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  • South Central Railway to Run 70 Special Summer Trains in May/June 2013  News Entry#
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    Hyderabad: South central railway CPRO K Sambasiva Rao informed that they have decided to run 70 special trains keeping to cope with the rush of passengers during the summer holidays. Ten special serviced between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam Train no. 07104 leaves from Secunderabad at 9.00 pm on 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and...
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    World Bank country head Barjor E. Mehta hails the innovative features, multi-modal integration and the urban redesign approach of the HMR project; terms it a very promising oneThe World Bank has promised all support to the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) project and the plans to transform the capital into an...
  • Metro train to ply every 5 minutes, carry 1,000 persons  News Entry#
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    Each train of Kochi Metro Rail will have three coaches and the capacity to carry a maximum of 1,000 persons.The average speed will be 34 km per hour and the train will be compliant with communication-based control. The operational speed limit was fixed at 80 km per hour and the...
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    New Delhi : India is deeply concerned over a China-Pakistan pact to build a railway line through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is reported to have agreed to during his visit to Islamabad.“To the extent that it concerns PoK, we have made our views known to the Chinese...
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    Uzbekistan welcomes more Indian investments Vice-President Hamid Ansari has underlined the need for establishing a road and rail connectivity between India and Central Asian countries and said only such connectivity could bring India closer to Central Asia.In an informal interaction with journalists on board the aircraft during his return to India...
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    KOCHI: After prolonged delays, suspense and controversies, tracks have been cleared for the work on Kochi Metro to start in right earnest. Clarifying their respective rolesand demarcating responsibilities, the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) finally inked the much debated memorandum of understanding (MoU) as...
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    In an effort to create awareness about women’s safety, a group of girl students of a private apparel management institute wore non-traditional dresses and travelled in a Metro train between Gurgaon and Delhi.However, the students had to face sexually abusive remarks and gaze of several co-passengers throughout their journey.About two...
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    Jalandhar: Mechanical engineering students of the CT Institute of Engineering, Management & Technology (CTIEMT) have made two projects "Power spring tricycle" and "Unmanned rail gate".To give a special feel to the physically challenged, budding mechanical engineers have made a power spring tricycle which can be run with the help of...
  • NEW DELHI MORNING SHATABDI Passengers served breakfast after crossing Ambala Shortage of staff leads to delay  News Entry#
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    Chandigarh: More than 500 passengers aboard the morning Shatabdi from New Delhi to Chandigarh today had a harrowing time as a majority of them were not served breakfast on time due to shortage of pantry staff. The passengers were even asked to fetch their food from the pantry, if they were...
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    Chandigarh: It sounds strange, but it is a fact that deployment of the Railway Protection Force staff (RPF) in trains is merely an eye wash as no action is taken by the staff in case of any untoward incident during journey. A classic example is the incident which took place yesterday...

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Blog Entry# 175667  
Posted: Jun 01 2011 (7:36PM)

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This train reached 2 hrs late at gwalior on the 18 Mar 11
16 posts - Wed Jun 01, 2011 - are hidden. Click to open.
3 posts - Thu Jun 02, 2011 - are hidden. Click to open.
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Srinivas G Phani**   3356 blog posts   133 correct pred (61% accurate)  
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What is this Railbandhoo?
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Tejas**   4790 blog posts   3917 correct pred (62% accurate)  
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one of the famous directors in kannada movies is phani ram chandra!!!
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Tejas**   4790 blog posts   3917 correct pred (62% accurate)  
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magzine given in train...just like inflight magzine..
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Srinivas G Phani**   3356 blog posts   133 correct pred (61% accurate)  
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Accha haan! I heard that it is being given in Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Durontos. Also heard that you have to leave it again in the train only. Is this true?
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Tejas**   4790 blog posts   3917 correct pred (62% accurate)  
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do u think anybody will do that!!!~???
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pkvenkatramani**   14923 blog posts   22 correct pred (85% accurate)  
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Yes it is true. I got to see a copy in Shatabdi when I travelled on 27th May. Suposed to leave it back but I ........... Have posted here quite a bit of info from it. :)
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Srinivas G Phani**   3356 blog posts   133 correct pred (61% accurate)  
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Can (sorry, could) you please give me the post no. I want to see what is there in it. At least to read it, I will travel by ASR or LKO shatabdi this month!
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Tejas**   4790 blog posts   3917 correct pred (62% accurate)  
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where is this thing printed...is it IR resposibility or zonal??
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pkvenkatramani**   14923 blog posts   22 correct pred (85% accurate)  
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Mamata Banerjee has given parting gift to railways passengers. The outgoing Railway Minister who’ll now be Chief Minister of Bengal has launched the first on-board magazine of the Railways, Rail Bandhu. The magazine will be distributed free in the Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and AC coaches of the Durantos.
Rail Bandhu’s inaugural May issue is of 218 pages of which 66 pages are ads. To start with, the magazine would be distributed free of cost to travellers in trains like Shatabdi-Rajdhani Express. In the pilot stage, it will have a print run of one lakh copies. If the pilot proves to be successful, a further 10 lakh copies would be printed.
Bournvita Quiz contest fame Derek O’brien who’s also Mamata Banerjee’s aid and head of a railway committee on passenger services is also in...
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the Editorial Board of Rail Bandhu. Apart from O’Brien and key Indian Railways personalities, the editorial board also consists of artist Shuvaprasanna, who heads a railway committee on passenger amenities
(Best MediaInfo Bureau/Delhi/20th May, 2011)
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Tejas**   4790 blog posts   3917 correct pred (62% accurate)  
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thanks for the info...hope we get to c a soft copy somever online.
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