Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Bangalore, S.K. Mittal conducted inspection on the double line between Valadi and Kallakudi Palanganatham falling in the Tiruchi-Villupuram chord line section on Friday.During the day-long checks, Mr. Mittal inspected the new broadgauge track laid in the 25-km stretch from Valadi to Kallakudi Palanganatham railway...
BANGALORE: Railways will introduce special trains between Patna and Bangalore to clear the extra rush of passengers. Train No. 06513 Bangalore City - Patna Weekly Express Special will leave Bangalore City at 10.10am on Tuesdays and reach Patna at 9.50am. Train No. 06514 Patna-Bangalore City Weekly Express Special will leave...
A body of a 32-year-old man with injuries was found on the tracks between Yakutpura and Dabeerpura railway station on Saturday.The man, identified as Abdul Ahmed, a construction labourer, was working at a site in Yakutpura for the last few days, his family members said. The Kachiguda railway police are...
A temporary stop at Nalwar has been provided for a period of six months with effect from May 15 on an experimental basis for Bangalore city – Bagalkot – Bangalore city Basava Express (train nos. 17307/17308), according to a press release from the Bangalore division of the South Western Railway.
The Mysore Rail Museum, a repository of railway exhibits, has a new addition: a working model of a steam locomotive designed by technicians from the Mechanical Department.The indigenously developed working model was the effort of engineers J.R. Anthony Raj Padua and S. Shivakumar. Their work was supervised by S. Syed...
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...
