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Workload of loco pilots comes under focus News Entry# 134933
by: Jayashree ▪❖▪ Amita** Today (01:04AM)

Was the suburban motorman who averted a mishap by halting the train seconds before collapsing on the cabin floor a victim of a heavy workload? S. Manohar was driving an EMU from Gummidipoondi to Chennai on Wednesday afternoon when he collapsed inside the cabin and died a few hours later at...
Seconds before fatal seizure, loco driver stops train and saves lives News Entry# 134932
by: Jayashree ▪❖▪ Amita** Today (12:50AM)

Switches on flasher light before he collapsed, driver of train from opposite direction alerts authorities When motorman S. Manohar (48) ignored his fever and signed up for duty on Thursday to operate the suburban service from Gummudipoondi to Chennai, little would he have known what fate had in store for him. Within...
NFR campaign on e-ticketing News Entry# 134931
by: Jayashree ▪❖▪ Amita** Today (12:02AM)

GUWAHATI, May 25 – With a view to preventing instances of tampering of Electronic Reservation Slips (ERS) and overcharging of gullible customers by agents, besides other such wrong practices, the Railway Board has decided to organise a countrywide campaign to educate people about e-ticketing procedures. Northeast Frontier Railway PRO Nripen Bhattacharyya...
Mumbai's lifeline is unsafe for commuters News Entry# 134930
by: Jayashree ▪❖▪ Amita** Yesterday (11:13PM)

THANE: Mumbai's most valued lifeline, the suburban railway network, has earned the reputation as most unsafe mode of travel, considering that 10,413 commuters died and another 12,227 suffered near-fatal injuries during the last four years (2009-2012), according to information sourced from the central and western railway authorities. More than sixty years...
BJP accuses Pawan Bansal of favouring catering contractors News Entry# 134929
by: Jayashree ▪❖▪ Amita** Yesterday (11:13PM)

Chandigarh : BJP today accused former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal of favouring the contractors by reducing license fee on catering contracts, causing “massive” financial losses to railways. “Former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal reduced the licensee on catering contracts from 15 per cent to 10 per cent applicable for...

New Trains

Lingampalli- Kakinada Town (One Trip) (One Way) Special/07101

Lingampalli to Kakinada Town Junction
Run Date: ONLY ON May 26
Runs on: Sun
Dep: 20:40 Arr: 08:00+1
Updated: Yesterday (10:21PM)
New Delhi Sealdah One Trip Spl/03002

New Delhi to Kolkata Sealdah
Run Date: ONLY ON May 27
Runs on: Mon
Dep: 23:45 Arr: 23:45+1
Updated: Yesterday (08:20PM)
Sealdah New Delhi One Trip Spl/03001

Kolkata Sealdah to New Delhi
Will Run till: May 26
Runs on: Sun
Dep: 18:40 Arr: 17:00+1
Updated: Yesterday (08:18PM)
Kacheguda-Madurai Inaugural Special/07615

Hyderabad Kacheguda to Madurai Junction
Run Date: ONLY ON May 28
Runs on: Tue
Dep: 11:00 Arr: 12:00+1
Updated: Yesterday (05:43PM)
Shalimar - Secunderabad A/C (Weekly) Superfast Express/12773

Kolkata Shalimar to Secunderabad Junction
Starts Running from: Jun 05
Runs on: Wed
Dep: 16:05 Arr: 19:00+1
Updated: Yesterday (05:35PM)

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