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  Indian Railways News  / Rohtak-Hansi rail line survey completed

Northern Railway has completed the survey for a new Rohtak-Meham-Hansi railway line.Stating this here on Monday, officials of the Haryana Government said the project is estimated to cost Rs.406.87 crore.They said the Rewari-Jhajjar-Rohtak railway line and the Sonepat-Jind railway line are likely to be completed by March 31, 2014.Meanwhile, the State’s first road project on Built-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis for improvement of the Gurgaon–Faridabad and Ballabgarh-Sohna roads has been awarded to Reliance Infrastructure Limited on a negative grant of Rs.150.30 crore. The work has already been completed and provisional certificate issued.They further disclosed that the project for four-laning of the 151-km Rai Malikpur (Rajasthan Border)-Narnaul-Mahendragarh-Dadri-Bhiwani-Kharak corridor on DBFOT basis has been approved by the Planning Commission for grant of Viability Gap Funding support. The project’s cost is estimated at Rs.1,366.95 crore.

  Indian Railways News  / Long-distance trains likely to speed past smaller stations

Hoping to reduce the number of hours of travel for long-distance railway travellers in the state, the Thiruvananthapuram Division is mooting a proposal to cancel not less than 50 or 100 halts of long-distance trains in the state.According to Rajesh Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, Thiruvananthapuram Division, there are numerous stops for the long- distance trains in the state, thus affecting their speed.  “Long-distance travellers are forced to sit longer hours owing to halts at small stations. In other states, the long-distance trains halt only at major stations,” he said.He added that in Tamil Nadu, the distance between two stops is approximately 50-100 km.“However, in Kerala, long-distance trains stop at every station. Furthermore, most of the stops were unnecessarily brought into effect based on pressure from MPs,” he said.Additionally, if these unnecessary stops are cancelled, the speed and efficiency of the long-distance trains can be increased. It will also reduce half of the present time required to travel to Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and Jharkhand. Agarwal also said that, a stop is usually mooted because passengers from smaller towns wish to alight at places like Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram. “We are striving to introduce more passenger trains and coaches in the state. This is yet another reason to put forward a proposal to increase the coach capacity of all passenger trains to 24,” he said.

Some halts that may be cancelled are at smaller stations in the Thiruvananthapuram Division. Meanwhile, Transport Minister Aryadan Mohammed said that the Railways has been asked to list the stops that have the least number of passengers. “We will give the Railways the green signal to cancel such stops. However, since most of the stops have been provided based on public demand, we won’t allow dropping those stops from the list. The Railways has raised such a demand, but it is not possible in a state like Kerala. A balance has to be struck. The Railways should provide more passenger trains if they are concerned about long-distance travellers,” he said.

  Indian Railways News  / Karnataka on alert after threat to carry out blasts on trains

Railway Police are on high alert in Karnataka in the wake of threats by suspected terror groups operating from Mysore to carry out blasts on some trains plying from here on the eve of Independence day, a top Railway official said."We have received intelligence inputs from Delhi. Some suspected terror groups in Mysore have threatened to carry out blasts on some trains. Our officers are on alert, especially in Mysore", DIG Railways B Srikantappa told reporters here.Srikantappa said tracks are being inspected along with the Regional Security Commissioner."We have to be alert on the eve of August 15. As we will be busy with security that day, they (suspected terror groups) might exploit this opportunity", he said.Srikantappa said extra police force was being sent to Mysore.Round the clock vigil is on at railway stations across the state, especially Bangalore and Mysore. Passengers are being thoroughly checked as also their luggage, he said.

  Indian Railways News  / More 12 Coach Trains in Sealdah-Bangaon Jn. and Sealdah-Hasnabad Sections

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  Indian Railways News  / Running of Special Train between Howrah and Raxaul on 18.08.2012 and on 19.08.2012 from Raxaul

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