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On WR, ticket checkers turn clean-up cops

India, July 1 -- On a busy morning at Borivali railway station, ticket checking (TCs) staff are on the lookout for commuters - not those without tickets but those who spit and litter on railway premis... Read More


Transport department to crack down on vehicles without HSRP

India, July 1 -- Vehicle owners who failed to install High-Security Registration Plates (HSRPs) by the June 30 deadline will face a statewide enforcement drive from Tuesday, with the transport departm... Read More


General public can now apply for job of handling ATVMs: Western Railway

India, July 1 -- In a first, the railways will allow the general public to apply for the job of operating Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs) at railway stations, a post hitherto open only to re... Read More


crackdownon vehicles without HSRP

MUMBAI, July 1 -- Vehicle owners who failed to install High-Security Registration Plates (HSRPs) by the June 30 deadline will face a statewide enforcement drive from Tuesday, with the transport depart... Read More


WR ticket checkers turn 'spitting monitors'

MUMBAI, July 1 -- On a busy morning at Borivali railway station, ticket checking (TCs) staff are on the lookout for commuters - not those without tickets but those who spit and litter on railway premi... Read More


WR to begin survey for rail tunnel till Churchgate

India, June 29 -- The Western Railway (WR) has received a go-ahead from the Railway Board to conduct a feasibility study for a tunnel linking Churchgate and Mumbai Central, since there are multiple co... Read More


WR to conduct feasibility study on Mumbai Central-Churchgate tunnel for local trains

Mumbai, June 29 -- The Western Railway (WR) has received a go-ahead from the Railway Board to conduct a feasibility study for a tunnel linking Churchgate and Mumbai Central, since there are multiple c... Read More


Plug security gaps at stations, say rail passengers associations

India, June 26 -- The gruesome murder of 22-year-old Mayank Ramesh Lohar, a salesman of a retail chain, by fellow passenger Roshan Babu Suvarna, inside the first class compartment of a moving local tr... Read More


Plug security gaps at railway stations: Commuter groups

MUMBAI, June 26 -- The gruesome murder of 22-year-old Mayank Ramesh Lohar, a salesman of a retail chain, by fellow passenger Roshan Babu Suvarna, inside the first class compartment of a moving local t... Read More


WR to deploy 'pushers' to speed up boarding in AC locals

India, June 25 -- On Mumbai's suburban railway network, where every second counts, the Western Railway (WR) will deploy 'pushers' at high-footfall stations to speed up boarding and ensure trains stay ... Read More