Indian Railways

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has written to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, highlighting delays in land acquisition for major railway projects in the state.

A groom was about to miss is own wedding because the train the groom’s party was travelling on was running late. But after the Railway authorities were informed, swift arrangements were made so that the groom and his 34-member baraat can reach his wedding on time

Indian Railways is accelerating the deployment of the advanced Kavach 4.0 automatic train protection system across 10,000 locomotives and over 14,375 route kilometres (RKM) of tracks

Indian Railways employee Amar Kumar Raut’s tragic death at Barauni Junction due to a signalling error by Mohammed Suleman led to political controversy as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tried to frame it as negligence and deliberate low recruitment.

Major concerns have been raised about the growing frequency of deliberate attempts to derail trains throughout India by placing objects on the tracks.

Loco pilots of goods train BCNHL/32849 on Sunday morning informed the Station master here that a cylinder was found on the track between Landaura (LDR) and Dhandhera (DNRA) at km 1553/01.

The NIA has launched an investigation into the Kavarapettai train accident, suspecting track sabotage, with similarities to the Ponneri incident. Nineteen passengers were injured in the collision.

The ED in its Supplementary Prosecution complaint has accused Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members of obtaining illegal gratification in the form of land parcels in exchange for appointments in the Indian Railways.

An attempted train derailment was thwarted on Saturday after miscreants removed fishplates and keys from a railway track near Kim Railway Station in Surat.

As per the reports, a deliberate attempt was made to derail the Kalindi Express by placing a gas cylinder on the route. However, the accident was averted after the pilot heard the suspicious sound of the cylinder hitting the train.