Railway

It was a usual day when trackmen, 60-year-old Priyaswami and 55-year-old Ram Niwas were out on their duty examining the railway tracks between Yamuna Bridge and Tilak Bridge around 7.55am. It was at the time; the men noticed a six-inch gap on a section of track.

This project was implemented on a railway engine which was due for its mid-life rehabilitation. Traction motors, bogies and chassis were retained from the older diesel version.

Sarla was made permanent in 1986 and has been the voice of all the announcements for two decades.

Led by 40-year-old Jitendra Vishe from Shahapur, a civil engineer by profession in Navi Mumbai, a group of railway commuters on Thursday morning raised over Rs 30,000 at Asangaon station.

Leaping into action, he immediately stopped the train. Taking complete charge, alongside his co-staffers, he detached the parcel van from the other coaches first and then from the engine.

The Railways’ new ambitious plan is to make double use of a high-speed rail corridor from Delhi to run local metro services to Meerut with the same.

The host of vacancies include technician posts under Group C Level II like fitter, crane driver, blacksmith, and carpenter and Group C Level I (formerly Group D) posts like track maintainer, points man, helper, gateman etc.

Deemed the 'mother of all metro stations', and under construction by Afcons Infrastructure, the three-decked metro station is expected to open in April 2018

The 110-year-old heritage train service has resumed charge to run along its full 21km stretch regularly starting today, after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated it on Republic day.

“Pune Division is serious about saving energy, and effective steps are being taken in this direction," said the Pune Divisional Railway Manager.