Kolkata: A technical glitch disrupted the Blue Line (Dakshineswar-Shahid Khudiram) Metro services on Tuesday morning, leading to trains running behind schedule and leading to crowding at stations. Metro Railway authorities said services normalised shortly after 6.30am, though delays persisted for some time. Later in the day, another snag affected services between Noapara and Dakshineswar.“During the…
No casualties or injuries were reported, though one coach gutted in the blaze Patna: A coach of the Samastipur-Saharsa MEMU train caught fire at Simri Bakhtiyarpur railway station in Saharsa district early Monday, triggering panic among passengers and disrupting rail traffic for nearly two hours. No casualties or injuries were reported, though one coach gutted…
AI image, for representation only Hubballi: Thousands of passengers faced inconvenience on Tuesday as more than a dozen trains were detained following a block burst during non-interlocking (NI) work at Londa Yard in Hubballi division.Sources in South Western Railway (SWR) told TOI that NI work was being carried out at Londa yard for infrastructure augmentation,…
Hubballi: Several trains passing through Karnataka will face en route delays due to infrastructure work being undertaken at Tiptur railway station, South Western Railway said. Train No. 20688 KSR Bengaluru–SSS Hubballi Daily Express, Train No. 20653 KSR Bengaluru–Belagavi Daily Express, Train No. 16545 Yesvantpur–Sindhanur Daily Express and Train No. 16547 Yesvantpur–Vijayapura Daily Express will be…
Prayagraj: Kanpur Central emerged as the hotspot for unnecessary alarm chain pulling (ACP) in the North Central Railway’s Prayagraj Division, accounting for 264 cases.The railway authorities prosecuted 1,757 passengers for misusing the emergency facility during the first five-and-a-half months of 2026 in the division.The figures highlight the challenge faced by the railways in curbing unnecessary…
Bhubaneswar: Late running of trains like Vande Bharat, Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi on Friday and Saturday inconvenienced passengers. Sources attributed to ongoing safety-related modernisation works in Khurda Road railway division.Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Hirakund Express (20808) reached Bhubaneswar on Friday at 6.16 pm instead of its scheduled arrival at 2.20 pm. Similarly, Rishikesh-Puri Kalinga Utkal Express (18478) should…
LUCKNOW: A Vande Bharat Express running from Banaras to Khajuraho was delayed by more than four hours on Sunday after a technical fault developed in its rear pantograph shortly after departure, forcing railway authorities to halt the train at Varanasi Junction for repairs.Train 26506 left Banaras station (NER) on schedule at 5.15 am but came…
Mumbai: The Mumbai-Pune Deccan Express suffered an engine failure on Friday, forcing the train to halt between Kalyan and Neral for over 1.5 hours and triggering delays across Central Railway’s busy corridor. Railway officials said the locomotive developed a technical snag en route, leaving the express stranded on the main line and disrupting both long-distance…
B.Sridhar/TNN Passenger trains will no longer be halted to allow freight trains passage: SER GMB.Sridhar | TNNJamshedpur: General manager (GM), South Eastern Railway (SER), Anil Kumar Jain, on Wednesday, announced that passenger trains will no longer be halted for extended hours to allow freight trains to pass. He said this during a meeting with a…
Margao: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL) has undertaken a series of infrastructure upgrades and pre-monsoon maintenance works along its western coastal route, leading to temporary reduction in train speeds and minor delays at certain sections.The works being carried out include cutting and lowering, ballastless track repairs, track lifting, deep screening, through-track renewal and maintenance of…
