Articles tagged under: Railway

Surat train bookings surge: Diwali to Chhath Puja period tickets fully booked within minutes

July 12, 2024
Surat train bookings surge: Diwali to Chhath Puja period tickets fully booked within minutes

Surat: Train bookings from October 25 to Chhath Puja are fully booked, with passengers rushing to secure tickets as soon as the 120-day advance booking period opened. As soon as Diwali 2024 bookings opened, tickets for many trains were fully booked within minutes. Tickets for many trains originating or passing through Surat were completely booked within minutes. It is suspected that softwares are being used for large-scale online ticket bookings. Even waiting list tickets are unavailable f...Read More

Over 2-month-long block on platform 04 of Vadodara railway station to affect 19 trains

June 20, 2024
Over 2-month-long block on platform 04 of Vadodara railway station to affect 19 trains

Vadodara: A block is scheduled from 21 June 2024 to 8 September 2024 for engineering work on platform number 4 of Vadodara station, managed by Western Railway. This will lead to adjustments in the operations of several trains, causing them to either be short-terminated or short-originated. Details of Short Terminated Trains: 1. Train number 19820 Kota-Vadodara Express will be short-terminated at Chhayapuri station and partially cancelled between Chhayapuri and Vadodara from 21 June to 7 Se...Read More

Ahmedabad division’s Passenger, DEMU, MEMU trains to resume regular numbering from July 1

June 20, 2024
Ahmedabad division’s Passenger, DEMU, MEMU trains to resume regular numbering from July 1

Ahmedabad: Starting July 1, 2024, 19 Passenger/DEMU/MEMU Special trains from Ahmedabad Division will operate with their regular numbers. The Railway Administration made this decision to return to pre-pandemic train operations. During the COVID-19 period, these trains were assigned special numbers to ensure safety and prevent virus spread. The following trains will operate with their regular numbers: - Train No. 09275 Anand-Gandhinagar Special will operate as Train No. 69191 Anand-Gandhinag...Read More

Several trains at Ahmedabad railway station cancelled / diverted over doubling work in MP

June 16, 2024
Several trains at Ahmedabad railway station cancelled / diverted over doubling work in MP

Ahmedabad: Due to non-interlocking work related to the doubling of the railway section between Malkhedi and Mahadeokhedi stations on the Jabalpur division of the Western Central Railway, some trains of the Ahmedabad division will be affected.  The trains that will be cancelled on the specified dates are as follows: The Ahmedabad-Patna Weekly Express will be cancelled on 16, 23, and 30 June, and 7 July 2024. The Patna-Ahmedabad Express will be cancelled on 18 and 25 June, and 2 and 9 July ...Read More

One held for placing pipe on tracks; Saurashtra Janata Express saved from derailment

January 11, 2024
One held for placing pipe on tracks; Saurashtra Janata Express saved from derailment

Surat: A major accident on the Surat-Utran railway route was narrowly avoided when it was found that two individuals had placed a pipe on the railway tracks. A significant accident might have occurred with the Saurashtra Janata Express passing through the tracks if the railway police had not noticed the pipe. The police have apprehended one suspect in the case, while another remains at large. According to the police, the arrested suspect's full name is Ramjibhai Devshibhai Kordia. The 42-year...Read More

BJP MP, villagers sit on railway track blocking trains

November 17, 2011

Gandhinagar, 5 September 2011 Himmatnagar, 17 November, 2011 As many as 300 villagers today morning rushed to the Ahmedabad-Khedbrahma railway line in north Gujarat and stopped Ahmedabad-Khedbrahma train protesting against closure of railway gate here. The protestors from Kesargadh and other nearby villages were led by local BJP MP Shri Mahendrasinh Chauhan. They refused to leave the track before written assurance from railway. "The railway department closed this crossi...Read More

Land of Gandhi and Tagore now connected through Kavi Guru Express

November 12, 2011

Porbandar, 12 November, 2011 Porbandar, the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi will be connected to Howrah, the land of Shri Ravindranath Tagore from today onwards through newly launched Kavi Guru express which has been named after Shri Ravindranath Tagore. Then central Railway minister Mamata Banerjee had announced kavi Guru Express during her budget speech in February this year. The train was flagged off today by Porbandar MP Vitthal Radadia and Gujarat Congress President Shr...Read More

Tatkal ticket booking only before 24 hours

November 11, 2011

Ahmedabad, 11 November, 2011 To prevent black market and ghost booking in Tatkal reservation system, central railway minister Shri Dinesh Trivedi today announced that Tatkal tickets will be now available only before 24 hours prior to journey. Trivedi added that no duplicate Tatkal ticket will be issued. He also added that a person will need to produce his/her identity proof at ticket window to get Tatkal ticket. On one PNR number on four persons will be able to travel. Age...Read More

Photo story: Now enjoy food at affordable prices in Jan Aahar kendra on Ahmedabar railway station

October 21, 2011

Ahmedabad, 21 October, 2011 Ahmedabad railway station has now a new Jan Aahar kendra that provides food at affordable price to railway passengers. A new Jan Aahaara kendra, inaugurated today here will cater food from varieties of various regions of India including Gujarati food. Read More

World-class railway stations at Ahmedabad, Porbandar, Surat ? Not soon!

August 15, 2011
World-class railway stations at Ahmedabad, Porbandar, Surat ? Not soon!

Ahmedabad, 15 August, 2011 It seems central government's months old announcement to develop Gujarat's Porbandar, Surat and Ahmedabad railway stations as world class facilities will not see any ground activity soon. As per the information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri K. H. Muniyappa in written reply recently in Lok Sabha, Fifty stations including Gujarat's Ahmedabad, Porbandar and Surat railway stations have been identified for development as world class sta...Read More