Indian Railways News

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav announced that a metropolitan city will be developed by combining Indore, Ujjain, Dewas and parts of Dhar. Indore-Ujjain has shown the best feasibility report for the development of a Metropolitan City. Before the Simhastha in 2028, Metro and Vande Metro trains will be operational...
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between Indore and Ujjain. The CM also announced that flyovers will be constructed instead of the proposed elevated bridge in Indore. A development plan for the 29 villages included within the Indore Municipal Corporation limits will be prepared within a month.

On Sunday, a large-scale ticket checking campaign was conducted in the Dhanbad Railway Division. This included thorough ticket checks at Dhanbad station, as well as Gomo, Chandrapura, Koderma, Hazaribagh Road, Daltonganj, Chopan, Barkakana, and Singrauli stations. A total of 794 passengers were caught, including those traveling without tickets, without proper authorization,...
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and those carrying unbooked luggage. During this campaign, a fine of Rs. 3,06,965 was collected. 161 ticket checking staff were deployed for the checks, which were conducted at stations and on various mail and express trains. The objective of this campaign was to curb ticketless travel and ensure that passengers traveling with valid tickets do not face any inconvenience due to ticketless passengers.

Due to the upcoming festive season, train bookings are filling up rapidly. To accommodate the increased demand, South Eastern Railway is extending the duration of several special trains and introducing new ones. The Patna-Secunderabad-Hyderabad-Patna special train via Ranchi will operate from October 14th to December 30th. Other special trains include the...
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Santragachhi-Ajmer weekly special train via Ranchi (September 30th to November 18th), the Gondia-Patna-Gondia Chhath Puja special train via Ranchi (November 3rd and 4th), the Coimbatore-Barauni-Coimbatore weekly special train via Ranchi (until November 29th), and the Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad-Bhubaneswar special train via Ranchi (until December 30th). Additionally, the coupling of the Magadh Express (20802) broke near Buxar in Bihar, causing the train to split into two parts. However, no one was injured and train traffic was restored by 2:25 PM.

The Vande Bharat Express, a high-speed train, underwent a trial run on Sunday, September 3, from Tatanagar in Jharkhand to Brahmapur in Odisha. This was the first time a train traveled at 130 km/h from Tatanagar, passing through Chaibasa and Danguwapasi. The train reached Brahmapur at 2:30 PM and returned to...
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Tatanagar at 11:55 PM. The train's maximum speed is 130 km/h, but due to track limitations, the average speed is expected to be between 83-85 km/h. The train will be officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 15th, connecting Tatanagar to Brahmapur. The Vande Bharat will be maintained at Tatanagar, with a dedicated coaching complex and trained personnel. The train will also run between Tatanagar and Patna, with train numbers 20893 (Tatanagar to Patna) and 20894 (Patna to Tatanagar). This route will have an average speed of 62 km/h and will operate at speeds of 110 km/h between Tatanagar and Gomoh, 130 km/h between Gomoh and Gaya, and 110 km/h between Gaya and Patna. A trial run for this route is scheduled for September 10th.