Special trains will be run between Visakhapatnam and Secunderabad in view of summer vacation, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Waltair Division M. Yelvender Yadav said on Saturday.Special train No.07103 leaves here at 7.05 p.m. on Mondays - May 20 and 27 reaches Secunderabad at 8.25 a.m. on Tuesdays while special...
Two days after a 53-year-old professor was arrested and charged for begging on suburban trains, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) said that Sandeep Desai should have sought their permission before starting to collect money, which he uses for setting up education institutes. Desai, however, claimed that he had already given...
AURANGABAD: Buoyed by the successful installation of 48 bio-toilets on tow long-distance trains, the South Central Railway (SCR) has decided to replace the existing excreta disposal systems in trains such as Secunderabad-Manmad Ajantha Express that passes through Nizambad, Nanded, Aurangabad and Manmad.
In January this year, the SCR had installed...
MUMBAI: A "bypass rail route" helped travellers tide over Sunday's mega block on Harbour line.
A block on Sunday between Mankhurd and Nerul usually paralyzes traffic between Navi Mumbai and Mumbai. Passengers either postpone travel plans and board trains after the mega block, or are forced to come by packed buses...
Railway policemen herd people entering Moore Market Complex hoping to buy a tatkal ticket to a holding area without seats behind barricades on the ground floor of the building.
They've arrived hours before the counters on the first floor are scheduled to open, expecting to be near the head of...
Mumbai's reputation of a city in a hurry is borne out by a new study that illustrates citizens' preference for fast trains over slow services despite the inconsiderable time saving.
Commissioned by the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), the survey identifies peak-hour travel patterns on the suburban rail network. It shows...
Commuters shuttling from various areas of south Kashmir to Srinagar and north Kashmir via train everyday have demanded that Railways should increase frequency and capacity of the trains. The commuters said that with highway getting congested with each passing day, the trains are the only viable and time saving option...
A Railway Board directive to the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) to share its coach manufacturing know-how free of cost with private players has upset workmen, who feel it is against public interest and amounts to a sell-out of ICF’s mandate as a premier supplier of coaches to the Railways.
The Railway...
Passengers are facing problems at Ranchi Railway station in commuting from fourth and fifth platform to first platform as there is only one foot over bridge and that too situated at one of the extreme ends.
Passengers of fourth and fifth platform have to carry their heavy luggage towards the back...
NEW DELHI: If you've been wondering about the kilometres of dug-up roads in the city, here's the reason: Delhi Metro is gearing up to construct 74 tunnels in phase III of its network. A record 33 tunnel-boring machines will work to construct the tunnels. While three tunnels in the Central...
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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Members mark your calendars. The first online IRI Quiz Contest will be held on Sunday, Feb 3 @ 8pm IST. Some points:
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L&T announces Thales as its systems partner for Hyderabad Metro Rail NEW DELHI: Larsen & Toubro, one of the India's leading engineering and construction company announced its agreement with Thales, India for providing 'Communications Based Train Control (CBTC)' and "Integrated communications and Supervision (ICS)' systems for Hyderabad Metro Rail Project. The CBTC advanced signalling and ICS systems will be implemented for the Hyderabad Metro Rail Lines 1, 2 and 3, covering 72 km of rail and comprising 66 stations. Thales' advanced signalling solution, SelTrac CBTC, has been chosen for the L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad project. Thales will design, build, deliver and manage the installation of the SelTrac Communications-Based Train Control solution. ... Read more...
Its success has already been proven globally as more than 30 of the world's largest cities metro systems use Thales SelTrac CBTC, transporting 3 billion passengers each year. The L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad project will include around 18.5 million square feet of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in the earmarked P&C areas and depots.. This project is expected to trigger robust economic activity in and around the city and will generate substantial employment. The integrated communications and supervision systems supplied will build on the success of previous supervision projects in India in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Jaipur. Thales will deliver its comprehensive ICS package, composed by Data Transmission, Public Address, Passenger Information Display, Fault Reporting Facilities, Office Automation and Information Technology, CCTV, Access Control and Intrusion Detection, Master Clock, Telephony, Voice Recording and Radio Tetra systems. The greenfield project will be deployed in six stages and will cover three key corridors: Miyapur to LB Nagar; Jubilee Bus Stand to Falaknuma; and Nagole to Shilparaman. Under the integrated coordination of a central control operations facility, trains will operate automatically, with an attendant on board. Source:- click here
Secunderabad-Bengaluru double rail line on the cards Union minister of state for railways Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy said the central government was planning to double-track the rail route between Secunderabad and Bengaluru via Kurnool, adding that Kurnool district will then turn as a railway junction for the western states. The Union minister reached Kurnool from Secunderabad in a new train launched by chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at Secunderabad on Saturday. The new train, named Seven Hills Train, will run twice in a week from Secunderabad to Tirupati via Kurnool. This is the first time that the minister did a train journey after assuming charge as the Union minister. ... Read more...
