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CHENNAI: Inundated subways, non-functional escalators, locked bathrooms, and tipplers on platforms have turned Tambaram Sanatorium railway station into a nightmare for commuters.The station serves as a transport hub connecting Chennai's suburban areas to the city. The renovation work carried out last year aimed to prevent waterlogging, but commuters continue to wade through inundated subways."Aren't...

CHENNAI: Southern Railway has achieved a record single day earning of Rs 22.7lakh by levying fine on people for ticketless travel and for irregular travel at five railway stations in the zone on October 15. The feat was achieved by 31 ticket checking flying staff who registered 3,508 cases.The checking drive was conducted at MGR Chennai Central, Perambur, Erode, Coimbatore Jn and Ernakulam Junction...

MUMBAI: In what will come as a huge relief to women train commuters, who comprise at least 25% of those travelling by trains, Central Railway announced setting up of women's 'powder rooms', which includes four highly sanitised toilets, at seven busy stations - Ghatkopar, Kanjurmarg, Mulund, Thane, Mankhurd, Chembur and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus."...On our railway premises, it will be a hygienic and...

KOLKATA: Metro Railway general manager P Uday Kumar Reddy inspected Sealdah to Salt Lake Sector V stretch of the East-West Metro Corridor (Green Line) on Friday and asked the staff to maintain the highest standard of cleanliness. Reddy reached Sealdah station on Friday morning and started the inspection from there. At Sealdah, he inspected entry-exit points, platforms, crew lobby, ticket vending...

KOLKATA: Sealdah divisional railway manager (DRM) Deepak Nigam and commissioner of Customes inspected the border railway station in Gede on Wednesday facilitate faster movement of cargo and passengers trains across the border. The officers conducted a joint inspection of the facilities available at the Customs checking point at railway station on April 5.It is well-known that, apart from handling two...

THANE: A video has gone viral showing an unidentified suburban railway commuter being thrashed by fellow passengers at Diva station in Thane. Police said the incident occurred late Monday evening and are now trying to locate the victim before registering a complaint.It is learnt that the incident was reported when the 7.10pm Karjat local pulled into platform number 3 at Diva. Few commuters who probably...

KOLKATA: Eastern Circle commissioner of railway safety (CRS) Suvomoy Mitra, on Friday, inspected the newly constructed (22.13 km) electrified broad gauge line between Hansdiha and Harlatanr stations on Mohanpur–Hansdiha section of Eastern Railway for opening the route for running goods and passenger traffic. Chief administrative officer (construction) VK Srivastava, divisional railway manager,...

BHUBANESWAR: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said the Indian Railways has completed construction of 450km rail line in Odisha during the financial year 2022-23, which is a record since Independence. He said this while flagging off a new train Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town-Bhadrak MEMU in Cuttack.“From 2009 to 2014, Railways had managed to complete construction of around 53km of rail line work...

KALYAN: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) MLA Pramod Patil on Wednesday warned the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) to remove hawkers from outside Dombivli station on Wednesday. Patil along with his supporters reached the railway station to remove the hawkers. However, before Patil reached at the station area, the hawkers had fled.Dombivli city usually witnesses crowds near the station and...

THANE: A constable — attached to the special protection unit in Mumbai — died hours later after he was found with serious injuries on the railway tracks between Taloja (in Raigad district) and Nilajhe (in Thane district) stations near Diva in Maharashtra on Wednesday morning, Thane railway police officials said. The constable was not on duty at the time of the incident, officials said.The railway...