| nikhilndls | Yamuna rising: Onlookers force closure of old bridge on : June 19, 2013 - 15:01:49 PM |
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NEW DELHI: Even as Northern Railway is keeping a hawk's eye on the Old Yamuna Bridge—it will be shut down if the Yamuna's water level rises further—the breaches on the Ambala-Saharanpur section reported on Tuesday led to over 11 trains being cancelled and 10 others diverted. Some of these trains pass through or originate in NCR. Vehicular traffic was stopped on the Old Yamuna Bridge on Tuesday noon. Traffic police officers said the decision was taken on two counts. "Firstly, the water level has crossed the danger mark. Secondly, there were too many curious onlookers on the bridge hoping to catch a glimpse of flooding in the Yamuna. This further endangered the safety of the bridge," said a senior officer. The police said severe jams were noticed on both sides of Nigambodh Ghat. "There were enthusiasts who had come to watch the Yamuna and we had a tough time removing them," said an officer. Traffic officers said jams were noticed on both sides of the bridge at Geeta Colony and Wazirabad even as motorists have been advised to use the eastern approach road through Shastri Park Metro station or Geeta Colony Pusta Road. Northern Railway said it was not stopping rail traffic on the bridge "till the last possible" moment. "We have checked the sand level on the Yamuna bed and our engineers are monitoring the situation. It will be a logistical nightmare at Old Delhi station if we stop operations right now. We will take a decision based on ground reality," said an officer. The railways is still running trains to Haridwar though inter-state bus services were stopped after breaches on NH-58. Meanwhile, due to heavy rain and breaches in the Saharanpur-Ambala section of Ambala Division, at least 20 trains scheduled to run through the section were temporarily diverted, short-terminated or cancelled. The New Delhi-Jalandhar Express, Rishikesh-Jammu Tawi-Rishikesh Hemkund Express, Ambala-Muzaffarpur Express Special and Chandigarh-Varanasi Express special trains were cancelled. The Amritsar-Saharsa Janseva Express and Amritsar-Sealdah Akal Takhat Express were diverted. The Haridwar- Sriganganagar Intercity Express and Haridwar-Amritsar/Una Himachal Jan Shatabdi Express trains were shortoriginated from Ambala. The railways said it would set up helplines to inform passengers about trains in case operations on the Old Yamuna Bridge are stopped. |
| irmafia | Ethiopia: India's Exim Bank Approves a U.S. $300 Million Credit for Railway Construction on : June 19, 2013 - 15:30:04 PM |
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The Export-Import Bank of India approved a $300 million worth of line of credit to Ethiopia, paving the way for construction of a railway line linking Asaita in the Afar Regional State to the new port being built at Tajourah in Djibouti.The agreement was signed on Thursday last week (June 13th) between T.C.A. Ranganathan, chairman and managing director of Exim Bank, and Ethiopia's State Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Ahmed Shide in New Delhi. The Minister noted that the railway link to a port will provide increased impetus to growth, particularly in the northern part of the country.The line is part of a larger regional project to improve railway connectivity in Ethiopia and other east African countries, he added. The loan has been under discussion since the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Ethiopia in 2010. under the African Union Region Development Scheme, which was initiated by India. Debo Tunka, deputy chief executive officer and head of infrastructure development at the Ethiopian Railway Corporation said the railway link would initially be utilized for transporting goods but later opened for passenger traffic |
| railgenie | Kakinada Town – Nanded Janatha Special Train Announced on : June 19, 2013 - 15:30:28 PM |
