Month: April 2013

STOPPAGE TO NEW DELHI-AMRITSAR – NEW DELHI SHATABDI EXPRESS TRAIN AT RAJPURA

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For the convenience of the rail passengers during, Northern Railway has decided to provide additional stoppage to the 12029/12030 ,New Delhi-Amritsar- New Delhi Shatabdi Express Train at Rajpura from 04.05.2013 ,as per the under-mentionedprogramme: The 12029 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express Train will arrive at Rajpura at 10.20 a.m., while in return direction the 12030 Amritsar- … Read more

Cancellation of Passenger Trains Due to Derailment of Goods Train at Renigunta Railway Station yard

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Due to Derailment of Goods Train at Renigunta station yard at 23 10 hrs o­n 28thApril, 2013, o­n Guntakal Division,  the following Passenger trains are Cancelled;- I. Cancelled : 1.     T.No. 77261 Tirupati-Vellore Cantonment Passenger, scheduled to depart Tirupati at 06 45 hrs o­n 29.04. 2013 is cancelled. 2.     T.No. 77264 … Read more

ADVANCE RESERVATION PERIOD FOR BOOKING RESERVED TRAIN TICKETS REDUCED TO 60 DAYS FROM EXISTING 120 DAYS FROM 1ST MAY 2013

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The Advance Reservation Period (ARP) for booking reserved train tickets will be reduced from the existing 120 days to 60 days (excluding the date of journey) w.e.f. 1st May 2013. The details are as below:-              I.With effect from 01.05.2013, the ARP will be of 60 days (excluding the day … Read more

Cancellation / Partial Cancellation / Diversion of Trains Due To Derailment of Goods Train at Renigunta Railway Station yard

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Due to Derailment of Goods Train at Renigunta station yard at 23 10 hrs o­n 28thApril, 2013, o­n Guntakal Division,  the following trains are Cancelled/Partially Cancelled/ Diverted: I. Cancelled : T.No. 57257  Tirupati – Kakinada Passenger scheduled to leave Tirupati at 01.05 hrs o­n 29/04/2013 is cancelled. T.No. 57429  Tirupati – Gudur  Passenger scheduled to … Read more

Installation of BIO-Toilets in Trains

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Indian Railways have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for jointly developing bio-toilets. A total number of 1563 bio-toilets have been installed in coaches up to March 2013 for field trials. It is planned to convert all coach toilets over Indian Railways with these bio-toilets after success of … Read more

Introduction of Battery Operated Vehicles at Railway Stations

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Operation of battery operated vehicles at railway stations has been permitted through the commercial publicity route to carry disabled, old and sick passengers free of cost. These vehicles have been introduced at Mumbai CST, Mumbai Central, Nagpur, Pune, Solapur, Sealdah, Howrah, Visakhapatnam, New Delhi, Delhi, Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai, Salem, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, … Read more

Central Organization of Railway Electrification landmark of electrifying 937 route kms

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Electrification of about 937 RKMs (route kilometre) till March, the Central Organization of Railway Electrification (CORE) is a landmark for the organisation, said Jagdev Kalia CORE general manager addressing media persons on Tuesday. Earlier, the best electrification record was of about 915 RKM in 2009-10. He also stated that this year, the organisation has completed … Read more

Separate Reservation Counters for Women and Physically Challenged

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Separate reservation counters are earmarked for ladies, senior citizens, former Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly, physically handicapped, accredited journalists, freedom fighters, if the ticket demand per shift is not less than 120 tickets. In case, there is no justification for earmarking of exclusive counter for any of these categories of persons including ladies/physically … Read more