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राजधानी के इंजन से गाय टकराई गाय, बचा हादसा1झींझक: कस्बा स्थित रेलवे फाटक के पास नई दिल्ली से गुवाहाटी जा रही राजधानी एक्सप्रेस के इंजन से टकराकर गुरुवार शाम एक गाय की चीथड़े उड़ गए। चालक ने इंजन से तेज आवाज आने पर ट्रेन को इमरजेंसी ब्रेक लगाकर प्लेटफार्म पर रोक लिया। तेज झटके के साथ ट्रेन रुकने से यात्रियों में हड़कंप मच गया। स्टेशन मास्टर बृजेश मीणा ने बताया राजधानी एक्सप्रेस के इंजन से गाय टकराने के कारण कुछ देर डाउन लाइन पर रेल यातायात प्रभावित हुआ।

कानपुर, एक प्रतिनिधि : दिल्ली-हावड़ा रेल मार्ग पर ट्रेनों के मेंटीनेंस से खिलवाड़ हो रहा है। इसका प्रमाण वीआईपी ट्रेनों तक के इंजन फेल होना है। गुरुवार को दिल्ली से आ रही कालका मेल का इंजन भाऊपुर के पास फेल हो गया। तमाम कोशिश के बाद भी इंजन ठीक नहीं किया जा सका तो दूसरा इंजन लगाकर ट्रेन को सेंट्रल स्टेशन लाया गया। इस घटना से ट्रेन ढाई घंटे लेट हो गई। यात्रियों ने हंगामा किया। उधर, गुरुवार रात ही नई दिल्ली से सेंट्रल स्टेशन आ रही शताब्दी एक्सप्रेस का इंजन भी रास्ते में खराब हो गया। ट्रेन आधा घंटा लेट हो गई। तीसरी घटना में शुक्रवार को स्वर्णशताब्दी एक्सप्रेस का इंजन नई दिल्ली से चलते ही फेल हो गया। इस घटना से ट्रेन डेढ़ घंटे देरी से सेंट्रल स्टेशन पर आई। सेंट्रल स्टेशन के वरिष्ठ स्टेशन अधीक्षक मेवालाल ने बताया रास्ते में ट्रेनों के इंजन फेल होने की जानकारी नहीं है। स्वर्णशताब्दी देरी से स्टेशन पर आई।

इलाहाबाद। इलाहाबाद जंक्शन के रिजर्वेशन काउंटर पर दलालों और कर्मचारियों की मिलीभगत पर लगाम कसने के लिए ई-नज़र रखी जा रही है। काउंटर पर वेब-आधारित सीसीटीवी की सुविधा उपलब्ध कराई गई है। इससे डिवीजन में बैठे अफसर कार्यालय से ही रिजर्वेशन काउंटर पर निगाह रख सकते हैं। सूबेदारगंज मुख्यालय में झंडारोहण के बाद उत्तर मध्य रेलवे के महाप्रबंधक आलोक जौहरी ने घोषणा की कि इलाहाबाद की तरह आगरा कैंट, ग्वालियर और कानपुर स्टेशनों पर भी जल्द ही एस्केलेटर की सुविधा उपलब्ध करा दी जाएगी। साथ ही इटावा-मैनपुरी रेल लाइन पर अगले वर्ष में ट्रेनें चालू कर दी जाएंगी। भिंड-इटावा और आगरा-फतेहाबाद-इटावा की नई लाइन के कार्य पूरे कर लिए जाने की संभावना है। बताया कि धौलपुर-सिरमथुरा रेल लाइन के आमान परिवर्तन और गंगापुर सिटी तक इसके विस्तार का कार्य प्रारंभ हो चुका है। महाप्रबंधक ने जोन की उपलब्धियों को गिनाने के साथ 17 रेल कर्मचारियों को उत्कृष्ट कार्य के लिए पुरस्कृत भी किया। समारोह में महाप्रबंधक आरपीएफ, भारत स्काउट एवं गाइड तथा सेंट जॉन एंबूलेंस ब्रिगेड की परेड की सलामी ली। सांस्कृतिक समारोह में टेंडर फीट स्कूल के बच्चों ने देश रंगीला-रंगीला गीत पर सामूहिक नृत्य किया। सांस्कृतिक टीम ने वंदेमातरम, रंग दे बसंती चोला, मन करता है इस धरती पर हम लें सतबार जनम गीत प्रस्तुत किया। आरपीएफ का डॉग शो भी सराहा गया।

MUMBAI: The Western Railway has announced a jumbo block on the Harbour line between Mahim junction and Andheri stations on Sunday.

Said WR chief public relations officer Sharat Chandrayan, "To carry out maintenance work, a jumbo block will be taken from 11 am to 4 pm on Sunday. The block will be carried out on the Up and Down Harbour lines between Mahim Jn. and Andheri stations."

Due to the block, some Up and Down Churchgate-Andheri-Churchgate local trains will remain cancelled and there will be no services on the harbour corridor.

The railways has permitted passengers travelling by Harbour line from Andheri/Bandra to use the WR and Main line to travel to Mumbai CST station.

"The detailed information on the jumbo block is available with the station masters. Passengers are requested to take note of the above arrangements," Chandrayan added.

COIMBATORE/UDHAGAMANDALAM, AUG 17:   Services of Nilgiris Mountain Railway from Mettupalayam to Udhgamandalam were cancelled today as a very big boulder fell on the track, between Hillgrove and Rannimedu.

