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On 7 July 2023, the CBI detailed the progress in the case and arrested three railway officials believed to be responsible for the accident. [47] The CBI statement identified them as one technician and two signal engineers employed with Indian Railways, who were charged with culpable homicide and destruction of evidence in the case. [48]
RailRadar GPS (by RailYatri) is a live tracker allowing users to watch the movements of passenger trains running in India on an interactive map. All passenger trains in India are operated by state-owned Indian Railways. In the first release the location and status of trains shown on the map was typically 15 to 30 minutes delayed from real-time.
In 2019–20, the Indian Railways reported zero passenger deaths due to accidents for the first time in its history. [3] At least 313 people died in 40 train accidents in 2023–24 and 748 people have died in 638 train accidents in the previous ten years.
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a deparmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. [ a ] As of 2024 [update] , it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a track length of 135,207 km (84,014 mi), running track ...
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 All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) is the largest trade union of Indian Railways workers with a membership of 1.4 million. AIRF was founded on 16 February 1925. [1] [2] It is affiliated with the socialist trade union centre Hind Mazdoor Sabha.
In 1950, the NGSR and HGVR were nationalised and in 1951 became part of Central Railway, a zone of Indian Railways. It was later re-zoned to South Central Railway, another zone of Indian Railways. [17] All the metre-gauge lines were gradually converted to the nationwide rail standard, 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge, from 1992 to 2004. [18]
Primarily, Kavach works on the principle of continuous supervision of the movement authority and is designed to maintain train speed within the specified limits and can automatically apply brakes to slow down or to bring the train to a complete standstill, in case the Loco Pilots violates the speed restrictions or fails to act in time to prevent Signal Passed At Danger (SPAD); thereby reducing ...