RTOs to get wireless system for better coordination

Thursday 8 January '09

In a bid to improve coordination, the Regional Traffic Offices (RTO) within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) would soon be connected to each other through wireless communication systems.

A Tome in Tribute

Monday 5 January '09

After the death of Hemant Karkare, the former state anti terrorism squad (ATS) chief who was killed in a gun-battle with terrorists on November 26...

Corporate cold shoulder to AC local train idea

Saturday 3 January '09

Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation has received a lukewarm response from the corporate sector to its query on introduction of air conditioned coach trains in the city.

City may get a unique endangered species rescue centre

Thursday 1 January '09

If all goes well, the city might get a rescue centre for endangered animals in the new year.

Rail travel to get smoother, faster

Thursday 1 January '09

Rail commuters can expect more trains and better ticketing solutions in 2009 as the New Year would see the implementation of projects chalked out last year.

Harbour line to stretch from Andheri to Goregaon

Monday 29 December '08

The execution of the second phase of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project is likely to start early next year.

Mulund blast accused offers his land for 26/11 terrorists’ burial

Sunday 28 December '08

An accused in the 2003 Mulund blasts case is ready to do what Muslim organisations and clerics in the city have said they would never allow to happen in the community’s burial grounds.

Mulund blast accused wants to bury terrorists

Sunday 28 December '08

An accused in the 2003 Mulund blasts case is ready to do what Muslim organisations and clerics in the city have said they would never allow to happen at the community’s burial grounds.

Link from Haji Ali to Worli draws just 2 bids

Saturday 27 December '08

Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has received only two bids for the Worli-Haji Ali sea link project...

Now, use your ATM card to get railway tickets

Saturday 27 December '08

After SMS ticketing, the Western Railway (WR) is set to launch its new ATM-ticketing service. However, in the beginning only long-distance reserved tickets would be issued to the passengers.

GRP arms its men with more weapons

Friday 26 December '08

After the 26/11 terror attacks on Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, which killed 58 and injured 98, the Government Railway Police (GRP) has now armed its cops with more weapons.

CST moves on, But scars of 26/11 remain raw

Friday 26 December '08

When the Taj and Oberoi hotels, ravaged in the 26/11 attacks, re-opened for public last week, the hotel authorities made sure that all the signs of damage done by the terrorists were made up...

Soon, CST-Panvel journey to be faster

Thursday 25 December '08

The Central Railway (CR) is planning to undertake major signalling work to improve the frequency and services of trains on the Harbour line.

Meltdown signs register on the road

Monday 22 December '08

In a sign that the economic meltdown has hurt the automobile industry, Regional Transport Offices across Mumbai reported a big drop in registration of vehicles in the last few months.

No action against unruly motormen

Saturday 20 December '08

The Western Railway seems helpless in taking any action on motormen for holding commuters to ransom by going on strike.

Isolated resistance at CST: neither rly force knew what the other was doing

Saturday 20 December '08

When the situation called for the highest degree of coordination between them, the Government Railway Police and the Railway Protection Force...

Additional rly lines from Virar to Dahanu proposed

Wednesday 17 December '08

With the suburban services to be extended till Dahanu in the coming years, the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation, the agency responsible for the implementation of infrastructure projects of the suburban railway, has proposed quadrupling of lines between Virar and Dahanu.

Rly development body seeks corporate suggestions for AC local train

Tuesday 16 December '08

The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation — the agency responsible for upgrading the railway infrastructure in the city — has welcomed suggestions from the corporate world on the proposed air-conditioned local train to be introduced on the suburban routes.

Rly yet to sanction more security personnel

Monday 15 December '08

Despite the 7/11 serial train bombings of 2006, it took two years and another terror attack for the railway administration to think over the Railway Protection Force’s...

Over 500 ‘overage’ coaches in use, says RTI application

Monday 15 December '08

Even as a modernisation programme is being carried out by both the Central Railways and Western Railways with new swanky rakes making their way to the city every month...

Western Railway to introduce SMS ticketing

Friday 12 December '08

In a bid to make travelling in the city more commuter friendly, the Western Railway (WR) would soon start the much-awaited SMS ticketing service.

Haji Ali link bid date extended

Friday 12 December '08

The bidding date for the Worli-Haji Ali Sea link has been extended till December 15. Last month’s multiple terror attacks on the city have forced the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation...

Railway blames commuters for machine damage

Thursday 11 December '08

Terror strike on 26/11 could not damage the Automatic Ticket Vending Machine (ATVM) at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, but the commuters’ wrath on ATVMs has cost the railways dearly, said railway officials.

Shuttle services between Kurla and Panvel soon

Tuesday 9 December '08

In its bid to reduce the crowd on the harbour line, the Central railway is planning to start shuttle services between Kurla and Panvel.

After a flicker of hope came the blow: The mother is dead

Sunday 7 December '08

When the family of Harkabai Solnaki (56), a sweeper at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, heard about the terror attack, they were worried...