The NMR, which started from Mettupalayam around 7.30 a.m. returned to the station, following the incident, much to the disappointment of the passengers, railway sources said.

Considering the size of the boulder, railways were planning to blast it into small pieces to clear the track, they said.

The evening service from Udhgamandalam to Mettupalayam was also cancelled.

MUMBAI: The Western Railway will carry out a rail block for launching of steel girders for foot-over-bridge between platform numbers 1 and 2 on Sunday at Palghar station.

Said WR chief spokesperson Sharat Chandrayan, "The block will be taken on UP and Down Main line from 10.30 am to 2.45 pm at Palghar for the work of launching the two steel girders for south-end FOB. Due to the block, some of the trains running between Virar and Dahanu, Borivli and Dahanu, and Churchgate and Dahanu will be cancelled.

Some long distance trains will also be delayed by five minutes to 55 minutes due to the block, he said." assengers are requested to please take note of the above and cooperate with the railway administration," he added.

Kochi: Tripunithura had the biggest role in the history of construction of the first railway line in Kerala when the king of the royal kingdom of Kochi sold 14 golden caparisons of elephants of Poornathrayeesha temple at Tripunithura to finance the track between Ernakulam and Shoranur.

But unfortunately, this satellite town of Kochi city is still waiting for the union government to allot stops for several main trains at Tripunithura railway station. The residents of the area have made several requests to officials, with the latest move being a mass memorandum to union minister K.V. Thomas.

The office-bearers of Tripunithura Rajanagari Union of Residents’ Association (TRURA) cite that no train towards Thiruvananthapuram stops at Tripunithura station between 6.45 am and 5 pm and that not a single train that travels to Kozhikode stops here. For the residents of Tripunithura, boarding express trains from the local station is still an unfulfilled dream.

Despite their being many railway ministers from the state in the past years, the demand of the locals here, for sanctioning stops for all the major trains at Tripunithura railway station has been falling on deaf ears.

Even though, the station has two platforms to accommodate 24 coaches each and a double line till Mulanthuruthy, the potential of the Railway station is still under-utilized. The profit from ticket sales at this station is over Rs 50 lakh every month, according to railway officials, which is more than any other station between Ernakulam and Kottayam.

Tripunithura is the entry point for travelers from Idukki district, which is not connected to a rail network. It is also the nearest station for people going to Muvattupuzha,  Kolencherry,  Puthencruz,  Thiruvankulam, Maradu, Kundannur and Chottanikara. Moreover, the Vyttila Mobility Hub and prominent industries like FACT Ltd, BPCL-Kochi Refineries Ltd, Hindustan Organics and Chemicals Ltd, Carbon Black Industries Ltd etc are in close proximity to the Tripunithura     Station.

Thrissur: The Railways announcement to run an express train service between Punalur and Guruvayur via Kottayam-Chengannur has been welcomed by all. At present, there’s no service between the two destinations.

The two express trains starting from Guruvayur, the Guruvayur-Thiruvanathapuram Intercity Express and the Guruvayur-Chennai Egmore Express, have been running via Alappuzha and these trains are packed during the peak season.

Following the continuous demand of commuters, a new train was announced between Guruvayur and Punalur in the railway budget, much to their delight.

Commuters also urged the railway authorities to sanction stops for the new train at Punkunnam, Puthukkad, Irinjalakuda, Angamali and Aluva stations.

This would be of great service to passengers and pilgrims, said P. Krishnakumar, general secretary of the Thrissur Railway Passengers Association.

But the announcement came as a little disappointment to rail users in Thrissur as the service that has been proposed to run through the route, is likely to disturb the timings of two passenger trains starting from Ernakulam and Thrissur to Guruvayur in the evening.

Shoranur- Mangalore doubling final work will be starting on September last week. Railway higher officials visited shoranur raliway station on 16th August on this regard.

The zone had registered an outstanding performance in revenue earning and cargo loading despite persistence slowdown, East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Mr. Indra Ghosh on Thursday said.

Hoisting the tricolor on the occasion of the Independence Day at East Coast Railway at Railway Stadium, Mancheswar, Mr. Ghosh said the ECoR had loaded 37.24 mt up to June 2013, which was 18.8% more than previous year.

He said, “Similarly, in the Q1 of 2013-14, this railway has generated earnings to the tune of INR 2,982 crores which is 17.5% more than corresponding period previous year. Up to July, only three railways have exceeded their earning aims, and even amongst them ECoR in number one, having exceeded our aim by INR 328 crores.”

“These apart, for the comfort of travelling public, a number of passenger amenity works like provision of unreserved ticketing systems at 18 locations, coach indication boards at 5 stations, Foot Over Bridges (FOB) at 4 stations, touch Screen terminals at 7 locations and 2 escalator services at Bhubaneswar have been provided in the present year,” he said.

Mr. Ghosh also mentioned that significant progress regarding implementation of different projects like new line between Bhawanipatna – Junagarh 24 kilometer (km), doubling between Brundamal – Jharsuguda Road (6 km) and between Rengali-Lapanga (14.85 km), third line between Korukonda-Almanda and Almanda-Kantakapalli of Vizianagarm-Kottavalasa section have been completed and witnessed. The GM took salute from a contingent of Railway Protection Force, Bharat Scouts and Guides.