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After changing the location of the ladies coach on trains running on the Violet Line, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is now planning a similar exercise on the Mundka- Inderlok/Kirtinagar (Line-5) to facilitate boarding and alighting of women passengers. Starting Thursday, women passengers using metro trains from Inderlok/Kirti Nagar towards Mundka will find the ladies coach at the end of the train. However, those travelling the other way will continue to find the first coach reserved for women.

Elon Musk may have some outrageous ideas. Then again, the billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of SpaceX has cynics and doubters for breakfast. That's why when he recently unveiled his vision for the future of mass rapid transportation, everyone sat up and took note. Dubbing his design Hyperloop Alpha, Musk's revolutionary transport system looks like something right out of an Isaac Asimov novel. The futuristic Hyperloop would drastically cut travelling time by reaching speeds of 800 mph and evading traffic snarls, giving you just about enough time to finish your morning paper on board.Though this sounds too good to be true, Musk's design isn't all hot air. In Musk's own words Hyperloop is a cross between a Concorde, a rail gun and air hockey, and involves elevated tubes that would carry passenger capsules gliding on air with the help of a jet propulsion system. Which begs the question: Could Hyperloop one day change the face of transportation in India?

Given that Hyperloop is solar powered, environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan should have little trouble assuaging the fears of eco warriors. Also, requiring little land Hyperloop should be a hit with both farmers and politicians who seek favour from this electoral constituency. Besides, projected to cost a fraction of any high-speed train system, even Bengal's Mamata Banerjee wouldn't object as it would enable her to make frequent trips to Delhi to keep the Centre on a tight leash. But most importantly, Hyperloop could transform India's urban landscape. One could be sipping morning tea in Bhopal and make it to work in Delhi in an hour. Making migration transient and yet opening up new labour opportunities, it could help boost market integration. In a country where the bullock cart shares space with the Mercedes, Hyperloop could easily replace the latter.

The e-ticketing website of the IRCTC booked more than five lakh tickets on August 12, the highest-ever tickets booked in a single day.“There has been a record booking of 5.04 lakh e-tickets on Monday,” said a senior IRCTC official.IRCTC, a subsidiary of the Railways, has invested about Rs.11 crores to strengthen and upgrading its ticketing website for facilitating booking of more tickets. -

After changing the location of the ladies coach on trains running on the Violet Line, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is now planning a similar exercise on the Mundka- Inderlok/Kirtinagar (Line-5) to facilitate boarding and alighting of women passengers. Starting Thursday, women passengers using metro trains from Inderlok/Kirti Nagar towards Mundka will find the ladies coach at the end of the train. However, those travelling the other way will continue to find the first coach reserved for women.

INTRODUCTION OF NEW WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN

BETWEEN SAINAGAR SHIRDI - PURI

Railways have decided to introduce a New Weekly Express Train between Sainagar Shirdi and Puri for the benefit of passengers.  The details are as under:

Train No 18408 Sainagar Shirdi – Puri Weekly Express will leave Sainagar Shirdi at 13.00 hrs o­n every Sunday w.e.f. 18.8.2013 and arrive Puri at 23.00 hrs next day i.e. Monday.

Train No 18407 Puri - Sainagar Shirdi Weekly Express will leave Puri at 22.15 hrs o­n every Friday from 16.8.2013 and arrive Sainagar Shirdi at 08.25 hrs o­n third day i.e. Sunday.

HALTS:      Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusaval, Akola, Badnera, Wardha, Nagpur, Gondia, Durg, Raipur, Mahasamund, Khariar Road, Kantabanji, Titlagarh, Balangir, Bargarh Road, Sambalpur, Boinda, Angul, Talcher Road, Dhenkanal, Mancheswar, Bhubaneshwar and Khurda Road.

COMPOSITION:      o­ne AC-2 Tier, Three AC-3 Tier, 9 Sleeper Class, 6 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s brake vans

RESERVATION: Bookings for train No. 18408 will open from 15.8.2013.

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INTRODUCTION OF NEW WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN

BETWEEN SAINAGAR SHIRDI - PURI

Railways have decided to introduce a New Weekly Express Train between Sainagar Shirdi and Puri for the benefit of passengers.  The details are as under:

Train No 18408 Sainagar Shirdi – Puri Weekly Express will leave Sainagar Shirdi at 13.00 hrs o­n every Sunday w.e.f. 18.8.2013 and arrive Puri at 23.00 hrs next day i.e. Monday.

Train No 18407 Puri - Sainagar Shirdi Weekly Express will leave Puri at 22.15 hrs o­n every Friday from 16.8.2013 and arrive Sainagar Shirdi at 08.25 hrs o­n third day i.e. Sunday.

HALTS:      Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusaval, Akola, Badnera, Wardha, Nagpur, Gondia, Durg, Raipur, Mahasamund, Khariar Road, Kantabanji, Titlagarh, Balangir, Bargarh Road, Sambalpur, Boinda, Angul, Talcher Road, Dhenkanal, Mancheswar, Bhubaneshwar and Khurda Road.

COMPOSITION:      o­ne AC-2 Tier, Three AC-3 Tier, 9 Sleeper Class, 6 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s brake vans

RESERVATION: Bookings for train No. 18408 will open from 15.8.2013.

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LUCKNOW: Railways will run a special train Lucknow-New Delhi AC Express (1 trip) to clear weekend rush. Train number 14207 will depart from Lucknow at 8.15pm on Sunday (August 18) and reach New Delhi at 5.35am the next day. The train will comprise one AC-1, four AC-2 tier and eight AC-3 tier coaches. It will stop at Hardoi, Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Moradabad and Ghaziabad stations.

Railways has attached an extra AC-3 tier and two sleeper coaches 12167/12168 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Varanasi Superfast Express with immediate effect till August 31/September 1. The train's timing, route and stoppages remain unchanged.Eight sleeper coaches each have been added in trains 19057/19058 Udhna-Varanasi and 12911/12912 Valsad-Haridwar Express with immediate effect on a permanent basis.

PALAKKAD

: Independence Day celebrations, Divisional Office, Hemambika Nagar, 8.45 a.m.

In view of Independence Day on August 15, the Sunday pattern of EMU services will be operated, instead of week day services, in Chennai Beach – Tambaram – Chengalpattu and Chennai Beach – Velacherry sections.The ladies special EMU running between Chennai Beach – Arakkonam – Chennai Beach will not run on August 15.

New Delhi: No platform tickets will be sold at New Delhi, Nizamuddin and Old Delhi railway stations from 14th August till August 15 due to security reasons on account of the Independence Day. However, platform tickets will be sold on demand to senior citizens, physically challenged and patients, said a senior Northern Railway official.      He said tickets would also be provided to ladies travelling alone or with children.      The railways had earlier decided to stop the movement of trains between Old Delhi and Shahadara on the morning of August 15 in view of the Independence Day function at the nearby Red Fort.