MADURAI, MAY 24: 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.
A delegation from the association led by its President S. P. Jeyaprakasam, accompanied by Dindigul Parliament Constituency...
BANGALORE, MAY 24: South Western Railway’s (SWR) gross earnings for financial year 2012-13 is higher by 11.82 per cent at Rs 4,063.13 crore, compared with the previous year’s (2011-12) earnings.
On the freight front, SWR carried 33.523 million tonnes of freight which is less by 2.13 per cent over the previous...
KOLKATA, MAY 24: The airport metro project in Kolkata may have to wait till the end of this year to get due clearances for construction from the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Promoted by Metro Railway, Kolkata – a wing of Indian Railways – the Rs 4,260-crore project will connect eastern...
Krishna District is home to one of the best mango varieties in the country and export of the King of Fruits to other States in the country is on an average around 30,000 tonnes annually through the Railways.This season is not considered to be a very good year for mango...
South Central Railway (SCR) is running a special train between Tirupati and Karimanagar to clear the extra rush on May 23.
Train no. 02762 Karimnagar-Tirupati Special train will leave Karimnagar on May 23 (Thursday) at 7.15 p.m. and reach Tirupati at 8.05 a.m. on Friday. It will arrive at Vijayawada at...
South Central Railway is installing surveillance cameras at Passenger Reservation System offices and booking offices at major railway stations in the State to eliminate the menace of agents and middlemen at railway reservation ticketing area.Already, 25 surveillance cameras have been installed at Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Guntur, Nanded and Guntakal Stations this...
The Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station is arguably one of the busiest locations in the city. For the officials of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB), that certainly was the reason for conducting the ‘Biodiversity Fortnight’ exhibition on Platform No.1.Inaugurated on Wednesday, marking International Day for Biological Diversity, the exhibition will...
A petition was filed on Wednesday in the Kerala High Court seeking a directive to the Kochi Metro Rail Corporation to extend the rail to Tripunithura.The petition was filed by A.B. Babu. The extension of the rail from Pettah to Tripunithura would benefit the corporation, Mr. Babu claimed.The land acquired...
Finally, passenger trains would be chugging on the newly laid Salem – Namakkal – Karur broad gauge line from May 27 after the formal inauguration at Salem Railway Junction on Saturday at 10.45 a.m. Trains to Karur from Salem pass through Erode. Once the new service begins, trains can take...
Clean Railway platforms, tracks and surroundings will be the order of the day in Vijayawada Division of South Central Railway and it has made a good beginning by imposing penalties on passengers littering the platforms or track surroundings up to the outer signal.In addition to keeping the passenger amenities functional,...
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...
