Goods Train Movement

Two wagons of an empty goods train derailed at Vasai Road station yard on the Western Railway, affecting the movement of some trains on one route on Friday evening, a railway official said.

The eastern and western dedicated freight corridors, which have been designed for the exclusive movement of goods trains at a high speed, will now be used for passenger trains in times of exigencies, according to an official order.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday termed the Railways' decision to link the movement of goods trains in the state with the passenger ones "totally irrational and illogical".

Amarinder Singh - in an attempt to convince the centre to restart goods train movement in the state - has written to BJP chief JP Nadda, warning of "shortages... to soldiers in Ladakh and Kashmir amid aggressive moves by China and Pakistan"

The South Eastern Railway has decided to reduce the speed of all goods and special trains to 40 km per hour in its Kharagpur-Bhadkar section till Monday morning amid movement of migrant workers at different places along the railway tracks, an official said in Kolkata on Sunday.

Train movement on Sunday was affected on Khed-Diwan Khauti route after nine wagons of a goods train derailed in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district.

The country is set to grind to a halt shortly as railway, metro and interstate bus services will be stopped to break the march of coronavirus, which infected close to 390 people and killed seven persons in India. The railways, which had cancelled more than 1000 trains, said it will shut passenger train services till March 31. Interstate buses and m...

A goods train derailed between Khalari and Ray stations near Jharkhand's Ranchi today, disrupting train movement in Dhanbad Rail Division, a statement issued by the Railway Protection Force or RPF said.

Six wagons of a goods train derailed between Dumuriput and Damanjodi railway stations in Odisha's Koraput district, cancelling and disrupting movement of several trains on the route today, an East Coast Railway official said.

The Railway Budget for 2016-17 today spared passengers and goods movement from any increase in tariffs while it announced introduction of three new superfast trains and creation of dedicated north-south, east-west and east coast freight corridors by 2019.

Eight bogies of a vacant goods train today derailed on the Visakhapatnam-Howrah main line section of the East Coast Railway, leading to suspension of train movement on the route, a railway official said.

Aiming at a paradigm shift in the freight operations, Indian Railways will come out with a Time Table for goods train movement, a first for the public transporter, to attract more loadings and improve the delivery schedule.

A goods train carrying coal derailed near Ulna Bhari station in Uttar Pradesh today, disrupting movement of trains on Delhi-Howrah main rail route.

Two bogies of a goods train carrying oil to Mumbai from Gujarat Refinery derailed at Vadodara railway station today, briefly affecting the movement of trains on Mumbai-Delhi route.

Around 1.5 lakh passengers in 300 trains suffered delays as the power grid failure crippled operations across eight divisions of the northern railway on Monday, while 200 goods trains were cancelled, said railway officials. The cancellation of goods trains, in order to accord priority to movement of the stalled passenger trains, resulted in a reven...

Two wagons of an empty goods train derailed at Vasai Road station yard on the Western Railway, affecting the movement of some trains on one route on Friday evening, a railway official said.

The eastern and western dedicated freight corridors, which have been designed for the exclusive movement of goods trains at a high speed, will now be used for passenger trains in times of exigencies, according to an official order.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday termed the Railways' decision to link the movement of goods trains in the state with the passenger ones "totally irrational and illogical".

Amarinder Singh - in an attempt to convince the centre to restart goods train movement in the state - has written to BJP chief JP Nadda, warning of "shortages... to soldiers in Ladakh and Kashmir amid aggressive moves by China and Pakistan"

The South Eastern Railway has decided to reduce the speed of all goods and special trains to 40 km per hour in its Kharagpur-Bhadkar section till Monday morning amid movement of migrant workers at different places along the railway tracks, an official said in Kolkata on Sunday.

Train movement on Sunday was affected on Khed-Diwan Khauti route after nine wagons of a goods train derailed in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district.

The country is set to grind to a halt shortly as railway, metro and interstate bus services will be stopped to break the march of coronavirus, which infected close to 390 people and killed seven persons in India. The railways, which had cancelled more than 1000 trains, said it will shut passenger train services till March 31. Interstate buses and m...

A goods train derailed between Khalari and Ray stations near Jharkhand's Ranchi today, disrupting train movement in Dhanbad Rail Division, a statement issued by the Railway Protection Force or RPF said.

Six wagons of a goods train derailed between Dumuriput and Damanjodi railway stations in Odisha's Koraput district, cancelling and disrupting movement of several trains on the route today, an East Coast Railway official said.

The Railway Budget for 2016-17 today spared passengers and goods movement from any increase in tariffs while it announced introduction of three new superfast trains and creation of dedicated north-south, east-west and east coast freight corridors by 2019.

Eight bogies of a vacant goods train today derailed on the Visakhapatnam-Howrah main line section of the East Coast Railway, leading to suspension of train movement on the route, a railway official said.

Aiming at a paradigm shift in the freight operations, Indian Railways will come out with a Time Table for goods train movement, a first for the public transporter, to attract more loadings and improve the delivery schedule.

A goods train carrying coal derailed near Ulna Bhari station in Uttar Pradesh today, disrupting movement of trains on Delhi-Howrah main rail route.

Two bogies of a goods train carrying oil to Mumbai from Gujarat Refinery derailed at Vadodara railway station today, briefly affecting the movement of trains on Mumbai-Delhi route.

Around 1.5 lakh passengers in 300 trains suffered delays as the power grid failure crippled operations across eight divisions of the northern railway on Monday, while 200 goods trains were cancelled, said railway officials. The cancellation of goods trains, in order to accord priority to movement of the stalled passenger trains, resulted in a reven...