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South Central Railways announced new special train between Kakinada Town and Nanded to clear extra rush of passengers during the season. Following are the details of this train |
| irmafia | protest at railway track, hisar, haryana - सैनीवास में ग्रामीणों ने रेलवे ट्रैक रोका, पीड़ित परिवारो on : June 19, 2013 - 15:30:44 PM |
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सिवानी मंडी. सैनीवास में तीन दिन पहले ट्रेन के साथ हादसे में एक युवक की मौत के मामले में रेलवे पुलिस की कार्रवाई से नाराज ग्रामीणों ने मंगलवार को हिसार-राजगढ़ रेलवे ट्रैक को जाम कर दिया। गुस्साए ग्रामीणों ने रेलवे प्रशासन के खिलाफ जमकर नारेबाजी की और अधिकारियों पर इस मामले में शामिल कर्मचारी व अधिकारी का बचाव करने व जिम्मेदारी से पीछे हटने का आरोप लगाया। उनका कहना था कि मंगलवार को ही बीकानेर मंडल की डीआरएम को भी जांच के लिए यहां पहुंचना था लेकिन वे नहीं आई। |
| irmafia | protest at railway track, hisar, haryana - सैनीवास में ग्रामीणों ने रेलवे ट्रैक रोका, पीड़ित परिवारो on : June 19, 2013 - 15:30:56 PM |
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सिवानी मंडी. सैनीवास में तीन दिन पहले ट्रेन के साथ हादसे में एक युवक की मौत के मामले में रेलवे पुलिस की कार्रवाई से नाराज ग्रामीणों ने मंगलवार को हिसार-राजगढ़ रेलवे ट्रैक को जाम कर दिया। गुस्साए ग्रामीणों ने रेलवे प्रशासन के खिलाफ जमकर नारेबाजी की और अधिकारियों पर इस मामले में शामिल कर्मचारी व अधिकारी का बचाव करने व जिम्मेदारी से पीछे हटने का आरोप लगाया। उनका कहना था कि मंगलवार को ही बीकानेर मंडल की डीआरएम को भी जांच के लिए यहां पहुंचना था लेकिन वे नहीं आई। |
| riteshexpert | Railway gate damaged, traffic flow disrupted on : June 19, 2013 - 15:31:00 PM |
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The railway level crossing gate at Avarampalayam was damaged on Tuesday when a van driver tried to cross even as the gate keeper was bringing down the gate for enabling an approaching train to pass through the section. The collision resulted in damage to the gate. Railway staff worked for several hours to set right the structure. Following the incident, traffic was diverted via Sathyamangalam Road and small arterial feeder roads with underpasses. Railway police are questioning the van driver. |
| eabhi200k | CCRS inspects Pir Panchal rail tunnel on : June 19, 2013 - 15:31:06 PM |
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Ahead of a trial run, Chief Commissioner Railways Safety (CCRS) Tuesday inspected the Qazigund-Banihal railway tunnel in South Kashmir. The tunnel is to be inaugurated by Prime Minister on June 25. A railway official said the inspection was a mandatory exercise to check the safety measures of the tunnel prior to its trial run. “The CCRS is still carrying out the inspection and if he approves the safety measures, a trial run will be carried out Wednesday,” said Chief Controller of the Railways, Vikram Jeet Singh. The CCRS, Raj Kumar Kardam, was accompanied by several other railway officials while conducting the inspection. The 11.2 kilometer long Qazigund-Banihal Railway Tunnel, named T-80 or the Pir Panchal Tunnel, is the longest railway tunnel in South Asia. |
| messanger | Eurotunnel strikes deal with German rail giant to use cross-Channel route on : June 19, 2013 - 16:00:45 PM |
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Eurotunnel has secured perhaps one of the most significant deals in its history after it agreed terms to allow a German rail service to use its cross-Channel route.Since it opened some 20 years ago, only two services have used the tunnel; Eurotunnel’s own car and freight shuttle service, and the Eurostar high-speed train linking London to the likes of Paris and Brussels, via Kent stations in Ashford and Ebbsfleet.Eurostar pays to use the tunnel but, up until now, has been the only passenger service operating between cities.Now a new name will be added to the list, after Deutsche Bahn - the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in in Europe - agreed to run services between the UK and northern Europe.Previous fears that continental trains would not be able to use the UK rails have also been ruled out, with Eurotunnel bosses confirming there would be only “adjustments