भरथना, इटावा: रेलवे ट्रैक के बीचोबीच ट्रैक्टर को छोड़कर जाने वाले चालक ने बड़े हादसे का पूरा इंतजाम कर दिया था। यह तो गनीमत है कि ट्रेन के चालकों ने हिम्मत दिखाई और इमरजेंसी ब्रेक लिए, जिससे ट्रेन की रफ्तार कम हो गयी। हादसा टल जाने के बाद रेलवे प्रशासन...
CHENNAI: Southern Railway has temporarily cancelled 14 passenger trains for three months, in order to facilitate periodical maintenance of track and bridges in its Madurai division, a release said.Trains that are cancelled between May 26 and August 25 are Tiruchchirappalli- Dindigul passenger, Dindigul- Tiruchchirappalli passenger, Dindigul- Madurai passenger, Madurai- Dindigul...
NAGPUR: A two-member expert team from Belgium has evinced keen interest in further developing the Nagpur railway station into a world-class terminal.After visiting Nagpur station, the team has agreed to draft a master plan to be prepared within six months.Technical director Marc De Vreese and architect Eric Kellens of Euro...
Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when several rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, a county sheriff's dispatcher said.Seven people were hurt, including five in cars on the two-lane overpass near southeastern Missouri town of...
Kochi: The Kochi Metro will chug with three coaches to accommodate 1,000 commuters at a frequency of 5 minutes during peak hours. Traversing across 17 sharp curves, the train can move at a speed of 98 km an hour and with the station stops, the average speed would be 34 km...
KOLKATA: It's been over 20 days now since Purna Chandra Maity went missing while on duty on the Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express but his family members in Ramnagar, East Midnapore, have no clue about his whereabouts. Even the railways don't seem to have taken sufficient initiative in tracing the 35-year-old...
Palanpur: Residents of Prantij in Sabarkantha district are upset over their railway station being degraded to a mere flag station. Their resentment was aired in protests by both BJP and Congress on Saturday.More than 200 BJP workers led by Lok Sabha member Mahendra Singh Chauhan stopped an Ahmedabad-Himmatnagar passenger train...
As the race for the post of Chairman, Railway Board (CRB) hots up, all eyes are on RS Virdhi, general manager of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), who is the senior-most among the three officers eligible for the post.The new railways minister is expected to shortly forward the candidature of...
Senior BJP leader Satya Pal Jain on Saturday accused former Railways Minister and local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal of making amendments in conditions to favour Railway contractors, while adding financial burden on the public through increase in fares and other charges.Jain also said that the change in conditions of allotment...
MADURAI: In order to facilitate periodical maintenance of track and bridges over Madurai railway division for safe running of trains, it has been decided to temporarily cancel the passenger trains, on Sundays for a period of three months from May 26 to August 25.An official statement from the division said...
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...
A new class of members called "Forum Monitor" has been introduced. These members will have free rein to Delete Posts, Suspend Members and Archive Blogs. The defining characteristics of these members is:
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2. They are NOT active bloggers, and so not emotionally involved.
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The following modifications are being made in the Forum:
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1. The Opinion box will now show a detailed list of Members who provided the rating. When you click on Great, Thanks, Useful or Agree, a box will open up beneath displaying the names. When you hover over the respective member names,...
Further elucidation on UnAnswered and Popular tabs.
UnAnswered:
Only posts tagged with "Travel Question" within the last 7 days are candidates for the UnAnswered tab. Other general comments may not necessarily deserve a reply. If members miscategorize their genuine questions as something else - Rail/Travel, etc. - they will have to...
Members mark your calendars. The first online IRI Quiz Contest will be held on Sunday, Feb 3 @ 8pm IST. Some points:
1. You would need a modern mobile or desktop browser. No Opera Mini. You would need to ensure that you have good internet connectivity.
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2. NO easy questions. 20 medium...
As per the suggestion presented [here|http://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/615661] , a new experimental feature is being introduced today.
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At the top of the member profile, you will see a new link "Block Member" (see pic). If you block any member, they will NOT be able to reply within Blog Entries started by you, OR...
