According to a CR official on Tuesday, the Central Railway has dispatched six waggons full of onions from Manmad in the Nashik region of Maharashtra to Manipur. Officials reported on Monday that the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) sent the first goods trains carrying essential commodities to the violence-hit north-eastern state on Sunday as a result … Read more
For more than eight hours, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website has not been accessible. IRCTC manages ticketing for the Indian Railways. The public sector undertaking (PSU) stated that the website is having technical problems on the microblogging platform X and that a team is working to fix it. A technical issue … Read more
The Western Railway’s Mumbai division has proposed a 2.5-kilometer elevated line between Mahim and Khar in order to facilitate direct transit of long-distance trains, such as Vande Bharat, Shatabdi, and two Rajdhani Express trains operating from Mumbai Central Station. Due to encroachment on the alignment, the WR chose to build an elevated corridor on the … Read more
A compromise was struck between Italy and UNESCO (the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) about the restoration of the industrial historic monument, and as a result, elements of the damaged Beirut Railway Station in the Lebanese capital’s Mar Mikhael neighborhood will soon be repaired with foreign finance. In accordance with the agreement, the Italian … Read more
At Kalanchwala Railway Station on the Sammsatta-Dera Nawab Sahib stretch, about 25 kilometres away, on Monday, a goods train’s locomotive and six waggons derailed, injuring the train’s guard. Railway officials claim that early on Monday, a urea-laden cargo train travelling from Karachi to Lahore was signalled on the loop route of the Kalanchwala Railway Station. … Read more
Regulations governing the construction of railroads in the emirate have been amended, according to Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, the crown prince of Dubai. According to the new rules, Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority will be in charge of overseeing the construction of any additional trains built in the emirate by third parties. The authority is … Read more
In order to complete a high-speed railway in southern Turkey, the UK government has underwritten a loan of €781 million ($867 million) through its export credit agency UK Export Finance. Through Adana and Osmaniye, the electrified rail route will link Mersin with Gaziantep. It is a government project in Turkey, and Rönesans Holding, a Turkish-Dutch … Read more
A disagreement between Moscow and New Delhi over a $6 billion joint venture in which Russia would build and maintain 120 trains for India’s planned Vande Bharat Express rail service has been resolved. The largest rail manufacturer in Russia, Metrowagonmash (MWM), and the government-owned, publicly traded Indian company Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) are collaborating … Read more
Due to a trade union action organised by railroad workers, twelve office train services on different lines will be cancelled on Monday morning (24 July), according to the Railway Department. As a result of the start of the trade union action by railway workers this evening (July 23), several evening trains running from Colombo to … Read more
Following heavy rain and flooding over the weekend, a portion of the main rail line to Halifax has been washed out. Near Millbrook, Newfoundland, a culvert on the main CN Rail track washed away, leaving a section of track that now dangles in the air. “This is the only rail line we have going through … Read more