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.
"Frontal collisions between trains, derailment of compartments, helpless passengers trapped in coaches and succumbing to fate: this is becoming a most unfortunate repetitive trope!!," Mamata added.
At least six people died and 18 were injured when coaches derailed after Visakhapatnam-Ragada passenger train hit a Visakhapatnam-Ragada train travelling on the same route in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district on Sunday evening, officials said.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan ordered to take immediate relief measures and to send as many ambulances as possible from Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli.
Indian Railways is running 4480 trips of 283 special trains till Chhath Puja this year for the convenience of rail travellers and to clear the extra rush of passengers.
Three empty coaches of a suburban Electricity Multiple Unit (EMU) train derailed near Avadi railway station in Tamil Nadu's Chennai on Tuesday morning, hampering the movement of nearly a dozen trains.
The PML-N party prepared a grand welcome for the former PM. Several party leaders and workers are converging in Lahore from all across Pakistan for the party's grand power show. It has also booked multiple special trains to ensure that its supporters are able to attend the Minar-e-Pakista
The PML-N party is preparing for a grand welcome for the former PM on October 21. Several party leaders and workers are converging in Lahore from all across Pakistan for the party's grand power show. It has also booked multiple special trains to ensure that its supporters are able to atte
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off two new trains and announced the extension of additional two trains to remote parts of North East on Thursday. A new Vistadome coach in Budgam-Banihal train in Jammu and Kashmir was also flagged off.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday took part in the flagging off ceremony of new trains and extension of train services in the Northeast and Jammu-Kashmir at a virtual event held simultaneously in New Delhi, Guwahati, Silchar, Agartala and Srinagar, informed a press release
In line up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to improve rail connectivity between various parts of North-eastern states with major and important cities of India, extension of service of one train upto Silchar and another upto Agartala along with introduction of two new train service
South Western Railway has decided to run special express trains between Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi and Mangaluru Junction for two trips in each direction to clear the extra rush of passengers in view of the Dussehra festival, said a statement from SWR on Wednesday.