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गलत ट्रेन में बैठने के कारण मुजफ्फरपुर के प्लेटफार्म संख्या तीन पर सोमवार को यात्रयों में भगदड़ मच गयी | चलती ट्रेन से कूदने के कारण कई यात्री जख्मी हो गए | रेलवे पुलिस ने जैसे तैसे यात्रियों को कूदने से रोका और वैक्यूम कर ट्रेन रोकी गयी | यार्ड से दोपहर बारह बजकर बीस मिनट पर प्लटफॉर्म संख्या तीन पर यशवंतपुर एक्सप्रेस आयी | सप्तक्रांति एक्सप्रेस का इंतजार कर रहे यात्री बिना जानकारी लिए धक्का मुक्की कर उक्त ट्रेन की जनरल बोगी में चढ़ गए | ट्रेन के विपरीत दिशा में जाने के कारण यात्रियों की बेचैनी बढ़ी तो सहयात्रियों से पुछा तो पता चला कि वे गलत ट्रेन में चढ़ गए हैं | इसके बाद यात्री ट्रेन से कूदने लगे जिसमे कई घायल भी हुए | ट्रेन रोकने के बाद जीआरपी ने घूम घूम कर आनंद विहार जाने वाले यात्रियों से उतरने को कहा | इसके बाद ट्रेन को रवाना किया गया | 


बारह बजकर चालीस मिनट पर सप्तक्रांति प्लेटफार्म संख्या तीन पर आई जिसके बाद पुलिस ने जनरल बोगियों में यात्रियों को चढ़ाया |

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जल्द ही रतलाम के शहरवासियों को रतलाम से सीधे ग्वालियर और भिंड की ट्रेन मिल जाएगी | प्रति सप्ताह में दो अलग अलग नाम से चलने वाली ये ट्रेन इंदौर से सुबह साढ़े बजे चलकर रतलाम 11 बजे के लगभग पहुंचेगी | रतलाम से ये गाड़ी शाम पांच बजे चलकर 8  बजे इंदौर पहुँच जाएगी जहाँ से ये एक दिन ग्वालियर के लिए तो दूसरे दिन भिंड के लिए रवाना होगी | 
वर्तमान में गाड़ी संख्या 11125/26 इंदौर-ग्वालियर-इंदौर और 21125/26 इंदौर-भिंड-इंदौर एक्सप्रेस चलती है जिसे रतलाम तक विस्तारित किया जा रहा है | ये दोनों ही ट्रेनें इंदौर में आकर 12 घंटे खड़ी रहती हैं | 
इसके अलावा रतलाम-इंदौर डेमू पैसेंजर को भी रेलवे सुबह साढ़े पांच की बजाय साढ़े छह बजे चलने की तैयारी कर रहा है |

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Indian Railways has decided to preserve around 30 km long Mhow - Kalakund rail line as heritage lines in a shift from its plans to convert all of them in to broad - gauge ones. 

Besides Mhow - Kalakund stretch, the railways has decided to preserve four other metre - gauge lines in different parts of the country and run them ass heritage lines.

The lines to be preserved include sections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. These lines are linked to tourist destinations and were earlier identified for gauge conversion, but now will be retained as heritage lines.

The Mhow- Kalakund rail route passes through the picturesque hills and the valleys of the Vindhyachal mountain range and will draw tourists to the Patalpani Waterfall which has the potential to draw tourists.

Promoting this lines will help tourism and also generate jobs among the tribals.

Ratlam will soon get direct trail connectivity to Gwalior and Bhind. Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal released official orders to extend train number 21125 / 26 between Bhind - Indore and train number 11125 / 26 Gwalior - Indore to Ratlam.

Railway Ministry will shortly issue notification to give effect to the extension and tentative timings of departure of train towards Ratlam and Indore railway station will be 08:10 AM and from Ratlam 05:10 PM.

Besides these two trains, one more South connection from Ratlam rail division has been on final stage and a regular train from Indore to Hyderabad via Ujjaiin, Ratlam, Vasai Road, Pune, Sholapur may be announced by the railway ministry.

