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1 month, 1 week ago

Close Call for Vande Bharat Express in Odisha’s Nuapada

Bhubaneswar: A potential disaster was narrowly avoided when a Vande Bharat Express train encountered a large rock placed on the tracks near the Nuapada Road railway station late Sunday night. Sources report that the Express train, en route from Visakhapatnam to Durg, was passing through Nuapada around 10 pm when the loco pilot noticed a sizable rock obstructing the left …

Express Nuapada

1 month, 1 week ago

Hyderabad’s Indira Eegalapati joins Riyadh metro as loco pilot

Deccan Chronicle

Riyadh: Hyderabad’s Indira Eegalapati is among the few women loco pilots associated with the Riyadh Metro, currently running trial trains and raring to go as the rapid transit system nears completion. “It is really a proud moment for me to be a part of this world-class and prestigious project, especially being an expatriate,” 33-year-old Eegalapati, who has been employed as …

Hyderabad Eegalapati Riyadh Metro

4 months ago

Life in the day of a suburban train loco pilot in Chennai

The Hindu

Even during odd hours, say at 3.30 a.m., the Moore Market complex railway station bustles with activity, registering the footfall of night shift workers and commuters waiting for the electrical multiple unit train bound for Arakkonam. Mr. Senthilkumar who started his service as an assistant shunting pilot in a temporary position in 1997 has served for 24 years by operating …

Chennai Train Loco Drivers Senthilkumar

5 months ago

Dibrugarh Express accident: Train's loco pilot claims he heard explosion sound just before derailment

India TV News

Dibrugarh Express derailment: The loco pilot of the Dibrugarh Express train, which derailed near Gonda railway station in Uttar Pradesh earlier today, claimed that he heard an explosion sound just before the train went off the tracks. LJN: 8957409292 GD: 8957400965 Commercial Control: 9957555984 Furkating : 9957555966 Mariani : 6001882410 Simalguri : 8789543798 Tinsukia : 9957555959 Dibrugarh : 9957555960 At …

Railways Uttar Pradesh Dibrugarh Gonda Express Train Dibrugarh Express Explosion Sound

5 months ago

Railways relax Make-in-India rules to buy walkie-talkie sets for crew

The Hindu

Amidst acute shortage of walkie-talkie sets, which are essential for crews operating passenger and goods trains, the Indian Railways have relaxed the “Make-in-India” norms to procure the Very High Frequency communication system from the global market. The Loco Pilot and Train Manager of the goods train that rammed into the rear of Kanchanjunga Express were not given walkie-talkie sets. The …

India Railways Railway Train Crew Sets Wireless Communication

5 months, 1 week ago

Kanchanjunga Express accident: Three employees suspended, Commissioner of Railway Safety inquiry almost complete

The Hindu

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 …

Accident Railway Train Express Goods Crs Kanchanjunga Express

5 months, 2 weeks ago

INDIA Bloc Will Raise Voice in Parliament to Improve Working Conditions of Loco Pilots: Rahul Gandhi

News 18

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday flagged the plight of loco pilots and asserted that the INDIA bloc will raise its voice in Parliament to improve their rights and working conditions. Gandhi’s remarks on X came as he posted a video of his recent interaction with loco pilots at the New Delhi Railway Station. R …

India Gandhi Parliament Working Pilots Working Conditions Loco Pilots

6 months, 1 week ago

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants

The Hindu

Officials from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway inspected railway lines passing through the Madukkarai forest range in Coimbatore district to chalk out plans to improve safety measures for wild elephants. Divisional Engineer Anshul Bharti and Additional Divisional Engineer Bibhash Paswan from Palakkad Division joined the Forest Department team along with loco pilots and …

Railway Forest Department System Pilots Forest Department Wild Elephants

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Who are Aiswarya S Menon and Surekha Yadav, loco pilots attending Narendra Modi's oath tomorrow?

