Mumbai: The Vasai Virar Citizens Action Forum on Sunday tweeted about a 7.26 am Virar–Churchgate AC local witnessing water leakage inside an AC coach, causing significant inconvenience and discomfort to commuters.“It is deeply concerning that passengers are paying a steep premium fare for AC local services, yet basic standards of safety, comfort, and maintenance are…
Ahmedabad: Western Railway will extend the Bandra (T)-Ahmedabad Lok Shakti Express to Vadnagar from Thursday, and from Friday on the return journey. Train No. 22927 will depart Bandra at 7.40pm and reach Vadnagar at 6.40am the next day. Train No. 22928 will leave Vadnagar at 6.20pm and reach Bandra at 5.25am. The extended service will…
Ahmedabad: Senior officials have been directed to ramp up passenger safety on Western Railway and dismantle drug trafficking networks by leveraging artificial intelligence tools and surveillance technologies across its jurisdictions in Gujarat, an official said on Sunday.Chairing the Western Railway crime conference in Ahmedabad, Gujarat director general of police (CID Crime & Railways) K L…
Significant progress was also recorded under the Virar–Dahanu Road Quadrupling Project, said an MRVC official Mumbai: The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has achieved a series of significant infrastructure milestones across key suburban rail projects in the past one month, reinforcing momentum on capacity enhancement and passenger-focused improvements across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, a senior…
CBI has registered a case Ahmedabad: A man whose father died after undergoing treatment for a brain haemorrhage has approached the CBI alleging that a railway hospital clerk demanded a Rs 20,000 bribe to clear a medical reimbursement claim of nearly Rs 7 lakh.The CBI has registered a complaint against Biseswar Behera, a clerk at…
Andheri GRP have registered a case of molestation, criminal intimidation and mischief in a public place against the accused Mohammad Rizwan Ansari Mumbai: After a video of a ‘drunk’ man hurling expletives and assaulting a woman for sleeping on a local train seat went viral on social media, Andheri GRP tracked down the accused and…
Vadodara: Construction of Vadodara station on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor has entered a key phase, with slab casting at the concourse, track and platform levels now complete and structural steel erection currently underway, National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) said on Tuesday.The bullet train station is being built above the existing…
Vadodara: Two wagons of a goods train derailed in the railway yard near Anand station on Monday afternoon, but train services on the busy Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line remained unaffected as the incident occurred on the loop line within the yard.According to Western Railway, the wheels of two wagons of a goods train going from Ahmedabad…
Rajkumar Wankhede (IRSE)assumed charge as the additional general manager of NCR. Prayagraj: Senior Indian Railway Service of Engineers officer Rajkumar Wankhede assumed charge as additional general manager of North Central Railway.A 1990-batch IRSE officer, Wankhede completed his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Govt College of Engineering, Aurangabad, and obtained a master’s degree in structural…
Ahmedabad: Candidates taking the Western Railway’s departmental promotion examination for the post of staff welfare inspector (SWI) allegedly attended coaching sessions where they were taught to avail themselves of funds to pay bribes, according to a CBI investigation.The classes, ostensibly focused on the syllabus, also allegedly taught candidates how to handle vigilance inquiries.Railway sources told…
