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...
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...
New Delhi:
India today strongly objected to China's plan to establish a rail link connecting Gwadar in Pakistan with China's Xinjiang region via Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). "We have serious reservations about this proposal," Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai told reporters here.He said New Delhi had made known to Beijing its opposition...
Service aimed at serving passengers who cannot secure reservations and are ready to travel in unreserved coaches
South Central Railway will for the first time run a ‘Janatha Special’ completely with unreserved second class coaches to Kakinada from here on Saturday.
In the return direction, it will leave on Sunday and reach...
Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association has urged that the Durranto Express train service operated weekly between Madurai and Chennai Central, be converted into a daily service for the benefit of passengers.....
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The infrastructure at the Central Railway Workshop in Mysore city is being ramped up for undertaking the periodic overhauling and maintenance of Linke Holfmann Busch (LHB) coaches that constitute the rakes of the Shatabdi and the Rajdhani trains.
This is part of the capacity building of the railway workshops across the...
As the Hyderabad Metro Rail project assumes momentum with civil works underway and the concessionaire L&T all set to commission the stage-1, a stretch between Nagole and Mettiguda, by the end of December 2014. However, it is likely fail to do so unless the government move fast to rectify a...
The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) have finally signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) as project owner and executing authority, respectively, for implementing the prestigious project, thus clarifying their respective roles and demarcating responsibilities. The agreement was signed between the managing directors of...
Visakhapatnam, May 24 (UNI) East Coast Railway(ECR) Waltair Division decided to run special express trains between Visakhapatnam and Secunderabad for five trips in order to clear the extra rush of passengers during the summer season as per the following schedule.
According to an ECR Release here tonight, the 07103 Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad special...
Srinagar, May 24 (Scoop News) –Deputy Inspector General of Police, Railways Security, Sh. A K Atri called a security meeting at Jammu after noticing on ground some shortcoming with regard to the living conditions of jawans at various railway stations. On his return journey after attending a official meeting with...
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/blog/post/436629 Travelling in NDLS-Kalka Shatabdi, boarded from NDLS, after alighting at NZM on-board 12493..Train at PF#2 at NDLS as usual, while TN Express arrived at PF#3, adjacent PF, with 13 sleeper coaches and ED shed WAP#4. Our loco is Duronto livery WAP....... ASR Shatabdi departed from PF#1, with 3 'E' coaches, must be highest in any Shatabdi, and an extra ICF coach...what a mismatch...for the so-called Swarn Shatabdi..had very poor coaches as per outlook...seems to be getting old and deserve new rake as per patronage... 12957 arrived,on PF#1, with and extra AC-2 coach , again Duronto liveried, and extra AC-3 coach too... Very difficult to take snaps, once u board Shatabdi, as one door is... Read more...
blocked by a Cold Container sort of red coloured box, while other door is occupied by PC staff...so no snaps of LHBs of 12957..... Anyway, the food was best in long time I had in any train.... "SUNSHUNE Caterers ZINDABAD..." The waiter asked for choice (VG) - Cutlets or Upme - Vada, I closed my eyes and asked Upma Vada... OMG...what a tasty stuff that was... Real Hot and tasty stuff, along with Bread slices, butter, jam, Tea/Coffee, and a Jumpin Pineapple juice tetra-pack. Welcome Tea had 2 eclairs, 2 Marie Bioscuits.. Train running nicely, not exactly scorching.... AC Good,,,, Cleanliness good... Food as already excellent,, Coaches good from outside and inside, far better than Swarn Shatabdi rake... Coaches had digital indicator boards too, same was missing on Swarn Shatabdi, and Rajdhanis -12957 and 12493 - too.. Seen Pataka Express on its way to PNP at some way-side station b/w NDLS and PNP... Now train past KKDE and approaching UMB... TTE checked ID card of all passengers,, One lady had no I_Card,,the TTE was generous enough to give her time to get it,,and she got it on her mobile, thro' e-mail / scan of I_Card..and he accepted after telling that he had obliged her by doing so... more to come incl snaps..
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BIG Thanks to all...! lDelhi area EMUs are as as un-reliable as the Rains of Mumbai...!Better try them out when sufficient time is in hand...not otherwise.... Actually, I planned initially to board GT from NZM to NDLS, as I had already tried this out once...and done it..successfuly...But this time i was not ready to wait till 0640,and then take a call. So for better abandoned GT Express Hop and Drop plan..and took auto, which after negotiation I paid Rs 80/- only.. There was one guy travelling with me in 12493, who was to board Dehradun Shatabdi from NDLS,,.....I suitably advised him not to think, immediatly take an Auto, be ready to shell out Rs 100-125/-....GOD..I pray he should have boarded his... Read more...
Today's Swarn Shtabdi departed with very Special Loco WAP-5# '30000', while due to Duronto wrapping, I could not make out whether it was WAP-5 or WAP-7 in 12011.....:-)
Yes you are correct.....But when those auto-wallahs see that we are desperate to reach our destination in no time they will ask us to shell out those extra notes which is really disgusting.....Negotiation with them is one hell of a task...
Thanks,,,,,for bringing out this fact...Actually, I was not aware, and had to strain my eyes, to find out whether 12011 will get higher series Loco than Swarn Shatabdi or equal..And it was better one at that..!
Thanks,,,,,for bringing out this fact...Actually, I was not aware, and had to strain my eyes, to find out whether 12011 will get higher series Loco than Swarn Shatabdi or equal..And it was better one at that..!
List of HWH WAP-7: 30295 30300 30305 30311 30203 (transferred from GMO to HWH) A few WAP-7 which will come to HWH within a few months: 30204 (would be transferred from GMO to HWH) 30314 30315
I also have to take 12017 Dehradun Shatabti on 03 june morning. I'm arriving by GT from MAS. is it possible that GT will arrive NDLS right time for taking my next train?
Today's case was too tight I suppose, because as announced at NZM, GT's arrival was re-scheduled at 0637 hrs....so of at all it would had arrived at 0637, dep 0640,,,,and the Arrival at NDLS.....--------------??? Dont know what happened after that... My opinion, its too tight....
