The travails of travellers mount as MMTS suburban train services veer off-track
1 year, 4 months ago

The travails of travellers mount as MMTS suburban train services veer off-track

The Hindu  

Bhagyam is a domestic worker who travels six days a week from Hyderabad’s suburbs to the bustling Ameerpet business centre. Yet, of late the local train services have become erratic with the railway authorities frequently cancelling services citing “maintenance” or “lack of patronage”, leaving citizens like Bhagyam high and dry. “What is the point of running a service when it is not useful to people, with erratic and unimaginative timings in the morning and evening peak hours,” questions Suburban and MMTS Train Travellers Association secretary and ex-railway staffer Noor Mohammed. It is even more arduous for passengers coming from either Medchal or Bolarum for Hi-Tec City/Lingampally, where IT/ITES firms and many malls operate, because the train halts at either platform 4 or 6 in the Secunderabad station whereas the MMTS train towards Lingampally starts from platform 10. “We owe about ₹165 crore, all these years, the MMTS project and the funds have been used to improve railway infrastructure to run more freight trains and express trains without bothering about local services.

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Mumbai's local train service on main line hit after glitch in signalling system
7 months ago

Mumbai's local train service on main line hit after glitch in signalling system

India TV News  

Mumbai: Mumbai's lifeline -- its local train service -- was impacted after a glitch in the signalling system near Vikhroli station on the Main line of the Mumbai suburban network this morning. "Due to some technical faults at UP through line near Vikhroli station local trains are held up hence some locals are running behind schedule time," Rajneesh Goyal, divisional …

SCR clueless about poor patronage to MMTS suburban train services in Hyderabad
11 months, 2 weeks ago

SCR clueless about poor patronage to MMTS suburban train services in Hyderabad

The Hindu  

South Central Railway is set to complete the MMTS phase two infrastructure works connecting suburbs such as Medchal, Falaknuma, Umdanagar, Lingampally and others to the central parts of Hyderabad and Secunderabad soon, but it is not sure how to lure the public into using the services. “Please let us know why even the vendors have stopped using our suburban train …

MMTS: Affordable but few takers
2 years, 4 months ago

MMTS: Affordable but few takers

The Hindu  

This year, the grand 75th Independence Day celebrations and later political developments had ensured that only a few remembered the 19th anniversary of the popular public rail transport system, MMTS, which went off in a flash. Yet, up to 1.6 lakh passengers used to take these MMTS trains with 121 services daily and more than 1,155 passengers per trip before …

Indian Railways Reduces MMTS First-class Journey Fare in Secunderabad-Hyderabad Region by 50% from Today
2 years, 8 months ago

Indian Railways Reduces MMTS First-class Journey Fare in Secunderabad-Hyderabad Region by 50% from Today

News 18  

Indian Railways’ South Central zone has reduced the fare of the suburban train services in the twin cities of the Secunderabad-Hyderabad region i.e., Multi-modal Transport Service by up to 50 per cent for the first class single journey passengers. “The Ministry of Railways has decided to rationalize the basic fares of First Class in the suburban train services with effect …

Suburban Train Services to Resume in Chennai From Tomorrow: Who's Allowed
3 years, 6 months ago

Suburban Train Services to Resume in Chennai From Tomorrow: Who's Allowed

News 18  

The Tamil Nadu government’s decision to relax lockdown norms in 27 districts and bus services in four districts, will On Sunday, the state had allowed resumption of Metro Rail services with 50 per cent occupancy, and intra and inter-district bus services in four districts including Chennai with 50 per cent seat occupancy. Announcing that services will start from June 25, …

Mumbai local trains: Railways to add 204 more local trains on suburban network from Friday
3 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai local trains: Railways to add 204 more local trains on suburban network from Friday

India TV News  

An additional 204 special local train services will be run on the Mumbai suburban network from Friday. The addition of 204 suburban services will lead to resumption of about 95 per cent of the total 3,141 local train services, which were being operated collectively by the CR and WR before the COVID-19 outbreak, railway officials said. The decision to increase …

Teaching, non-teaching staff allowed to use Mumbai local train service amid Covid-19
4 years, 2 months ago

Teaching, non-teaching staff allowed to use Mumbai local train service amid Covid-19

India Today  

Amid the covid-19 pandemic, the Indian Railways has allowed the teaching and non-teaching staff to board suburban trains being run in Mumbai, and its metropolitan regions, railway officials said on Friday. Valid identity cards required for entry at the railway station The release further added that valid identity cards are necessary for entry at the railway stations. The state government …

Mumbai's suburban train services resume for ferrying essential staff; expected to benefit 1.25 lakh people, says official
4 years, 7 months ago

Mumbai's suburban train services resume for ferrying essential staff; expected to benefit 1.25 lakh people, says official

Firstpost  

The Railways resumed ‘selective’ suburban train services on the main and harbour lines in Mumbai for ferrying essential staff Mumbai: The Railways on Monday resumed suburban train services in Mumbai for ferrying essential staff. The Central Railway and Western Railway decided to run “selective suburban services” over main line and harbour line only for essential staff as defined by the …

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