Hindustan Times

Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony for his third term as the prime minister on Sunday, June 9, will feature 8,000 special guests, including Vande Bharat loco pilot Aishwarya S Menon from Chennai Railway Division and Asia's first female loco pilot Surekha Yadav. Vande Bharat loco pilot Aishwarya S Menon and Asia's first female loco pilot Surekha Yadav Additionally, sanitation workers, transgender …

Chennai Vande Bharat Narendra Modi Pilot Menon Vande Bharat

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Amid strike by some Loco Pilots, Railways is trying to ensure undisrupted service: Palakkad Division

The Hindu

The Palakkad Division of Southern Railway on Friday, said it was making all efforts to keep trains running in time amid a section of Loco Pilots continuing to strike from work with a demand for a 46-hour periodical rest. However, a section of LPs owing allegiance to ‘unrecognised’ All India Loco Running Staff Association have resorted to strike in Palakkad …

Work Hours Palakkad Division Loco Pilots Loco Palakkad Division

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Sirhind train collision: Loco pilot, assistant dozed off: Report

Hindustan Times

Four days after a goods train collision in Punjab, the investigation revealed that the loco pilot and his assistant fell asleep at the wheel and failed to apply the brake at the red signal, a railway official said. “Had LP and ALP joined the duty after taking a complete rest and been alert while driving, this incident would have been …

Railways Work Engine Railway Hours Pilot Train Drivers

6 months, 3 weeks ago

2 loco pilots, 3 passengers hurt in 3-train mishap in Sirhind

Hindustan Times

Eight coaches and two engines of a goods train derailed after hitting another from behind on the dedicated freight control corridor section at the New Sirhind railway station in Fatehgarh Sahib district at around 4 am on Sunday, officials said. Naveen Kumar, senior divisional commercial manager of the Ambala railway division, said both trains were running between Sadhoogarh and Sirhind. …

Trains Train Passenger Railway Manager Sirhind

6 months, 3 weeks ago

2 loco pilots injured as goods trains collide in Punjab

Deccan Chronicle

Fatehgarh Sahib: Two loco pilots were injured Sunday morning when a stationary goods train was hit from behind by another at the Sirhind railway station here, a Government Railway Police official said.He said the collision caused the engine of one of them to flip over to another track and hit a passenger train. There was no loss of life in …

Punjab Sirhind Vikas Kumar

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Two loco pilots injured as goods trains collide in Punjab

The Hindu

Two loco pilots were injured on June 2 morning when a stationary goods train was hit from behind by another at the Sirhind railway station in Fatehgarh Sahib, a Government Railway Police official said. There was no loss of life in the incident that took place near Madhopur in Sirhind but loco pilots Vikas Kumar and Himanshu Kumar were injured, …

Punjab Sirhind Pilots Vikas

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Railways, loco pilots lock horns over working hours

The Hindu

Even as a section of loco pilots have called a strike from June 1 in protest against the increasing workload and stress, which is not in the greater interest of the safety of train operations, the data available with the Southern Railway revealed that the loco pilots in Kerala work for six to seven hours per day, including preparatory time …

Work Railway Train Hours Thiruvananthapuram Working Pilots

8 months ago

Anti-collision system to be set in 2.2K km tracks in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: Southern Railway has decided to install Kavach, the anti-collision system for trains, for 2,216 km of tracks across Tamil Nadu and Kerala. On-board RFID reader is mounted beneath the locomotive and it can read the RFID tags fitted between the rails and collect information such as unique tag ID, direction of travel and unique track identification number. On-board equipment …

Train System Kavach Rfid Loco

1 year ago

1,761 loco pilots failed breathalyser tests in 5 years, Ashwini Vaishnaw to RS

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: Over 1,700 loco pilots, mostly pilots of goods trains, have failed the breathalyser tests for alcohol over the last five years, railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Ashwini Vaishnaw said 1,761 loco pilots - 674 passenger loco pilots and 1,087 goods loco pilots - have failed the test. “Loco Pilots who have failed the …

Test Vaishnaw Loco Pilots Breathalyser Tests Goods Loco Pilots Goods Loco Failed Breathalyser

1 year, 2 months ago

Railway staff avert possible collision of moving trains with 87 elephants in ghat section linking Tamil Nadu – Kerala

The Hindu

Timely response by the Railway staff, including loco pilots, had saved 87 wild elephants that were spotted along the tracks on the Ettimadai - Kanjikode section of railway lines, which connect Tamil Nadu and Kerala near Coimbatore, from April this year. According to the Palakkad Division of the Southern Railway, the staff came across a total of 128 elephants along …

Elephants Tamil Nadu Kerala Railways Railway Track Loco Pilots

1 year, 2 months ago

Southern Railway withdraws plan to have single crew for high-speed trains

The Hindu

The Southern Railway on Tuesday withdrew its proposal to introduce single crew on end-to-end basis on high-speed trains such as Vande Bharat, Tejas and Shatabdi Expresses. To get today’s top stories from the State in your inbox, subscribe to our Tamil Nadu Today newsletter The decision to call off the plan to have a single beat crew comprising a Loco …

