Central Railway News

Indian Railways has renewed a proposal urging offices to adopt staggered working hours to help ease congestion and enhance passenger safety. According to reports, the railway has sent letters to around 800 offices to shift their reporting times slightly so as to help distribute the rush more evenly across non-peak hours.

Central Railway saved Rs 170.7 crore in the last financial year by using energy-efficient Head-On Generation (HOG) technology, which powers trains directly from overhead electric lines, replacing diesel-based systems. Achieving 86.71 per cent HOG operations, major savings came from the Mumbai division, significantly reducing environmental and operational costs across all five divisions.  

Mumbai's Harbour Line Near CSMT faced service disruptions because there was an imposition of speed restriction at 10 kmph for local trains at the crossover point

The main line service of Mumbai Local operates from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Kasara (from south Mumbai to Thane) and CSMT-Khopoli (south Mumbai to Raigad) routes.

Central Railway arm of the Indian Railways noticed at least 3,092 cases of ticketless or unauthorised travel, while more than Rs 8.6 lakh were collected in fines in a single day.

The Harbour line of the Central Railway (CR) connects Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai to Panvel as well as the Navi Mumbai suburbs.

During the block period, suburban trains will not run between Belapur and Panvel stations on both Harbour and Trans-Harbour lines, along with changes in origin stations.

Central Railway arm of the Indian Railways is running 156 Ganpati Special rains in view of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival beginning on September 19 and will continue for 10 days.

With Vande Bharat Express transporting over 1 lakh passengers, Indian Railways earned a revenue of over Rs 10 crore between August 15 to September 8.

Indian Railways has increased the number of Ganpati Special Trains when compared to services operated by the organisation in 2023; read on for more details.

Train operations were affected as the Mumbai Local Train's derailed coach was infringing down the main line from Kalyan to Karjat station.

Central Railway has procured 50 such body cameras at a cost of Rs 9,000 each, these units will be provided to ticket checkers in the Mumbai Division as part of the pilot project.

The electrification by Indian Railways helps in reducing carbon footprints of 5.204 lakh tonnes every year as well as saving Rs 1670 crore, reports PTI.

The rates were increased because of festivals Platform ticket prices for 14 stations have been reduced Railway Stations in multiple zones were affected because of the hike

The train services were disrupted on the Ambernath-Karjat section of the Mumbai local train network due to a technical problem, said Central Railway.   

Indian Railways to set up four more 'Restaurant on Wheels' in Maharashtra Similar restaurants will soon come up at Akurdi, Chinchwad, Baramati and Miraj The 'Restaurant on Wheel' is a modified coach mounted on a rail

The trains between Sandhurst Road station and CSMT were delayed Restoration of services is ongoing 1,810 services run by Central Railway carry close to 40 lakh passengers each day

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde attended the function virtually through a video link, while deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Danve and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

The mega block is being conducted after a week The mega block on Sept 11 is for maintenance work Dn slow line services from CSMT in Mumbai will be detoured to the Dn fast line

The train departed from Mumbai for Khopoli district and, on the way, encountered a drum on the track, which forced the loco pilot to apply emergency brakes to save passengers' lives.