Despite trains providing amenities like newspapers, food and other comforts, senior citizens face many challenges while travelling in Indian trains. *Vaideh is lowly trudges along the platform—the train has already arrived, and she has made it just in time. The 72-year-old adjusts the folds in her sky-blue saree and clutches her prayer beads as she […]
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Restricted issue of general and seasonal tickets coupled with the prevailing Covid-19 scare has impacted the livelihoods of Railway canteen owners. Bengaluru: Imran Sheik, a native of Bihar came back to Bengaluru, after the lockdown to reopen his tea stall on Platform 8 of K S R City Railway Station, expecting that the storm had […]
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Metro commuters in the city are seen crowding up three times more than the allowed limit during peak hours. Bengaluru: Although, the Union Government is yet to a give green signal to the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) for operating the metro in full occupancy, people hardly care to wait. Weeks before even the […]
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With the Kolkata Metro booking system going completely online, frequenters are divided on its merits. With the ticket booking system of the Kolkata Metro Railways becoming exclusively online, frequenters have had conflicting reactions to it and need assistance. Numerous tutorial videos have surfaced on YouTube teaching people on how to use the app. The authorities […]
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The Baiyappanahalli coaching terminal is unlikely to complete construction work by 31 March 2020. By Ritam Chatterjee and Shalu Chowrasia Bengaluru: The deadline for the proposed terminal at Cantonment Railway Station at Baiyappanahhali has been delayed once again to May. “There is no point in inaugurating the terminal without the construction being completed. We will […]
Continue ReadingDeployment of more RPFs in Karnataka railway stations prove beneficial as the crime rates drop down the ladder. Ritam Chatterjee The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has pulled the chain on train incidents of stone pelting, chain pulling, etc, by deploying additional forces at some stations in the state, bringing the registered cases down from 2017 […]
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Cleaning of non-electrified demo coaches has been started by South Western Railway from Jan 11. The region’s Divisional Commercial Manager (DCM) expects it will take a maximum of three weeks to start things off. Ritam Chatterjee Finally, the first Automatic Coach Washing Plant (ACWP) for South Western Railway (SWR) zone of Bengaluru division is set […]
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Foot-over-bridge from the Whitefield railway platforms to BMTC bus stand will complete before the year ends. Ritam Chatterjee The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has confirmed that the construction of the ongoing Foot-Over-Bridge (FOB) at the Whitrefield railway station,, which connects the station with the Kadugodi bus stand, will be completed before December 31 this year. […]
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