Hyderabad Metro, GIFT City in `Strategic 100’ infra projects HYDERABAD, DEC. 8: Hyderabad Metro Rail project has been selected as one of the top 100 strategic global infrastructure projects to be showcased at the forthcoming Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum being held in New York during February-March, 2013. Apart from the Rs 14,132 crore ($ 2.6 billion) Hyderabad Metro Rail project, two other Indian projects have also figured in this prestigious list: GIFT city (Gujarat International Financial Tech city) costing Rs 72,600 crore ($ 13.2 billion) and Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project costing Rs 60,000 crore ($ 10.89 billion). "Strategic 100" is a list of the top 100 infrastructure projects selected through a rigorous... Read more...
selection process on the basis of their potential to make significant difference to their cities/region/country in terms of overall performance and competitiveness. The list has been prepared by an American agency after undertaking research of a large number of major infra projects in 66 countries. Of the 100 projects selected, 8 are from Brazil, 6 from USA, 5 each from Australia, Turkey, Canada and South Africa, 4 each from Saudi Arabia and UAE; 3 each from China, India, Egypt, Kuwait, Russia. The Washington-based agency has invited N.V.S. Reddy Managing Director, Hyderabad Metro Rail to address the Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum being held in New York. Expressing happiness over the inclusion of Hyderabad Metro Rail project in the prestigious global list, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy stated that the project would transform Hyderabad into a world class city. Source:- click here
Indian Railways Vs Pakistan Railways - A Comparison ~~~~~ Published on Nov 15, 2012 by DLXArea1 It is said that all countries have armies but Pakistani Army has a country. While civilian politicians are favorite punchbags for Pakistanis to hit at for all the corruption in their country, the Pakistani Army's incompetence and counterproductive decisions go uncriticized. Railways all over the world survive on freight traffic and use that revenue to subsidize passenger fares but in Pakistan freight traffic is routed to National Logistic Cell (NLC), an army controlled enterprise, and the Pakistan Railways is left to survive on passenger fares which is economically nonviable. On the top of it, military propaganda projects... Read more...
this as civilian incompetence. Decades of neglect has ruined this very important institution.
Indian Railways Future. ~~~~~ The railway ministers should focus on developing a vision for 2030 and start executing it NOW ! Its getting late. All the trains are over crowed, there is shortage of tracks and frieghts are suffering as well. We haven't grown the tracks much post independence. Aviation is always be expensive and people cant afford to spend 24 hrs on train journeys. What is required urgently is fast trains and dedicated corridors and even Melgev like trains for twin cities. The crucial files keep lying unattended at ministers' office for months- there is no vision, no strategy- and the need for more tracks, freight capacity and fast trains is now becoming CRITICAL!. Somebody please wake up these guys, the wait... Read more...
for tickets is getting unbearable and economy is suffering as well for want of better railway infrastructure.
No.330/2012-13 29-11-2012 Secunderabad ***** CONDITION OF CARRYING ORIGINAL PROOF OF IDENTITY EXTENDED TO ALL RESERVED CLASSES WITH EFFECT FROM 1st DECEMBER, 2012 ***** In an initiative to further facilitate the travel of bonafide and legitimate passengers and to reduce the scope for misuse of reserved ticketing system by unscrupulous elements / middlemen, the Ministry of Railways will extend the condition of carrying original proof of identity during travel on reserved tickets toall reserved classes for Train journey with effect from 1st December, 2012. Accordingly, ... Read more...
the said condition is extended to the remaining reserved classes also such as Reserved Segment of Second Class (2S); Sleeper Class (SL); III Economy Class (3E) and First Class (FC) with effect from 1st December 2012. Further, the Ministry of Railways has expanded the list of prescribed proofs of identity by including photo identity cards having serial numbers issued by Public Sector undertakings of State / Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal Administrations and Panchayat Administrations. The expanded list of the Prescribed Proofs of Identity for undertaking journey by any reserved class by tickets obtained from Passenger Reservation System Counters from general quota / Tatkal quota, or through e-booking will be as follows:- 1.Voter Photo Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India. 2.Passport. 3.PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department. 4.Driving License issued by Regional Transport Authorities. 5.Photo Identity Card having serial number issued by Central / State Government such as:- (i)Pension Pay Orders (PPO) (ii) Ration Card with photographs (iii) Senior Citizen Cards (iv) Below Poverty Line (BPL) Cards (v) ESI Cards with photograph issued for taking treatment in ESI dispensaries. (vi) CGHS Cards with photograph issued to individual family members of Central Govt. employees.
6.Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their Students. 7.Nationalized Bank Passbook with photographs. 8. Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph. 9. Unique Identification Card “Aadhaar”. 10. Photo identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertakings of State / Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal Bodies and Panchayat Administrations. According to the new provisions any one of the passengers booked on a PNR for undertaking journey in any reserved class has to produce any one of the above mentioned prescribed proofs of identity in original during the journey failing which all the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly. The existing provision of the Tatkal scheme where the passenger is required to show the same original proof of identity as indicated on the ticket shall continue.”
Presently only the following categories of passengers travelling in reserved classes have to produce original proof of identity during the journey:- ·Passengers undertaking journey in all AC classes on tickets issued by computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) Counters from general quota, except in III Economy Class (3E). ·Passengers travelling on e-tickets ·Passengers travelling on Tatkal tickets. (K.Sambasiva Rao) Chief Public Relations Officer
Hyderabad Metro
Uppal Ring Road Junction
First viaduct is completed
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