During this festive season, Northern Railway has made elaborate arrangements to ensure a smooth and comfortable journey for passengers. To accommodate the expected surge in demand, Northern Railway is running festival special trains.
Indian Railways on Friday affirmed that all the trains will run as per the schedule, except the cancelled trains, which were notified earlier in the cyclone Dana-affected states.
Ahead of Cyclone Dana's landfall, the Odisha government has evacuated 3 lakh people, made More than 7000 cyclone shelters, and ensured the security of pregnant women.
As severe cyclone Dana expected to make landfall in the midnight October 24 and 25, East Coast Railway have diverted, or short terminated or cancelled around 203 trains to ensure public safety.
Speaking to ANI on preparedness for cyclone 'Dana', Divisional Railway Manager, Sealdah, Deepak Nigam said, "To counter waterlogging, we have installed water pumps. Trees which could potentially get damaged have been trimmed. Announcement will be made to passengers to stay at the train stati
As part of its objective, Indian Railways is working to become the world's largest "Green Railways." Northeast Frontier Railway is expediting all of the electrification projects on un-electrified Broad-Gauge routes that fall under its purview in order to meet its goals of reaching net zero c
Central Railways will run 24 additional festival special trains between Panvel and Nanded to clear the extra rush of passengers during the Dussehra, Diwali and Chhath Puja festivals, an official press release stated.
Over half a dozen trains were diverted on Friday night after the Mysuru-Darbhanga Express collided with a stationary goods train at Kavaraippettai Railway Station near Tamil Nadu's Chennai, leaving 19 passengers injured.
Addressing a press conference here today, Hooda said that the state was number one in per capita income, law and order, and job creation in 2014, but today, Haryana is number one in unemployment.