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  Indian Railways News  / 130 persons caught travelling without tickets

FEROZEPUR :  One hundred and thirty persons were caught travelling without tickets, during a special drive underway on trains of the  routes of Ferozepur-Fazilka, Fazilka-Muktsar, Jalandhar-Ferozepur and at Bathinda rail junction.   The drive has specially been launched on the instructions of Vishesh Chowbey, Divisional Railways Manager, Ferozepur Division by the teams of M.M.Singh, Senior DCM and P.C.Doodi, DCM, to check the rising incidents of people travelling without tickets in different trains.    During the checking, 130 passengers travelling without ticket or carrying the luggage beyond the prescribed limit of weight, were caught and about Rs.29000 was recovered as fine money. During this operation, besides Updesh Sandhu, Malkit Singh, Sanjiv, Rajiv, Ranbir, Vikram, a good number of ticket checking staff was involved.

  Indian Railways News  / Possibility of routing trains via Coimbatore bright

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  Indian Railways News  / 65 yrs after proposal, century-old bridge to be separated

A 118-year-old single rail and road bridge at Lohian constituency in Jalandhar district, may finally be separated by the end of this month, some 65 years after a proposal to build a separate bridge for road traffic had received approval. The SAD-BJP government had tried to complete the road bridge, near Gidderpindi’s single railway and road traffic bridge, before the 2012 state Assembly polls but the new bridge will only be ready by the end of the month. Till now, rail and road traffic have been passing over the same bridge since the British Raj but the bridge is closed to vehicles at night to allow trains to pass unhindered.Though the foundation stone for the separate 721 metre long road bridge was laid here in February 2009 and the dead line was June 2010, the project was delayed after the previous company left it, forcing the government to hand over the project to another company under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) system. The present SAD-BJP government has been claiming that the work would be completed by the end of this month. The cost of the bridge will be around Rs 41 crore.The new road bridge should bring relief to the residents of the area. For over a century, people have been using the railway bridge for road transport and have been demanding a separate road bridge but no government paid any heed till 2007. The rail-road bridge is closed for road traffic every evening till 8 am in the morning. Even during the day, it is only open to vehicular traffic for only five to six hours due to passing trains using the same bridge. Further only vehicles with pneumatic tyres (tyres made of rubber and filled with air) are allowed on the bridge and hence bullock carts were banned.The bridge is the main link between Jalandhar and Ferozpur but in the absence of any separate road bridge, residents say they have to travel an extra 50 kilometres if they wanted to travel to Ferozepur from Jalandhar at night. Sarpanch Baljeet Singh of Gidderpindi village says that residents of the area are very happy that this long pending demand is about to be fulfilled.Businessmen in the area are a relieved lot as well. They point out that so far their visits to Malwa cost a lot of money and wasted time. They believe that the new bridge will provide a fillip to their businesses as well.

  Indian Railways News  / Ekta Express/14796 Will now run to HISAR and KALANDI Stations

Hisar. Kalindi, Ekta Express and Mathura to Hisar passenger train will run soon. Indian Railway has prepared for this particular proposal. In the long route to the shift in the carts. The washing line is to begin preparing.

The work of cleaning and repair of trains instead of Bhiwani, Hisar, will be at the junction. It is the Bikaner railway division DRM Shyam Sunder Gupta. On Wednesday they had several plans to visit Hisar Junction.


> Hisar Junction soon will the new building. The building will cost Rs quarter.

> Station is on the same foot overbridge. It's very old and shabby. Now there will be two crore in the new foot overbridge.

> The city's old railway overbridge would be up a bit. 47 million have been approved to repair the bridge.

> Multi-functional complex at the station (shopping mall) will be created. The Board will work.

  Indian Railways News  / Ernakulam Station to wear a traditional look

KOCHI: In an attempt to give a traditional touch to the Ernakulam Junction Station, Thiruvananthapuram Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Rajesh Agarwal announced that the station will be renovated in the traditional Koothambalam style, on Sunday. He, along with Khul Bhushan Railway Board Member ( Electrical, Signalling and Telecom), is on a visit to the Ernakulam station. “The station will be turned into a world class facility wearing a traditional look,” said the DRM. The plan is to demolish the old buildings at the station. “Many changes will be made at the entrance to incorporate a feel of Kerala culture for the passengers. The station will have electrical boards displaying information on the arrival and departure of trains. Also, the waiting rooms will be made spacious,” the DRM said. While, there were discussions on the renovations plans of the Ernakulam station, the officials also discussed the financial issues being faced by the Thiruvanathapuram division. “Many norms have to be finalised before anything can be done. The plan will be put into effect after the Union government sanctions it. Though funds are a big problem, we are working our way towards the approval,” said Rajesh Agarwal, DRM, Thiruvananthapuram Divison. Speaking on the lack of ticket counter clerks at the Ernakulam Junction Station, the DRM said that they have already appointed additional ticket-counting staff at the station. “We will take immediate action if the staff are not reporting for duty,” he added.