If you are lucky enough, you may win Rs. 10,000 cash prize reward from IRCTC on linking your Aadhaar card from your own user ID. This offer is also applicable for passengers booking their tickets on irctc.co.in using BHIM / UPI app.

A computerized lucky draw will decide winners. IRCTC started this lucky draw scheme on December 1 last year. This scheme will continue for a period of 6 months. In the first week of every month, five lucky passengers of the previous month would be selected through a computerised lucky draw and the entire train fare would be refunded to them.

Train number 12029 / 12030 New Delhi - Amritsar - New Delhi Shatabdi Express will be upgraded under Project Swarn. Launched in the month of 2017- project swarn is specifically aimed to upgrade all Premier trains of Indian Railways with better passenger amenities. 

Under this project, Railway will provide significant updates in the following 10 areas to justify higher fares of these trains -

• Onboard cleanliness
• Puntuality
• Coach Interiors
• Toilets
• Security
• On-board entertainment
• Real time feedback
• Catering
• Linen
• Staff Behaviour 

• Complete interior painting for aesthetic appeal.
• LED lightning
• Auto Janitor toilets
• CCTV cameras.

Coimbatore junction is the second highest revenue generator of Southern Railway is all set to get a makeover. With an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh, Coimbatore junction will be enhanced for better passenger amenities.

Beautification will be done to the car parking lot and to the front side of the railway station. Anti skid tiles will be laid down as a part of improving passenger amenities. Tiled pavement will be laid down at car parking area besides structural earmarking instead of painted demarcation to provide lane discipline.

The length of Platform 1A is being widened and shelter is also being extended. Passenger lift will be installed at Platform number 3 and 4.

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Under project "Utkrisht" Indian Railways will select 66 trains express and Superfast trains across country and will upgrade its sleeper class and AC coaches with state-of-art facilities at par with premium trains. To improve passenger amenities and comfort; railway board has approved the Project Utkrisht. Under this project as many as 140 rakes of 66 trains will be upgraded.

Out of 66 chosen trains, some of the trains are -

• KSR Bengaluru-Kochuveli Express
• Tiruchy-Howrah Superfast Express
• Mangaluru Central-Nagercoil Express
• Madurai-Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Sampark Kranti Express
• Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram AC Express
• Coimbatore-Hazrat Nizamuddin Kongu Express
• Mysuru-Thoothukudi Express
  
• Dibrugarh-Kanniyakumari Express
  

Indian Railway wants to move beyond hills and try to attract tourists by  preserving its meter gauge and running trains on it. Railway Ministry official said, "As part of the strategy to preserve the metre-gauge lines, Indian Railways is planning to preserve few metre-gauge lines, which have the potential to attract more tourists."

Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani stressed on preserving metre - gauge lines in the recently held meeting. Five lines are identified for preservation namely -

The 16 km Mhow-Patalpani-Kalakand line in Madhya Pradesh 

The 42.27 km Visavadar-Talala line in Gujarat 

The 162 km Mavli Junction-Marwar Junction line in Rajasthan 

The 47 km Mahur-Harangjao metre-gauge line in Assam 

The 171 km Nanpur-Mailani line in Uttar Pradesh

The good part is that apart from metre gauge line in Assam, all other four rail lines are operational. 

Indian Railways has reduced the entire train booking tariff of the Heritage Steam Voyage summer weekend special train running between Mettupalayam and Coonoor.

To make these heritage trains more affordable for chartering, railway wants you to pay 3 lakh rupees. This price is Rs 2 lakh cheaper than what it used to earlier. 

In a committee meeting of IRCTC and Southern Railway, the decision to cut charter price from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh was taken. These special trains can ferry 130 passengers and passengers are presented with welcome kit along with refreshments and a souvenir.

To book the entire train, you need to submit the request on IRCTC website along with necessary details like journey details, booking type etc. After submitting request , you need  pay the registration amount within six days to get an FTR number.

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