Eighteen Central Railway (CR) suburban services were cancelled Friday morning and many delayed by 25-30 minutes as pantographs of two trains fell apart after getting entangled with overhead equipment (OHE).PRO A K Singh said: "Central Railway suburban services on down fast line were disrupted from 8.05 am to 12.30 pm...
KANPUR: Several trains running on Delhi-Howrah route arrived hours late at Kanpur Central railway station owing to the Firozabad incident where the kin of a girl had kept her body on the railway tracks and blocked the route. This affected a number of trains like GuwahatiRajdhani, RanchiRajdhani, PatnaRajdhani, Kolkata Rajdhani,...
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...
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...
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...
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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Tirukkovilur, Villupuram, Cuddalore Port Jn., Chidambaram, Sirkazhi, Mayiladuturai, Peralam, Thiruvarur, Nidamangalam. Composition : 1 Air-conditioned Chair Car, 6 Second Sitting, 6 Second class, 2 Second class (Disabled Friendly)-cum-Luggage-cum-Brake Van Total = 15 coaches. Date of introduction will be notified later.
MEMU SERVICE 1. T.No.66608/66609 Palakkad Town – Coimbatore – Erode (MEMU) (Daily) Train No.66608 Train No.66609 Palakkad Town-Erode Station Erode-Palakkad Town 14.30 (d) Palakkad Town (a) 12.30 16.05/16.10 (a/d) Coimbatore (a/d) 10.25/10.30 19.00 (a) Erode (d) 07.45 Stoppages : All stations between Palakkad Town-Erode enroute except Halt Stations Composition : 2 Driving Power Car + 6 Trailer Car. Total = 8 coaches. Date of introduction will be notified later. ... Read more...
2. T.No.66611/66612 Thrisur - Ernakulam (MEMU) (6 days a week) Train No.66611 Train No.66612 Thrisur - Ernakulam Station Ernakulam - Thrisur 10.50 (d) Thrisur (a) 16.50 12.55 (a) Ernakulam (d) 14.30 Frequency : 6 days a week except Tuesday ex. Thrisur & ex.Ernakulam Stoppages : All stations between Thrisur – Ernakulam Composition : 2 Driving Power Car + 6 Trailer Car. Total = 8 coaches. Date of introduction will be notified later.
Train No.22475/22476 Bikaner – Coimbatore (Weekly) Superfast AC Express (via Jodhpur,Ahmedabad, Konkan Railway, Mangalore Jn.) So, this is goin to be NWR rake, mostly JAT Rajdhani rakes
16561/16562 Another white elephant, another new train when there are already 3 trains between SBC/YPR and TVC/KCVL. They could very well have started this train on a friday/Saturday where there are less number of trains and demand for tickets are more
At last trains are running through CBE and we also getting some trains for CBE. For the first time, a train has been extended from PKD to CBE (Manglaore Intercity Express), Because usually CBE trains will go into kerela and nothing will come back. Alleeppy is diverted by CBE but at a cost of losing 15 minutes to my favorite "Blue Mountain". But its ok. We have to lose something to get something eilla...Soon have to divert manglaore trains via CBE.. Thanks and a well done to COIMBATORE RAILWAY STRUGGLE COMMITTEE..
