Friday 10 April '09
The Oshiwara Railway Station project received a major setback recently with the World Bank withdrawing its funding as the project was delayed.Wednesday 8 April '09
Repeated efforts to curb incidents of railway passengers being administered poisonous drugs don’t seem to be working too well.Monday
6 April '09Years ago, a five-year-old orphan from Solapur boarded the Siddheshwar Express by mistake, ending up at Chhatrapai Shivaji Terminus, where he joined a group of street kids and roamed the city’s meanest streets for six months.Thursday
2 April '09The theft of copper cables installed along the railway tracks has become a cause of concern for the Western Railway as this leads to track circuit failure...Tuesday
31 March '09The increasing presence of stray dogs on railway premises has become a headache for railway staff as well as commuters.Monday
30 March '09Central Railway’s ‘mega-block’, a system of stopping or diverting trains for maintenance of the tracks, is considered a trial by fire for railway employees.Monday
30 March '09They used to hit the commuters of moving local trains on the footboard with a stick and collect the belongings of their victims from the tracks.Thursday
26 March '09So why is the GRP refusing to attend to injured persons at railway stations between Kurla and Dadar. An RPF official said, “GRP staff is now adamant that they will attend only those cases in which the commuter has died in a train accident.Tuesday
17 March '09In spite of the agitation by commuters at Borivali and several steps taken by the railway authorities to prevent a last-minute change in the number of platform where a train usually arrives, commuters are again complaining.Tuesday
17 March '09Railway Chief Security Commissioner BS Siddhu fired 17 rounds inside the Parcel House building of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus complex, but no bullets were fired.Monday
9 March '09Modified and stronger cages will roll into Central Railway and Western Railway network after the new Siemens rakes from the Integral Coach Factory developed operational difficulties, leading to locking of wheels in most cases.Monday
9 March '09A heart symbol with lewd messages written with a marker pen in bold. Just one example of the offensive graffiti found in the second-class ladies’ compartments on the suburban trains.Sunday
8 March '09In the Indian Railways, he is famous for being a tough bureaucrat and a workaholic. Yet, his humility and sensitivity to the common man are well known.Sunday
1 March '09The grandson of Adamjee Peerbhoy, the pioneer of the Neral-Matheran Mini Railway, has moved the Bombay High Court to get Matheran railway station named after Peerbhoy.Thursday
26 February '09On Wednesday, 15 visually impaired children turned counsellors at the Dadar railway station. In the morning, they counselled those commuters who were detained by the Railway Protection Force...Wednesday
25 February '09Work on sprucing up of stations on the CST-Kalyan stretch is in full steam. Painting, whitewashing, deep cleaning and removal of old papers from offices...Sunday
22 February '09To get stinking toilets at Suburban stations renovated, the Western Railway is using the Repair, Own and Transfer scheme under which tenders for toilets of 15 stations will be finalised by February end.Sunday
22 February '09The Neral to Matheran ride for hill-station tourists is getting a makeover, to make the narrow-gauge ride more attractive for tourists.Sunday
15 February '09He was the only motorman in the Western Railway (WR) who had a PhD degree in History,” says V C Sharma, a motorman, while remembering his colleague and Railway historian Dr A K Arora who passed away on February 10.Monday
9 February '09The day is not far when thousands of Mumbai’s Shirdi Sai Baba devotees can directly reach Shirdi for darshan by an overnight rail journey.Monday
9 February '09A toy train collided with a tractor on Sunday between Jummapatti and Neral stations of the Matheran - Neral mini railway route.Saturday
7 February '09Apart from dealing with angry commuters and infrastructure breakdowns, the increasing number of deaths and injuries on its tracks is among the biggest challenges for the suburban railways.Wednesday
4 February '09Even as the Railway Protection Force is keen on teaching trespassers a lesson, with stringent action against defaulters, several of those caught have complained of harassment by the police.Monday
2 February '09Families of railway officials on duty, travelling in saloons or inspection coaches will now be allowed to return to the headquarters in the same inspection car...Wednesday
28 January '09The move by railways to start services between Virar and Dahanu Road stations has received a mixed response from the people.
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