KOLKATA: Railway service was disrupted in Sealdah South section of Eastern Railway after a massive fire broke out at Santoshpur station on Tuesday morning. About a dozen shops at the railway station were engulfed in the fire. Four fire engines reached the spot to douse the fire. After two hours, the fire was finally extinguished and train services resumed after that.
HYDERABAD: Movement of trains was disrupted for a third consecutive day on Friday between Hyderabad and Nizamabad due to damage to tracks following heavy rain and floods.
JAMMU: Train services to Jammu and adjoining regions were severely hit on Tuesday following landslides and heavy soil erosion triggered by flash floods in the Chakki River in Pathankot, a statement said.
JAIPUR: Heavy rain lashed Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur, affecting train services and normal life.
PHAGWARA: In a significant push for long-pending local railway demands, former Member of Parliament Avinash Rai Khanna met with Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to advocate for the restoration of the Jaijon–Jalandhar train service and the extension of railway connectivity from Jaijon to Una in Himachal Pradesh.
GUWAHATI: After a week of disruption due to landslides, regular train services between South Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and the rest of the country via Guwahati fully resumed on Monday, officials said.
NEW DELHI: A freight train service was inaugurated in Islamabad with an aim to boost trade between Pakistan, Iran and Turkey, Dawn reported.
NEW DELHI: Train services were disrupted at 30 places as farmers sat on railway tracks in Haryana, Bihar and Karnataka, demanding arrest and resignation of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Misra Teni in connection with the October 3 Lakhimur violence.
TOKYO: Authorities in Japan said on Friday that a powerful earthquake which jolted the country the previous day left 32 people injured, while also disrupting train services in the Tokyo area, affecting around 368,000 passengers in total.
BENGALURU: In a relief to commuters in and around Bengaluru, the South Western Railway (SWR) would resume suburban train services from December 7 after suspending them for over eight months to contain the Covid pandemic, an official said on Thursday.
NEW DELHI:A day after the Railways resumed train services in Punjab, the farmers on Tuesday blocked the railway track at the Jandiala railway station in Amritsar district. Following the fresh blockade, the trains are being diverted.
CHANDIGARH: Reiterating his assurance of smooth and safe goods train movement in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said he had spoken to Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his intervention to ensure restoration of rail services and was hopeful of early resolution of the issue.
NEW DELHI:The indefinite 'Kisan Rail Roko' agitation in several parts of Punjab has hurt the movement of freight trains in the several states, including Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh thus impacting the economy.
CHANDIGARH:Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday urged Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to start a dedicated to and fro train service with refrigerated bogies between Abohar in Punjab and Bengaluru during the kinnow harvest season from this December to March next year.