ALLAHABAD: Owing to heavy summer rush, the railway administration has decided to start a new train between Kolkata and New Delhi. This train (3001/3002) will also touch Allahabad. This train will be beneficial to passengers who are unable to get reserved seats in trains.The train will depart from Kolkata at...
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...
New Delhi : India is deeply concerned over a China-Pakistan pact to build a railway line through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is reported to have agreed to during his visit to Islamabad.“To the extent that it concerns PoK, we have made our views known to the Chinese...
Uzbekistan welcomes more Indian investments
Vice-President Hamid Ansari has underlined the need for establishing a road and rail connectivity between India and Central Asian countries and said only such connectivity could bring India closer to Central Asia.In an informal interaction with journalists on board the aircraft during his return to India...
KOCHI: After prolonged delays, suspense and controversies, tracks have been cleared for the work on Kochi Metro to start in right earnest.
Clarifying their respective rolesand demarcating responsibilities, the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) finally inked the much debated memorandum of understanding (MoU) as...
In an effort to create awareness about women’s safety, a group of girl students of a private apparel management institute wore non-traditional dresses and travelled in a Metro train between Gurgaon and Delhi.However, the students had to face sexually abusive remarks and gaze of several co-passengers throughout their journey.About two...
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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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...
