New Delhi: Ministry of Railways today announced that no train except goods train will be run upto 2400 hours of 31st of March 2020. However bare minimum suburban services and Kolkata metro rail service will continue to run till 2400 hours on 22nd of March 2020. Thereafter these services will also be stopped. DeshGujaratRead More

Mumbai: Western Railway today detrained 17 passengers returning from Dubai, Singapore, Thailand and France during their journey to Gujarat and handed over them to medical authorities. All of these 17 passengers were having quarantine stamps on their hands and they were detected travelling in Kutch Express, Rajdhani Express and Saurashtra Express trains. Four passengers were detrained a day ago also in Mumbai while travelling to Gujarat. Those who are prescribed home quarantine at the...Read More

Thane: An owner of furniture showrooms in Bhiwandi area of city booked by police under IPC section 505(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) as well as the The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954. for giving advertisement of coronavirus curing/preventing mattress in Gujarati newspaper. An accused on March 13, he allegedly published an advertisement in a Gujarati newspaper that the novel coronavirus can be cured or prevented by sleeping on a special kind of...Read More

Mumbai: Western Railway has decided to cancel 35 trips of 10 train services due to low occupancy arriving out of COVID-19. Details of the cancelled trains are as under:- 1.Train No.12227 Mumbai Central – Indore Duronto Express cancelled o­n 21st, 26th& 28th March 2020. 2.Train No.12228 Indore - Mumbai Central Duronto Express cancelled o­n 22nd, 27th& 29th March 2020. 3.Train No.22923 Bandra (T) – Jamnagar Humsafar Express cancelled o­n 21st, 23rd, 25th, 28th& 30th March, 20...Read More

Mumbai: Four Germany-returned passengers with 'Home Quarantine' stamp on hands were de-boarded from train at Mumbai's Bandra Terminus as co-passengers raise alarm, said officials to news agency PTI. Western Railway meanwhile in its said, '4 German returned persons, travelling to Surat/Vadodara were deboarded and handed over to district authorities from Garib Rath at Palghar today when alert on-duty TTEs and co passengers found Home Quarantine seal on their hands.' Western Railway further i...Read More

New Delhi: The Central Government has reassured that there will not be any gauge conversion of the railway track passing through Gir. The government said that Talala-Visavadar meter gauge is a part of Veraval-Talala-Visavadar gauge conversion project, which has been included in the Budget 2017-18. Presently, it has been decided to retain this section as Meter Gauge due to forest issues as the alignment is passing through Gir Reserve Forest. The Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri ...Read More

Vadodara: 84% work of land acquisition for Dabhoi - Kevadia rail link project has been completed by district administration for which more than Rs. 17 crore sum has been paid to land owners, said district collector Shalini Agrawal. Kevadia is now on global tourism map due to world's tallest statue - the Statue of Unity. Indian Railways has set target to build Kevadia railway station by 30th October this year. Dabhoi - Kevadia railway link once completed will connect Vadodara to Statue of Unity. ...Read More

Surat: Western Railway has extended the halt of Train No. 82902/01 Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central Tejas Express at Surat station. Accordingly, the timings of Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central Tejas Express (except Thursday) at Surat station are revised with immediate effect. The revised timings are as under: Train No. Train Name Station Existing Timings Revised Timings 82902 Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central Tejas Express (Except Thursday) Surat 09.35/09.38 09.35/09.40 82901 Mumbai...Read More

Gandhinagar: A meeting between Gujarat Government and Russian Consul was held today here to discuss partnership between Gujarat govt arm G-Ride and Russian rail company RZD for proposed Rajkot - Ahmedabad semi high-speed railway project. The meeting was attended by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Consul general of Russian federation in Mumbai Mr. Aleksei V Surovtsev and Russian government's public arm Russian Railways RZD International's Mr. Vladimir Finov among others. RZD has made Detail ...Read More