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  Indian Railways News  / COMED-K students get special trains to B’lore

Patna: In view of the mad rush of students from Bihar, who have to appear for the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K) entrance examination in Bangalore on May 6, the East Central Railway (ECR) has decided to run two special trains.These two trains, besides the Patna-Bangalore Sanghmitra Express which runs daily, are all the more necessary as, according to one estimate, around 70,000 students have to reach Bangalore/Mysore by May 5  to appear for the examination the following day.The first exam special train (05289) will originate from Barauni on May 2 at 6:20 pm and leave for Bangalore via Patna. The second exam special train (03289) will leave Patna junction with thousands of students on May 3 and reach Bangalore on May 5.

  Indian Railways News  / Railways takes 16 years to rename a station

KOCHI: The Kurrikad Railway Station at Chottanikkara will now be known as Chottanikkara Road Railway Station. Residents welcomed the Railways approval to change of name of the station. It all began in 1996 when ticket agent V G Rageshwari who has been working at the station since 1981, approached the then-panchayat president with the request to change the name of the station. In 1996, the panchayat president C V Ouseph forwarded the various passenger association letters and application to the Railway Board. The letters suggested that the name change would be beneficial for Chottanikkara area which is developing into a town. Since, Kurrikad village is not known to many people, locals felt Chottanikkara Road Railway Station would be a better name for the station. Later, Chottanikkara grama panchayat and Udayamperoor grama panchayat passed petitions to the Railway Board and approached the then-District Collector with the request, who sent a letter to Thiruvananthapuram. Finally in 1998, the Thiruvananthapuram Transport Secretary sent the approval to the Collector. However, the move hit a roadblock when the State government did not show much interest in pushing the application to the Railway Board.But undeterred by the government’s lackadaisical attitude, requests for the name change continued pouring in from various passengers associations and the likes. Following this, in September 2005, the State government sent a gazetted vide stating that the name change has been concurred by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. In April this year, all the signages leading to the station display the new name - Chottanikkara Road Railway Station.

  Indian Railways News  / L&T to commission first phase of Hyderabad Metro Rail by 2014

HYDERABAD: India's largest engineering and construction company by revenues Larsen & Toubro, which is implementing the country's largest elevated metro rail project in Hyderabad, said on Tuesday the first phase of the metro rail project will be commissioned by 2014.The project consists of three corridors covering a total distance of 71.16 kilometres to be implemented in four phases. Corridor-I will extend from Nagole to Shilparamam (27.51 km - 23 stations), corridor-II from Miyapur to L.B. Nagar spread over 28.87 km with 27 stations, while corridor-II will be from JBS to Falaknuma stretch over 14.78 km with 23 stations.V. B. Gadgil, CE & MD, L&T Metro Rail, said the first phase includes the stretch from Nagole to Mettuguda and from Miyapur to Ameerpet. "Work will simultaneously go on in the other phases as well. We will finalise vendors for rolling stock, telecom, signalling systems by June," he said.Four firms have bid for supplying the rolling stock including the Canadian aircraft and railway coach maker Bombardier, a consortium led by Hyundai and BEML and a Chinese and Spanish company, the executive said.For the Rs 16,336 crore of project, the company has so far invested Rs 3,400 crore as equity. The viability gap funding for the project provided by the government is Rs 1,458 crore and the banks have lent the company Rs 11, 478 crore as term loans for the project.

Hyderabad Metro Rail project is being implemented with the Andhra Pradesh government on public private partnership mode under the design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) format. The concession agreement was signed by with the AP government in September 2010.

"The company will execute transit oriented development along the corridors and depot of around 18.5 million square feet, apart from connecting the multiple modes of transport. Once implemented, Hyderabad will be among the first cities in India with integrated urban planning with inter-modal connectivity and convenient sky-walks making seamless commuting a reality," Gadgil said.

  Indian Railways News  / Spl trains from Mysore to Patna

Bangalore : East Central Railway will run special trains between Mysore and Patna. On May 3, the special train will run from Patna and on May 7 it will run from Mysore.Patna-Mysore Express Special will depart from Patna at 8:10 pm on May 3 and arrive in Mysore on May 5 at 11:30 pm.In the return direction, Mysore-Patna Express Special will depart from Mysore at 7:15 am on May 7 and arrive in Patna at 11:40 on May 10. The trains will pass through Mirazpur, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Vijayawada, Gudur, Chennai Central, Katpadi, Jolarpet and Bangalore.North-East Frontier Railway will run special trains between Bangalore and Barauni. The train will run from Baurani on May 2, while on May 7 it will run from Bangalore. Baurani-Bangalore City Express Special will depart from Baurani at 6:20 pm on May 2 and arrive in Bangalore on May 4 at 11:30 pm.In the return direction, the train will depart from Bangalore on May 7 at 5:00 am and arrive in Baurani at 10:40 on May 10.

  Indian Railways News  / Urban development ministry to study feasibility of high speed train services in Delhi-Rohtak-Hisar c

ROHTAK: The union urban development ministry has agreed to conduct feasibility study for high speed train services on Delhi-Rohtak-Hisar corridor under the regional rapid transit system (RRTS) for better connectivity in the national capital region.The union urban development minister Kamal Nath agreed for feasibility study on the Delhi-Rohtak-Hisar section on the demand raised by the Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda in Lok Sabha on Monday during discussion for grant on demands.Last year, the NCR planning board had prepared functional plan for creating transport system for NCR-2032. The plan recommended eight RRTS corridors to connect various towns/areas of NCR, of which the centre prioritized three corridors for implementation in consultation with state governments. Delhi-Rohtak-Hisar would be the fourth corridor under the RRTS.Taking up the demand, Hooda has said that the NCR contribute to 20 per cent of the national GDP, so the priority should be given on infrastructure development in the NCR area. He urged the minister to increase the allocation of NCR Planning Board to 500 Crores in the 12th Plan period which had been decreasing over the years.Hooda also demanded three metro routes on Mundka-Bahadurgarh, Dwarka-Nazafgarh-Badli and Jahangirpuri-Kundli in Sonipat. He said that the Delhi Government should bear the cost of Metro line from Mundka to Tikri village in Delhi bordering Haryana. He said that the norms of 50:50 costs sharing between centre and state should be followed for future projects, complaining that Haryana Government was made to bear 80 per cent cost of the Faridabad metro project.Hooda demanded that the Panchkula should also be included in the JNNURM package for Chandigarh UT. He said that the Chandigarh region included Mohali and Panchkula. He urged that Rs 6000 crore package for Panchkula is pending and it should be cleared at the earliest.