Death toll in Bikaner-Guwahati train accident rises to 9

The death toll in the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train accident in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district has gone up to nine, a Northeast Frontier Railway spokesperson said in Guwahati on Friday. IMAGE:......

Issue with locomotive's equipment: Rail Min on Bikaner-Guwahati train mishap

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday inspected the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train accident site in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district and said that there was some issue with the equipment of......

Timeline of train accidents over the last 10 years

At least 70 people died and 350 were injured on Friday in a triple train crash in Odisha's Balasore district, one of the worst train accidents in recent history. Following are the major train......

Rail Accidents Surged By 37% In 2022-2023

In 2021, the Railways boasted of a historic feat -- no passenger deaths in train accidents in two years.However, the derailment of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express in 2022 brought the Railways back to......

32 new trains, 8 Garib Raths planned

Railway Minister Lalu Prasad announced introduction of 40 new trains, including eight Garib Raths, in the Rail Budget 2007-08 presented on Monday. "We operate more than 9,000 passengers trains......

Mamata Budget offers 57 new trains

Fifty-sevennew trainswereproposedby the railways ministerMamata Banerjee as she presentedthe Railway Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Friday.These are: 1. Vishakhapatnam-Secunderabad-Mumbai......

Trains take political track

If a prime minister could be chosen on the basis of announcing new trains, Lalu Prasad would be there already. An unprecedented number of new trains-- 43 in all-- with a majority of them touching......

43 new trains to start in 2009-10

The Union Minister of Railways, Lalu Prasad while presenting the Interim Railway Budget 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha on Friday, announced the introduction of 43 new trains which include four Garib......