Windowpane of an executive class coach of the Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Vande Bharat Express train was damaged due to stone pelting between Meramandali and Budhapank on the Dhenkanal-Angul railway section in Odisha, officials said on Sunday.
In anticipation of the increased passenger demand during Chhath Puja, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has introduced a special train service between Puri and Patna.
Keeping in view the additional rush of passengers in regular trains and for the convenience of passengers, East Coast Railway of Indian Railways has decided to run a special train between Puri and Patna for upcoming Chhat Puja.
MEMU passenger train derailed after hitting a cow while travelling on the Sarla-Sambalpur section in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Wednesday, East Coast Railway officials said.
In a statement released by the EcoR, carrying inflammable and explosive objects like firecrackers, gas cylinders, acid, petrol, kerosene, etc, in passenger trains during a train journey is a punishable offence under the Railways Act, 1989, and the offender may get imprisonment for up to thre
Biswajit Sahu, Chief Public Relations Officer of East Coast Railway said that the rescue operation is over and the focus has now shifted to track restoration work.
As many as 33 trains were cancelled and six others rescheduled so far after two trains collided in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram leaving 13 dead, East Coast Railway officials informed on Monday.