BJP on Saturday accused former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal of favouring the contractors by reducing license fee on catering contracts, causing ‘massive’ financial losses to railways.
"Former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal reduced the licensee on catering contracts from 15 percent to 10 percent applicable for...
A 19-year-old local train commuter died in a fall from the train after his head dashed against a post between Khardah and Sodepur stations on Friday evening.
Pritam Saha, said witnesses, was using earplugs with his mobile phone and was engrossed in a conversation, which is why he could not hear...
CHENNAI: Five college students were arrested for booking tatkal tickets for an unregistered travel agent at Central railway station on Friday.
Tatkal tickets worth Rs 36,000 were seized from Kannan Travels run from an apartment in Mambalam based on information given by the students. An employees of the agency was also...
No.87/2013-14 23-05-2013
Secunderabad
SCR To Run 70 Special Trains Between Various Destinations During June and July, 2013
In order to clear extra rush of passengers, South Central Railway willrun the following 70 Special Trainsbetween various destinations during the months ofJune and July, 2013 as per the following schedules;-
1)Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Special Trains (10 Services)
Train No....
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 Station,...
South Central Railway will introduce a Weekly Superfast Express Train between Tirupati and Karimnagar, which will be inaugurated from Tirupati on 29th May 2013. Thereafter, the regular services will commence from 30th May 2013 (inaugural train service from Karimnagar). The schedule of the Superfast Express Train service is as follows:
1.Train...
In order to clear extra rush of passengers, South Central Railway will run a special train from Lingampalli to Kakinada Town (via Guntur) tomorrow i.e., 26th May 2013 as per the following schedule:-
Train No. 07101 Lingampalli-Kakinada Town Special Train will depart Lingampalli on 26thMay 2013 at 20 40 hrs, arrive/depart...
South Central Railway will introduce two new Express Trains viz., Secunderabad-Shalimar (Kolkata) Air Conditioned Weekly Superfast Express and Kacheguda-Madurai Weekly Express, as announced in the Railway Budget 2012. These two new Express Trains, on their Inaugural run will be Flagged Off from Secunderabad Railway Station on 28th May 2013 at...
Train No. 22605/22206 Chennai Central–Madurai-Chennai Central Duronto AC biweekly express would run on the newly-laid Salem-Namakkal-Karur section with effect from Monday from Chennai Central and from Tuesday from Madurai.
Train No. 22205 Chennai Central- Madurai express would leave Chennai Central at 10.30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays and reach Madurai at...
Director board meeting of KMRL approves coach composition, specifications
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...
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:
1. They are a subset of the Admin group.
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...
