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Mumbai, April 11 The Central Railway will operate four special suburban trains on the night of April 13 and 14 to facilitate the movement of commuters on the occasion of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's birthday, officials said on Saturday.The special services will operate on both the Main Line and...

Mumbai, April 7 A non-air-conditioned sleeper coach was partially damaged in a fire at a major workshop of the Central Railway (CR) in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.No one was injured in the incident, which occurred at 3:10 pm at the CR's workshop in Matunga, they said.The fire...

Mumbai, April 5 After serving commuters for 113 years between present-day Parel and Prabhadevi in central Mumbai, the Elphinstone Road Overbridge was demolished on Sunday as workers removed its last remaining girders.This marks the fifth British-era road overbridge (ROB) to be removed by...

Mumbai, April 3 The Central Railway announced a special traffic and power 'block' (disruption in regular train services) during the night of April 4 and 5 for platform extension works at Thane and Dombivli stations and the dismantling of the Prabhadevi Road Over Bridge between Parel and Currey...

Mumbai, March 22 Train services were disrupted for nearly 1.5 hours at Kalyan station in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Sunday after a man climbed an overhead equipment (OHE) mast and subsequently fell onto the track, sustaining injuries, an official said.The incident occurred around 2 pm...

Mumbai, March 22 Train services were disrupted at the Kalyan station in Maharashtra's Thane district on Sunday after a man climbed an overhead equipment (OHE) mast and subsequently fell onto the track, sustaining serious injuries, an official said.The incident occurred around 2 pm when the man...

Mumbai, March 22 Train services were disrupted at Kalyan railway station in Thane district, Maharashtra, on Sunday after a man climbed an overhead equipment (OHE) mast, prompting authorities to switch off the power supply, officials said.The incident occurred around 2 pm when the man climbed...

Thane, March 20 The municipal body in Thane, Maharashtra, has unanimously passed a resolution praising the decision to name the upcoming railway station between the city and the Mulund area after the late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe, stating that the move reflected the sentiments of the...

Mumbai, March 19 The decision by the railway ministry to convert a special train into a regular Dadar-Gorakhpur express has upset activists and commuters, who say it has pushed the starting point of another train to Maharashtra's Konkan region to Diva, on the outskirts of Mumbai.Central...

Thane, March 17 Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske has demanded that the upcoming railway station between Thane and Mulund in Maharashtra be named after the late party leader, Anand Dighe.Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has approved ₹250 crore for the construction of the new station, and the...

Thane, March 13 A 23-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly throwing a stone at the Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express near the Thakurli station in Thane district, a police official said.The accused, Sunny Kamble, a resident of Pune, is a drug addict, the official added...

Mumbai, March 12 Central Railway announced on Thursday that it will operate 1,484 summer special trains to alleviate passenger congestion during the holiday season.Of these, 749 will be reserved special trains, while 735 will be unreserved services, it said in a statement, adding that timings...

New Delhi, March 10 The CBI has arrested a chief electrical distribution engineer with the Central Railway and two private individuals in an alleged bribery case involving Rs 10 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.The central investigative agency had registered the case against the 2003-batch...

Mumbai, March 10 – The CBI arrested a senior Central Railway official and two others in an alleged bribery case involving Rs 40 lakh, and seized cash and jewellery worth Rs 1.47 crore during raids across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Karjat, an official said on Tuesday.Ramesh Kumar Chauve, Chief...

New Delhi, March 8: In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking through the rail network, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Central Railway has seized 43 kilograms of narcotics worth Rs 12.82 lakh in two separate operations conducted in Nagpur and Kalaburagi earlier this month. Railway...

Mumbai, February 26 A goods train carrying approximately 50 wagons descended the "Ghat" or hilly section at excessive speed between Palasdari and Karjat railway stations on the Mumbai-Pune route on Thursday afternoon, prompting the Central Railway (CR) to order an investigation into the "major...

Indian Railways has made elaborate arrangements to ensure smooth, safe, and comfortable travel for passengers during the upcoming Holi festival. To manage the anticipated increase in passenger traffic, the Railways has decided to operate 1,244 Holi Special train trips across various railway...

Mumbai, February 18 French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron left Mumbai for New Delhi on Wednesday after concluding their official engagements here, including bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.They were seen off at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj...

Nagpur, February 17 A coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Grant Trunk Express caught fire in Maharashtra's Wardha district on Tuesday morning, railway officials said.There were no casualties, they said.Train 12616 New Delhi-Chennai (Tambaram) Grant Trunk Express departed from Nagpur in the...

Mumbai, February 12 A total of 6.40 lakh passengers have traveled on the newly introduced air-conditioned (AC) local trains on Mumbai's Harbour Line in the 16 days since the service was launched, generating revenue of Rs 2.38 crore, the Central Railway (CR) said on Thursday.Following the...