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The Commission of Railway Safety is a government commission of India. Subordinate to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by The Railways Act, 1989. The agency investigates serious rail accidents. Its head office was in the North-East Railway Compound in Lucknow.
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An investigation was opened into the accident by the Commission of Railway Safety. Brake failure was stated by unidentified railway sources as the cause of the accident. [1] The train's driver and guard were seen by witnesses signalling that there was a problem with the train. [7]
An official probe into India's rail crash is focusing on suspected manual bypassing of an automated signalling system that guides train movement - an action investigators believe sent a packed ...
8 August – Four people including two foreigners were killed when the Alappuzha–Chennai Express collided with a car in an unmanned railway crossing near Mararikulam in Kerala's Alappuzha district. [129] 17 August – Four people were killed in a crash at the Goryamau railway station in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district. [130]
Railway Board Secretariat Service also has the cadre post at the level of Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in scale Rs.67000-79000 (L15) which was created based on recommendations of 5th Central Pay Commission.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) is an armed force of the Union [2] under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India.The force was established by the RPF Act, 1957, [3] enacted by the Indian Parliament for "the better protection and security of railway property and passenger area".
A 1975 Batch Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, Shri Vinay Mittal, was the chairman, Railway Board (CRB) and ex officio principal secretary to the Government of India till 30 June 2013. During his long career spanning 38 years, Shri Mittal held various key positions in the Indian Railways.