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Posted in News on Oct 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Tatas in talks for rail engines
Kiel (Germany), Oct. 18 (PTI): Voith Turbo — a unit of German engineering giant Voith AG — is negotiating with Tata Motors a deal to set up a locomotive diesel manufacturing unit in India.
“If everything goes according to schedule, we might start working on the plant by 2011,” Hinrich Krey, [...]
Posted in News on Oct 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Mamata flags off stadium project
TNN 16 October 2009, 05:03am IST
KOLKATA: The railways will run a Commonwealth Games Express’ in November to build up the tempo for the event to be held in New Delhi in 2010.
This was announced by railway minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Thursday, during the foundation-stone laying ceremony of an indoor [...]
Posted in News on Oct 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Old rake snags Metro again
TNN 15 October 2009, 06:32am IST
KOLKATA: For the second time in less than a week, Metro Railway services ground to a halt during rush hour because of a recurring problem with
old rakes. Trains between Kavi Nazrul (Garia Bazar) and Maidan stations were suspended for over an hour on Wednesday, causing severe [...]
Posted in News on Oct 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Dhubri, Oct. 11: Members of the New Moinaguri-Jogighopa New Railway Line Demand Committee and Dhubri International River Port Demand Committee will organise mass rallies at Dhubri and New Cooch Behar in protest against the slow pace of the broad gauge project.
The project was supposed to link Jogighopa to West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, but it [...]
Posted in News on Oct 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Passengers robbed on running train
Kumod Verma, TNN 12 October 2009, 05:47am IST
PATNA: A gang of lathi-wielding men looted passengers on the general compartment of 3030 Up Howrah-Delhi Janata Express early on Sunday and
decamped with cash, cellphones and gold ornaments worth about Rs 1 lakh.
The incident took place near Tulsitand between Jasidih and Jhajha in the [...]
Posted in News on Oct 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
Man risks life to shield Mamata
TNN 10 October 2009, 06:43am IST
KOLKATA: A 62-year-old man, driven by his admiration for railway minister Mamata Banerjee, risked his life to ensure that a Howrah-Burdwan local
held up at Boinchigram station on the Main Line resumed its journey. Sunil Mukherjee did so because
he did not want angry passengers to blame [...]
Posted in News on Oct 10th, 2009 No Comments »
TNN 10 October 2009, 06:33am IST
KOLKATA: The railways ministry has submitted a proposal to the state government to connect Joka by rail with Majerhat. This was one of the
proposals that railway minister Mamata Banerjee gave in her budget speech earlier this year. The project will be part of the Metro Railway network but will use [...]
Posted in News on Oct 9th, 2009 No Comments »
Third rail damage triggers rush-hour chaos on Metro
TNN 9 October 2009, 03:55am IST
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The Metro suffered one of its worst disruptions on Thursday morning, leaving commuters high and dry in rush hour. A rake possibly of the first
lot bought [...]
Posted in News on Oct 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Light rail system for swift commute
SANJAY MANDAL
Calcutta is poised to travel light — literally — as part of a modified version of the rapid-transit rail network promised in Mamata Banerjee’s budget.
The city’s first Light Rail Transit (LRT) system will connect Majherhat, Joka, Budge Budge, Garden Reach and Diamond Harbour in the south —a circular stretch [...]
Posted in News on Oct 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Mumbai Duronto reaches 90 mins early
Roana Maria Costa, TNN 30 September 2009, 06:04am IST
MUMBAI: The Howrah-Mumbai Duronto Express created a record on its maiden run. Train number 2262 rolled into CST at 9 am on Tuesday 90 minutes ahead of schedule.
Amit Gupta and his wife, Ashoka, from Kolkata were among the first passengers to book [...]