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rail track news

Kashmir rail project: High-speed electric train blitzes on Sangaldan-Khari track for trial run

Commissioner railways safety also inspected the tracks, tunnels, electrification, railway stations and allied infrastructure. (HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 17, 2024 08:52 am IST

Niranjan railway under bridge closes for 100 days

The Niranjan railway under bridge in Prayagraj . (HT Photo)
Updated on May 08, 2023 05:58 pm IST

Northern Railway cancels six trains due to farmers’ protest in Amritsar

Ambala divisional railway manager GM Singh said that farmers continue to protest at Jandiala Guru in Amritsar district so the railway authorities have to plan routes of various trains accordingly.
Published on Dec 02, 2020 12:09 pm IST

Goods trains will stay off track in Punjab till farmers lift blockades

Activists of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), the organisation that has spearheaded the rail blockade since September 24, has shifted the dharna from Devidas Pura to Jandiala Guru station but its members refused to lift the blockade.
Published on Oct 30, 2020 03:50 pm IST

As Punjab farmers extend rail roko till Sept 29, railways to decide on trains this evening

Members of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee holding a protest on a rail track at Devi Dass Pura village, 20km from Amritsar.
Published on Sept 26, 2020 06:30 am IST

3 bodies on rail tracks identified: Mother killed herself, children

A 40-year-old woman jumped before a train with three of her children on June 17, of which one has survived.
Updated on Jun 21, 2020 11:03 pm IST

BSF shoots dead Pak intruder near Attari

HT Image
Published on Oct 17, 2019 12:38 am IST

Flooded roads, submerged rail tracks: 8 striking photos that capture Mumbai rains

A tree that collapsed due to rains, at Tilak Nagar in Mumbai’s Chembur.
Updated on Jul 02, 2019 02:25 pm IST

#MumbaiRains: Twitter gets flooded with pictures and videos of the waterlogged city

Tweeple shared videos and images showing the difficulties people faced during and after rainfall in Mumbai.
Updated on Jun 29, 2019 03:27 pm IST

Tiny slug throws Japan’s high-speed rail service into chaos

Twenty-six trains were cancelled due to the power outrage caused by a slug (representational image).
Updated on Jun 25, 2019 11:15 am IST

Overcrowding at Jogeshwari: Railways shifts local trains

Two days after Western Railway (WR) shut the track crossing at Jogeshwari station, authorities have been finding it difficult to manage the crowd on platforms 1 and 2 and on the foot overbridges (Photo by Pratik Chorge/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Mar 17, 2019 02:04 am IST

Gurugram residents risk lives to cross rail tracks due to damaged passageway

The set of stairs, on either side of the railway tracks, connects to the Daulatabad flyover, and provide a passageway to commuters. The dilapidated condition of the stairs, however, has made them unsafe for use.
Published on Feb 27, 2019 04:13 am IST

Three trains cancelled, one diverted as Gujjars continue dharna on rail tracks

K S Bainsla along with Gujjar supporters sit on tracks at Malarna railway station to block railway route in Sawai Madhopur on Friday.
Updated on Feb 10, 2019 03:27 pm IST

Navjot Singh Sidhu writes to Piyush Goyal, seeks high fencing, CCTVs along rail tracks

Navjot Singh Sidhu also offered to take up the matter with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for any help from the state government in this regard.
Published on Oct 25, 2018 09:07 pm IST

The Amritsar train tragedy was waiting to happen

Relatives of a victim the train accident, Shiv Puri cremation ground, Amritsar, October 21, 2018
Updated on Oct 22, 2018 07:37 pm IST

Train tragedy: Two families still in dark about their kin

Family members of victims block the accident site in protest on Sunday.
Updated on Oct 22, 2018 10:53 am IST

Magisterial inquiry to also look into railways’ role in Amritsar train tragedy

Security on high alert as a train passes by after resumption of railway services since the train accident, in Amritsar.
Updated on Oct 22, 2018 10:34 am IST

Protesters clash with police at Amritsar train accident site

People protest after the Amritsar train accident on Saturday.
Updated on Oct 21, 2018 02:48 pm IST

In 25 years, they’ve ferried 11,000 bodies on ‘rickshaw ambulance’

The ‘rickshaw ambulance’ pullers in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
Updated on Sept 13, 2018 12:01 pm IST

Worries for Nepal as bridge collapses in Kolkata

A section of the bridge collapsed on September 4 disrupting an arterial connection between the city of Kolkata and South 24 Parganas district. The Diamond Harbour Road, of which the bridge was a part, is one of the routes which was used by some vehicles going to and coming from Kolkata Dock Complex.
Published on Sept 06, 2018 02:23 pm IST

IIT Roorkee develops technology to monitor railway track health

Researchers at IIT Roorkee have developed a technology to inspect train tracks using drones and satellite data to help the Indian Railways with “a fast, accurate and cost-effective way of detecting various anomalies”.
Updated on Jul 02, 2018 06:29 pm IST

Bengal: Agitators block rail tracks, NH-6 to protest Kathua-Unnao cases

Protesters hold a rail-roko to protest the incidents of rape and murder in Kathua and Unnao.
Updated on Apr 20, 2018 03:35 pm IST

Mumbai rail roko: Harrowing morning for commuters; train services limp back to normalcy

Railway traffic affected as ‘rail-roko’ agitation by railway job aspirants, continues at Dadar railway station.
Updated on Mar 20, 2018 11:58 pm IST