to the timetable and modifications to the paths through the tunnel will suffice to accommodate the new traffic”.It means a London to Frankfurt service could be up and running as soon as next year.It will be news warmly welcomed by business travellers in the county for whom the Kent stations provide essential links to mainland Europe, while also further enhancing the county as a place for businesses both home and abroad looking to relocate.Talks between Eurotunnel and DB have been on-going for years. In 2010 it ran a test service of one of its ICE high-speed services to London’s St Pancras International terminal.Now, after three years of detailed study, the Intergovernmental Commission has granted the German firm an operating certificate to run passenger services through the Channel Tunnel.It is expected to lay the ground work for additional services to German and Holland with up to four million new passenger using the service every year.Already, some 10m use the existing high-speed services.A spokesman for Eurotunnel explained: “The request by one of the foremost railway operators to open up direct services via the Channel Tunnel is proof of the significant attraction the infrastructure offers.“The Channel Tunnel provides a route that is fast, reliable and competitive. Groupe Eurotunnel’s access charges, set out by the two states in 1987 under the framework of the Railway Usage Contract (RUC), which runs until 2052, are particularly favourable to the development of new services. Based principally on a charge per passenger, they limit start up costs for new operators whilst they build up their load factors.”Jacques Gounon, chairman and chief executive officer of Groupe Eurotunnel SA added: “Twenty years after the start of commercial services, the authorities have finally opened the Channel Tunnel to all. This is wonderful news for the millions of passengers in northern Europe who can now use this most environmentally friendly means of transport to travel to London.” |
| nikhilndls | Ethiopia: India's Exim Bank Approves a U.S. $300 Million Credit for Railway Construction on : June 19, 2013 - 16:00:50 PM |
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The Export-Import Bank of India approved a $300 million worth of line of credit to Ethiopia, paving the way for construction of a railway line linking Asaita in the Afar Regional State to the new port being built at Tajourah in Djibouti.The agreement was signed on Thursday last week (June 13th) between T.C.A. Ranganathan, chairman and managing director of Exim Bank, and Ethiopia's State Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Ahmed Shide in New Delhi. The Minister noted that the railway link to a port will provide increased impetus to growth, particularly in the northern part of the country.The line is part of a larger regional project to improve railway connectivity in Ethiopia and other east African countries, he added. The loan has been under discussion since the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Ethiopia in 2010. under the African Union Region Development Scheme, which was initiated by India. Debo Tunka, deputy chief executive officer and head of infrastructure development at the Ethiopian Railway Corporation said the railway link would initially be utilized for transporting goods but later opened for passenger traffic |
| eabhi200k | 'मेट्रो-3'साठी सल्लागार नेमण्याच्या हालचाली सुरू on : June 19, 2013 - 16:01:03 PM |
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मुंबई - कुलाबा-वांद्रे-सीप्झ या मार्गावर संपूर्णपणे भुयारी असणाऱ्या 'मेट्रो-3' प्रकल्पाचे दर्जा नियंत्रण, देखरेख, प्राथमिक संकल्पचित्र तयार करणे, पर्यावरणीय व्यवस्थापन कार्यक्रमाची तयारी करणे, प्रकल्पाची चाचणी करून ती कार्यान्वित करणे आदी कामांसाठी प्रकल्प व्यवस्थापन सल्लागाराची नेमणूक करण्याचे प्रयत्न सुरू झाले आहेत. मुंबई महानगर प्रदेश विकास प्राधिकरणाच्या (एमएमआरडीए) अखत्यारीतील मुंबई मेट्रो रेल कॉर्पोरेशनने (एमएमआरसी) याविषयी इच्छुक कंपन्यांकडून 17 जुलैपर्यंत "एक्स्प्रेशन ऑफ इंटरेस्ट'चे प्रस्ताव मागवले आहेत. |
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