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    Railway Safety News

    Mishap averted as Punjab Mail loco pilot spots iron frame on tracks near Lucknow Cantt

    Railway officials and RPF personnel rushed to the spot after receiving information and removed the iron frame from beneath the locomotive. (Sourced)
    Cities
    Published 114 days ago

    Smoke, sparks from coach wheel trigger scare on Marudhar Express in Barabanki

    Railway officials said the train remained detained near Saidkhanpur railway station in Barabanki from 11.58 pm to 12.40 am, causing a delay of about 42 minutes. (For representation)
    Cities
    Published 119 days ago

    RPF’s ‘Disha’ initiative reduces stone-pelting incidents on trains

    Instead of taking punitive action, RPF personnel opted to build trust with the children through regular interactions. (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 120 days ago

    How Kavach, deployed by Indian Railways, prevents train accidents: Explained

    Northern Railway has commissioned Kavach 4.0 on the New Delhi (Ex)- Junction Cabin section of the Delhi–PWL route of Northern Railway.
    India News
    Updated 139 days ago

    Woman’s mutilated body parts found in bag and box inside train coach in Lucknow

    Unidentified woman’s body found stuffed inside luggage on train
    Cities
    Updated 141 days ago

    Two blasts in 3 months: Railway police bats for CCTV surveillance along freight corridor

    Police officials during an investigation at the Rajpura-Shambhu railway track in Patiala district on Tuesday. (PTI)
    Cities
    Published 161 days ago

    Pune rail division strengthens safety with ‘Kavach’ push

    Pune, India - August 10 2021:Passengers going for essential service duty boarding Lonavala-Pune local train at the Chinchwad Station in Pune, India, on Tuesday, August 10 2021.(HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 229 days ago

    Railway board's 22,000 post notification falls short, AIRF flags safety concerns

    Railway board's 22,000 post notification falls short, AIRF flags safety concerns
    Education
    Published 270 days ago

    Limit daily patrolling range of track maintainters to 12 km, AAP MP urges rail minister

    Limit daily patrolling range of track maintainters to 12 km, AAP MP urges rail minister
    India News
    Published 273 days ago

    Vande Bharat Express train runs over two Kerala nursing students near Bengaluru

    The victims were identified as Sterlin Eliza Shaji and Justin Joseph, both from Kerala. (HT File Photo)
    India News
    Updated 316 days ago

    Mumbra railway accident: Judge notes maintainance failure while refusing pre-arrest bail

    Mumbra railway accident: Judge notes maintainance failure while refusing pre-arrest bail
    India News
    Published 326 days ago

    Mumbra train tragedy exposes GRP-RPF rift

    Local trains cross near Mumbra Railway Station, where five commuters lost their lives and eight others were injured on June 9, 2025. The incident occurred when the commuters fell from a train heading to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. (Raju Shinde/Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Published 335 days ago

    Over ₹309cr sanctioned for ‘Kavach’ installation in North Central Railway

    Indian Railways has set an ambitious target to roll out Kavach 4.0 across key national routes over the next six years (For representation only)
    Cities
    Published 425 days ago

    Safety scare: Vande Bharat Express to Bengaluru halts due to ‘hot axle’

    A Vande Bharat train (HT File Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 466 days ago

    Final stretch of Mizoram’s first train line gets safety nod from railways

    The 51.38 Km long Bairabi – Sairang New Line Railway Project consists of 48 tunnels, 55 major bridges and 87 minor bridges. (Representational image)
    Cities
    Published 483 days ago

    Routes with new fencing have seen zero cattle run-over cases: Rail minister

    Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. (Sansad TV)
    India News
    Published 552 days ago

    Tourist critically injured after leaning out of moving train to take photos

    The incident took place in Sri Lanka on March 9.
    Trending
    Published 572 days ago

    PM Modi likely to flag off Vande Bharat Express to Srinagar next week

    On January 15, following a series of successful trial runs of passenger and freight trains, the commissioner of railway safety (northern circle), Dinesh Chand Deshwal, had given the go-ahead to commission the 17-km rail track between Katra and Reasi. (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 617 days ago

    AI innovations shaping the future for safer rail navigation

    Several innovators are working on ways to reduce train accidents and make railway tracks safer for the countless people who often commute by trains
    Cities
    Updated 676 days ago

    Railway safety commissioner flags ‘glaring lapses’ at Rameswaram Pamban bridge

    The new Pamban rail bridge is being built at an estimated cost of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>280 crore to replace the 110-year-old Cantilever bridge.
    India News
    Updated 677 days ago

    Report blames staff, faulty signals for train accident

    Ten people were killed in the collision in June this year. (ANI)
    India News
    Updated 698 days ago

    IIT Delhi, CRIS join forces to enhance railway infra, safety & efficiency

    In the picture (Left to Right): Sanjiv Kumar, Registrar, CRIS, GVL Satya Kumar, Managing Director, CRIS, Prof. Preeti Ranjan Panda, Dean Corporate Relations, and Prof. Naresh Bhatnagar, Dean Research and Development.
    Education
    Published 706 days ago

    NIA team visits train accident site in TN, experts flag lapses

    Cranes lift the wrecked coaches as track restoration works begins after 12 coaches of Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Superfast Express derailed by colliding with a stationary goods train at Chennai-Guddur section between Ponneri- Kavarappettai railway stations, on Saturday. At least 19 passengers were injured in the incident. (ANI)
    India News
    Updated 724 days ago

    Railways has approached NIA to investigate sabotage incidents on tracks: Minister

    Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw interacts with media persons in Jaipur on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)
    India News
    Updated 742 days ago

    More acrimony likely as Parliament opens

    Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh during the all-party meeting ahead of the Budget session of Parliament on Sunday. (HT Photo)
    India News
    Updated 807 days ago

    Tragedy on rail tracks flags uphill battle

    Indian Railway engineers inspect the accident site of Kanchenjunga Express passenger train at Rangapani in India's West Bengal state on June 18, 2024. At least eight people were killed in India on June 17 when a goods train driver missed a signal and slammed into an express passenger train from behind, police and railway officials said. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP) (AFP)
    Editorials
    Updated 840 days ago

    Faulty signal, speeding freight train: What caused West Bengal train crash

    The accident site near New Jalpaiguri. (REUTERS)
    India News
    Updated 841 days ago

    Southern railway safety commissioner begins probe into Madurai train fire

    A fire in a train in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai killed nine pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh on August 26. (PTI)
    India News
    Updated 1136 days ago

    Bolster safety systems to avert rail tragedies

    With the death of at least 275 people and 1,100 injuries, this was the worst train accident in the country in nearly three decades.
    Opinion
    Published 1218 days ago

    Odisha train crash: Audit report last year flagged many shortcomings. 10 points

    A woman reacts as she is still unable to find her relatives two days after the three trains collided with one after another that left at least 275 dead and above 1,000 injured, in Balasore, Odisha, on Sunday,
    India News
    Updated 1220 days ago
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