Stationmaster

The fame of Tama, the popular calico cat stationmaster of a railway station in Kinokawa, Japan, has been spreading overseas. Tama was named the head of Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line operated by Wakayama Electric Railway in January 2007. She attracted a great deal of interest and made a significant contribution to preserving the line and incre...

Dipchand Gupta, 30, spots purse having Rs 33,000 cash by the tracks and gives it to Thane stationmaster; latter traces owner who gets back entire month's earnings

A cat that served as nominal stationmaster on an obscure Japanese branchline, bringing thousands of extra tourists and spawning a merchandising goldrush has died, a railway spokesman said today.

Railway operations were stopped for almost 40 minutes by all stationmasters of Pune division to protest the attack on Pimpri stationmaster R P Gupta by three people in his office, which is adjacent to the Government Railway Police (GRP) chowky. The GRP succeeded in arresting three accused last morning.

For 45-year-old Shivali Trivedi, a widow, her first visit to a police station turned out to be a harrowing experience that she will never forget. Shivali was robbed of her documents and cash at Marine Lines station, and had approached the stationmaster's office at Churchgate for help. She requested the stationmaster to make an announcement on the p...

The fame of Tama, the popular calico cat stationmaster of a railway station in Kinokawa, Japan, has been spreading overseas. Tama was named the head of Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line operated by Wakayama Electric Railway in January 2007. She attracted a great deal of interest and made a significant contribution to preserving the line and incre...

Dipchand Gupta, 30, spots purse having Rs 33,000 cash by the tracks and gives it to Thane stationmaster; latter traces owner who gets back entire month's earnings

A cat that served as nominal stationmaster on an obscure Japanese branchline, bringing thousands of extra tourists and spawning a merchandising goldrush has died, a railway spokesman said today.

Railway operations were stopped for almost 40 minutes by all stationmasters of Pune division to protest the attack on Pimpri stationmaster R P Gupta by three people in his office, which is adjacent to the Government Railway Police (GRP) chowky. The GRP succeeded in arresting three accused last morning.

For 45-year-old Shivali Trivedi, a widow, her first visit to a police station turned out to be a harrowing experience that she will never forget. Shivali was robbed of her documents and cash at Marine Lines station, and had approached the stationmaster's office at Churchgate for help. She requested the stationmaster to make an announcement on the p...