-Scenic Barkakana-Ranchi ride by 2014-end, 2-month delay for Koderma link
Misty hills, forest terrain, glorious view and numerous twists and turns on tracks. No, not the heritage Kalka-Shimla toy train, but an equally picturesque ride on the Barkakana (Ramgarh)-Ranchi route.
In Jharkhand, nature delivers and human nature delays. So, while the proposed...
Eastern Railway has fixed a month’s deadline to complete the construction of an underpass at Jadavpur station that has been in the making for close to two years.
The lack of an underpass at the spot cost a Jadavpur University teacher one of his legs last Friday while he was crossing...
The Kochi Corporation’s proposal for a corridor connecting the South railway station and North Town Station in the city is likely to see the light of day, with the Mayor proposing to submit the project details to the state government soon.
Mayor Tony Chammany said that the proposal could be incorporated...
Mangalore MP writes to the Minister listing out demands
With Mallikarjun Kharge taking over as the Railway Minister, the activists and politicians and the traders’ body of the region hope that some of the long-pending proposals of the region would get the Ministry’s attention.
People have been demanding divisional headquarters at Mangalore...
पलपल इंडिया ब्यूरो, मुम्बई. बोरीवली स्टेशन पर एक लोकल के रेड सिग्नल से आगे बढ़ जाने (तोड़ देने) के कारण बुधवार को पश्चिम रेलवे की लोकल सेवाएं बाधित हो गईं. प्राप्त जानकारी के अनुसार यह हादसा दिन में पौने बारह बजे के करीब उस समय हुआ, जब विरार से आ...
पलपल इंडिया ब्यूरो, मुम्बई. पश्चिम रेलवे आरपीएफ नक्कारेपन के कारण यात्रियों को आने -जाने में घोर असुविधा का सामना करना पड़ा रहा है, नालासोपारा, वसई, विरार, मीरा रोड, भायंदर, बोरीवली, अंधेरी, बान्द्रा, जैसे प्रमुख स्टेशनों के पादचारी पुलों पर हाकरों का कब्जा हो गया है.नालासोपारा तो हाकरों का नया...
The State government has set up a Disaster Management Cell at Dehradun to help people from Karnataka stranded in Uttarakhand due to flash floods.
Besides this, the government has also deputed three senior officials — Social Welfare Commissioner Naveenraj Singh, DIG (Internal Security) Hemanth Nimbalkar and Deputy Director of Mines and...
MANGALORE, JUNE 20: The Southern Railway has changed the Mangalore-Chennai Egmore train numbers. The revised train numbers will come into effect from September 1, 2013.
A press release by the Palakkad division of Southern Railway said here that the train no. of Chennai Egmore-Mangalore Central Express will be changed from 16107 to...
20.6.2013 (UNI) Allahabad High Court directed principal secretary (medical and health) to provide necessary treatment to the Maha Kumbh devotees, who were injured during stampede at Allahabad railway station.
The bench consisting of Justices Arun Tandon and Vipin Sinha passed this order on the petition of Prakash Khanna of Delhi, who...
New locomotives can give a new life to Pakistan Railways. Instead of floating transparent tenders, why can’t we request the Indian government to rent out some locomotives out of their huge stock? They can be brought to Pakistan within hours and made functional within days. If we can mull...
As already observed by our Admins Jay Shah & Nazeer in prior posts [/blog/post/735925|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/735925] and [/blog/post/735925|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/734351] , the Seat Availability Check, Search and Availability Calendar have now been implemented. The feature is an amalgamation of numerous suggestions put forward by our members/Admins over the past few months. Hearty thanks to...
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can any1 please guide me how to book a spl coach of a train to accommodate all your family members around 100 to board a train for attending a marriage... I want to book it from howrah to tatanagar on june 23rd.
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on a serious note... I had booked a sleeper coach from sbg to pnbe in er... The following steps was done by me- 1.met station master of sbg,er 2.he asked me to write to chief passenger transportation manager 3.i did it 2 months in advance(rule is from 6 months to 1month in advance) 4.the application had train no.in which extra sleeper coach intended,date,total expected passenger and cause 5.the letter was sent for approval and i was called after 3 days ... Read more...
6.after 3 days my letter was rejected 7.reason being i had asked for brahmaputra mail,a nr train,and no extra coaches could be attached as it was running upto its "full limit" 8.i was suggested farakka express 9.i agreed and paid rs.50000,as security fee 10.i was called after 10days for remaining fare 11.after 10 days i had to pay up and down fares for 72 passengers for 500km(the minimum chargeable distance for reserved coach,though sbg to pnbe is 298km) 12.two days prior to journey my extra coach was stationed at sbg 13.on the day of bookin farakka express became 13 hours late 14.i rcvd a call from drm mldt that do i want any alternate train 15.i opted for sdah bsb express 16.the coach was attached and we boarded and decorated the coach at sbg 17.coach was detached at dnr 18.same for reverse 19.on returning rly staff came and checked whether all the fans and other fittings were in place 20.after 7 days i was called and refunded my security by cheque 21.railways were thankful to me instead of me being thankful to them.....
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