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The inquiry by the Commissioner of Railway Safety into the accident involving Kanchanjunga Express and a goods train on June 17 in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district that claimed 10 lives has reached completion and a final report is being awaited. According to officials, three railway employees, Rangapani Station superintendent, the signal technician of the section between Rangapani and Chattarhat and …

A day after Rahul Gandhi met loco pilots at the New Delhi railway station, train drivers' unions on Saturday rejected Railways' claim that the pilots were 'brought from outside the Delhi Division.' Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi during a meeting with the loco pilots at New Delhi Railway Station, in New Delhi. Kamlesh Singh, Central Treasurer of the Indian Railway …

The train drivers' unions have countered Railways' claim that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met loco pilots who were not from the Delhi Division and were brought from outside. On Friday, after Mr. Gandhi visited the loco pilots' crew lobby at the New Delhi Railway Station, the Chief Public Relation Officer of Northern Railway under which the Delhi Division falls, said …

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday went to the New Delhi Railway station and met some loco pilots there. Very poor direction.” Rahul Gandhi's PR stunt at New Delhi Railway Station Rahul brought 8 cameras along with a director and interacted with some people which were also brought by his team. pic.twitter.com/egEHC0efyg — Facts July 6, 2024 Another individual …

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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on July 5 met a group of Indian Railways loco pilots, who complained of “inadequate rest due to understaffing”. Congress sources said that Mr. Gandhi met around 50 loco pilots from all over India at the New Delhi railway station in the afternoon for an interaction. Explaining their issues to Mr. …

The Railways will soon install an optical fibre-based intrusion detection system along the elephant infested 33-km stretch between Kottekkad and Madukkarai as part of its latest measure to prevent elephant deaths on the tracks. The optical fibre network will detect the presence of animals big and small through vibrations, and send real-time alerts to the intrusion monitoring cell, station masters …

Runaway train was not secured: probe blames engine, station staff

The engineers of a freight train that rolled down from Kathua station on Sunday morning and travelled roughly 75km with no one in control did not adhere to protocol to deploy adequate number of brakes and track wedges when they parked the locomotive, a preliminary inquiry into the incident has found, according to details accessed by HT. HT Image Six …

In a significant shift in policy, the Indian Railways will provide Global Positioning System clocks for control offices to enable section controllers coordinate with station masters, loco pilots and other staff directly involved in train operations to ensure uniformity in time. The Commissioner of Railway Safety who probed the circumstances that led to the accident concluded that there was a …