trouble”, according to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu who observed on Saturday that the government behemoth has been caught in a “vicious circle” of poor investments compromising its services.Pitching for increased investment into the Railways, he said Pension Fund could be one of the possible means of pumping in the money into the largest...

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No Privatization of Railway, Coal India: Jaitley to Unions

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday assured trade unions that the government did not intend privatizing either the railways or Coal India."Government has no intention to privatize either railways or Coal India. The focus of the government is to create more jobs and employment opportunities, besides safeguarding the existing jobs," Jaitley told representatives of 11 trade...

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Railways has Potential to Fulfil PM Modi's Dream of Making India a $20-tn Economy Suresh Prabhu at ET GBS

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NEW DELHI: The railways need huge investment in order to make it an engine of growth for the economy, said Suresh Prabhu.He said there was a need to create new financial instruments in the country, and suggested that using the Pension funds was one such possibility.Speaking at the ET Business Summit on Saturday morning, the minister said that railways had the potential...

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Friday, 16 January 2015

Centre Seeks Green Signal to Bring Rly Security on Track

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The Government on Thursday proposed a series of measures to provide top-notch security cover to train passengers. The Centre will try to build a consensus with the State Governments to amend the Railway Protection Act, 1957 and hand over the entire  security to the Railway Protection Force, which is often at loggerheads with the Government Railway Police (GRP), controlled...

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Railways Needs Over $100 Billion for Transformation: Suresh Prabhu

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NEW DELHI: Railways needs investments of over $100 billion in next 3-4 years to transform itself and the government is working on a plan to attract funds including from overseas, Railway minister Suresh Prabhu said on Saturday. "We want investments upward of $100 billion in next 3-4 years from multiple corners. We are gearing up for this. We are working within Indian missions...

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Now, Hawkers Occupy Disastrous Autorickshaw Ramp at Andheri Railway Station

Posted by Admin on 06:30
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The elevated autorickshaw deck at Andheri, an unqualified engineering disaster that has cost Rs8 crore to construct, has just turned into a bigger nightmare for Western Railway (WR) officials. The ramp leading to the deck on the eastern side of Andheri station has started to get its first hawkers. A section of officials believe that going by the way hawking spreads in Mumbai,...

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Bomb Threat at Paris Railway Station

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Paris: A railway station in French capital Paris was closed and evacuated Friday following a bomb threat, media reports said.The state railway SNCF said the Gare de l'Est rail station was evacuated at 8 a.m. (0700 GMT) but reopened about an hour later, Xinhua reported without offering details.The scare came as US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Paris for a visit...

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Thursday, 15 January 2015

Book Suburban Train Tickets Through Mobile App Soon

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CHENNAI: In just a few days, commuters on Chennai’s suburban and MRTS routes will be able to book tickets on their mobile phones using an Android or Windows application.The facility was recently launched on the Mumbai suburban route by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.After booking the ticket on the mobile, the ticket would have to be printed at the Automatic Ticket Vending...

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