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APSDRF Team at the collision site. On 29 October 2023, around 7:00 pm (13:30 UTC), the collision occurred on the Howrah–Chennai main line [4] after Visakhapatnam-Palasa Express service train stopped due to a break in an overhead cable when it was hit by an oncoming passenger train travelling from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, to Rayagada in Odisha, derailing its three carriages, in the ...
On 17 June 2024, Kanchanjunga Express (Train No. 13174), a passenger train was traveling from Agartala in Tripura to Sealdah in West Bengal.The train had left New Jalpaiguri Junction, crossed Rangapani railway station, a non-stopping station at 8:27 IST and stopped some distance before the Chatterhat railway station on the Katihar–Siliguri line, waiting for clearance to proceed further.
On 22 March, the state government declared that Section 144 would be imposed across the state, with effect from 23 March, sending the state into a lockdown. [12] Only employees that work for essential services are allowed to board local trains in Mumbai, and the rail service were cut back causing cancellation of more than 3,700 trains. [70] [71 ...
The lockdown restricted people from stepping out of their homes. [28] All transport services–road, air and rail–were suspended, with exceptions for transportation of essential goods, fire, police and emergency services. [32] Educational institutions, industrial establishments and hospitality services were also suspended. [32]
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Notably, on 8 May, a freight train killed 16 migrants who had stopped to rest on railway tracks near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. On 14 May, eight migrant workers were killed and nearly 55 injured when the truck they were in collided with a bus near Guna, Madhya Pradesh. [ 127 ]
The 1974 railway strike in India was a major strike by the workers of Indian Railways in 1974. The strike lasted from 8 to 27 May 1974. [ 1 ] The 20-day strike by 1.7 million (17 lakh) workers is the largest recorded industrial action in the world.
The Ministry of Railways is a ministry in the Government of India, responsible for the country's rail transport. The Indian Railways is the rail network operated and administered by the Railway Board constituted by the ministry. The ministry along with the Railway Board is housed inside Rail Bhawan in New Delhi.