Trains Railway Train Southern Railway Express Crew Hours

1 year, 5 months ago

IIT-Kharagpur offers tools to check alertness of loco pilots

The Hindu

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has come up with ways to check the alertness of locomotive pilots, both before and while they are at the wheel. A tamper-proof device for the online monitoring of drowsiness can be used for real-time assessment of a loco pilot’s alertness based on the analysis of normal and near-infrared facial images. Drowsiness metric According …

Iit Kharagpur Loco Pilots Loco Routray Eog Offers Tools

1 year, 6 months ago

‘No idea how he is, where he is’: Family of Odisha train accident loco pilot

Hindustan Times

More than two weeks after the Balasore train tragedy in Odisha that killed 291 people and left over 900 injured, the family of the seriously-injured loco pilot of Coromandel Express that hit a stationary goods train before derailing and hitting another passenger, said they have no idea about his condition as they have not yet been allowed to meet him. …

Odisha Train Pilot Balasore Behera Loco Coromandel Express

1 year, 6 months ago

Indian Railways launches counselling for train managers to ensure safety

The Hindu

In a bid to ensure smooth and safe movement of trains, the Indian Railways has introduced a system of periodic counselling for Train Managers and Section Controllers on their duties and responsibilities. While the exercise of providing counselling to Station Masters and Pointsmen is already in place in all zones, the Railway Board on June 8 wrote to General Managers …

Railway Train Watch Smart Smart Watches Train Manager Loco Running Staff

1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train mishap: What happened to loco pilots and guards of ill-fated trains? Are they safe? DETAILS

India TV News

The death toll in Friday's train accident in Odisha's Balasore has climbed to 288, a railway official said. Three trains -- Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train -- were involved in the accident, one of the worst railway tragedies in the country. "The loco pilot, assistant loco pilot and the guard of Coromandel Express and …

Odisha Railway Train Express Guard Coromandel Coromandel Express

$Asia\'s first woman loco pilot Surekha Yadav operates Vande Bharat Express$

1 year, 9 months ago

Asia\'s first woman loco pilot Surekha Yadav operates Vande Bharat Express

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: Asia's first woman loco pilot Surekha Yadav has added another feather to her cap as she became the first female to operate the newly-introduced semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express train, the Central Railway said. Surekha Yadav, the first woman loco pilot of Vande Bharat Express," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav tweeted. The Central Railway said, "Yadav notched another feather in …

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Close Call for Vande Bharat Express in Odisha’s Nuapada

Hyderabad’s Indira Eegalapati joins Riyadh metro as loco pilot

Life in the day of a suburban train loco pilot in Chennai

Dibrugarh Express accident: Train's loco pilot claims he heard explosion sound just before derailment

Railways relax Make-in-India rules to buy walkie-talkie sets for crew

Kanchanjunga Express accident: Three employees suspended, Commissioner of Railway Safety inquiry almost complete

INDIA Bloc Will Raise Voice in Parliament to Improve Working Conditions of Loco Pilots: Rahul Gandhi

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants

Who are Aiswarya S Menon and Surekha Yadav, loco pilots attending Narendra Modi's oath tomorrow?

Amid strike by some Loco Pilots, Railways is trying to ensure undisrupted service: Palakkad Division

Sirhind train collision: Loco pilot, assistant dozed off: Report

2 loco pilots, 3 passengers hurt in 3-train mishap in Sirhind

2 loco pilots injured as goods trains collide in Punjab

Two loco pilots injured as goods trains collide in Punjab

Railways, loco pilots lock horns over working hours

Anti-collision system to be set in 2.2K km tracks in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

1,761 loco pilots failed breathalyser tests in 5 years, Ashwini Vaishnaw to RS

Railway staff avert possible collision of moving trains with 87 elephants in ghat section linking Tamil Nadu – Kerala

Southern Railway withdraws plan to have single crew for high-speed trains

IIT-Kharagpur offers tools to check alertness of loco pilots

‘No idea how he is, where he is’: Family of Odisha train accident loco pilot

Indian Railways launches counselling for train managers to ensure safety

Odisha train mishap: What happened to loco pilots and guards of ill-fated trains? Are they safe? DETAILS

Asia\'s first woman loco pilot Surekha Yadav operates Vande Bharat Express