Indian Railways News

[Arjun Mk1A]

Railway board is useless .same board also manages all railways and results are everybody see. Useless upsc clear babus who have no motivation and only selfishnesses.
if railway board was half good as Japanese railway people our rail infastructure would have been good .it not like railway is some rocket science it just our leadership and babus just don’t want it .they are only there to fill and warm their chair and enjoys the entitlement from British era . How many of you knows these babus travel by railway by attaching different coach in which is all kind of servant and service on board and stations like they are president of India which costs in 10 of lakhs for 990 km journey when airlines service are available for thousands.
Till last year there was post known as dak khal lassi whose sole job was to take and goes to deliver all official letters in age of emails and smartphone.

I made a mistake in that. Both DFCCIL and NHSRCL will not come under the Rail bhavan. They are independent entity with their own Development plans and recruitment. That is why we are seeing such a faster rate of construction.

We literally constructed around 3K km of DFCCIL within 8 years compared to IR which took 29 years to construct Madurai to Bodi Broad Gauge conversion. As we know the Railways are not interested in operating the Passenger service barring few profitable ones.

Some sort of reforms highly needed in Railways.

 

[Corvus Splendens]

Vande Bharat spawns another LHB train pulled by bodykit WAP-5s. After Vande Sadharan meet Amrit Bharat express.

Waiting for the spinoff Amrit Sadharan express anyday now.

 

[another_armchair]

How many seats are allotted to IRCTC per coach/train by railways?

Say, there are 40-44 seats/berths in a 2nd AC coach, does IRCTC have access to book/block all the available seats or some are left out for counter sales too?

 

[another_armchair]

My romance with railways is pretty much over.

No more train travel unless travel time is < 7-8 hours.

Was good while it lasted.

BC only Nescafe vending machines across stations and premix packet coffee/tea in pantry. Menu is decided at the whim of the caterer. No rotis throughout the journey. Had to book through the app. Dinner was an absolute nightmare while lunch the next day was ok-ok.

Thirty two hours of absolute agony. Only saving grace was toilets were clean and the bio-toilets did not stink to the heavens.

2nd AC was almost half empty once the train reached Vizag. .. 3rd A/C still had some crowd.. but 3-Tier was crammed like a can of sardines.

Railways commercial managers need a red-hot sariya deep up their asscrack.

Wonder how much money changed hands for all cooking/gas burners to cease from operating at railway platforms. Days of garma garam kadak chai are over.

~Sed lyf~

 

[Arjun Mk1A]

My romance with railways is pretty much over.

No more train travel unless travel time is < 7-8 hours.

Was good while it lasted.

BC only Nescafe vending machines across stations and premix packet coffee/tea in pantry. Menu is decided at the whim of the caterer. No rotis throughout the journey. Had to book through the app. Dinner was an absolute nightmare while lunch the next day was ok-ok.

Thirty two hours of absolute agony. Only saving grace was toilets were clean and the bio-toilets did not stink to the heavens.

2nd AC was almost half empty once the train reached Vizag. .. 3rd A/C still had some crowd.. but 3-Tier was crammed like a can of sardines.

Railways commercial managers need a red-hot sariya deep up their asscrack.

Wonder how much money changed hands for all cooking/gas burners to cease from operating at railway platforms. Days of garma garam kadak chai are over.

~Sed lyf~

I am considering rail only upto 300-400km. Anything more than that I will happily book an flight.

Running trains at 50kmph is a joke. Even STC buses travel at 75-80kmph nowadays.

 

[another_armchair]

I am considering rail only upto 300-400km. Anything more than that I will happily book an flight.

Running trains at 50kmph is a joke. Even STC buses travel at 75-80kmph nowadays.

I live almost 2 hours away from Devanahalli airport. So almost 2 hours of travel to the airport, 1.5-2 hours for check-in makes short distance air travel impractical for me.

Hoping metro or HSRL will cut travel time by a third.

 

[Physx32]

Seems to me another regular Locomotive hauled train as opposed to trainsets which is what Vande Bharat was all about. What's unique about this except association with the word Vande.

Well, it has a new paintjob. And is push-pull.

 

[Physx32]

I made a mistake in that. Both DFCCIL and NHSRCL will not come under the Rail bhavan. They are independent entity with their own Development plans and recruitment. That is why we are seeing such a faster rate of construction.

We literally constructed around 3K km of DFCCIL within 8 years compared to IR which took 29 years to construct Madurai to Bodi Broad Gauge conversion. As we know the Railways are not interested in operating the Passenger service barring few profitable ones.

Some sort of reforms highly needed in Railways.

DFCCIL uses NTC machines. While IR uses manual labour. The less said about IR, the better.

 

[Azaad]

Wonder how much money changed hands for all cooking/gas burners to cease from operating at railway platforms. Days of garma garam kadak chai are over.

Were LPG cylinders banned from rly premises like platforms for safety reasons or using tea / coffee vending machines are more economical & less time consuming?

 

[another_armchair]

Were LPG cylinders banned from rly premises like platforms for safety reasons or using tea / coffee vending machines are more economical & less time consuming?

They can still use electric stoves/cooktops but cooking itself is banned on the platform.

Afaik, vendors often made 20-30 cups of chai and stored it in a can. Since they have been in the business for ages, they knew when demand hit a peak during the day and moderated their supply well enough.

Now half the people don't even touch that wretched hot water tea/coffee mix in the train.

As for the Nescafe vending machines found on the platform, can't fuckin tell if you are drinking tea or coffee. Both look and taste the same - frothy shit.

 

[LondonParisTokyo]

Probably to separate non-ac and AC class of travellers while keeping same speeds.

In a country already with a bad reputation for "casteism", this certainly helps!

 

[Arjun Mk1A]

So I came across this video about OBB Night Jet. (Austrian Rail Operator). The way they converted individual bunks into private room is pretty nice. Also the amenities provided also good.


Few cons may be 1. slightly claustrophobic for some people.
2. XL sized bags cant be stored.
3. Also they have 4*4 beds compared to our much tighter 6*6.
4. Max speed is 230 Kmph. Ours are trundlers at 47 kmph.


But we have few good city pairs for long distances like Chennai - Mumbai, Bengaluru - Mumbai. To trial this type of trains.

 

[Comett]

One 8 car Vande Bharat has been allotted for the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link.

Last week, Northern Railway conducted a successful 15-km trial run of an electric train for the first time from Banihal to Khari Railway Station in Ramban district.

2 others for CR and 1 each for NR, SR and WR. The WR one is with high-rise panto.

 

[Physx32]

So I came across this video about OBB Night Jet. (Austrian Rail Operator). The way they converted individual bunks into private room is pretty nice. Also the amenities provided also good.


Few cons may be 1. slightly claustrophobic for some people.
2. XL sized bags cant be stored.
3. Also they have 4*4 beds compared to our much tighter 6*6.
4. Max speed is 230 Kmph. Ours are trundlers at 47 kmph.


But we have few good city pairs for long distances like Chennai - Mumbai, Bengaluru - Mumbai. To trial this type of trains.

These trains are not at all comparable to 1970s LHB trains that we have here.

Maybe, when Aluminium VB arrives, it'll be comparable, but then the track quality here is a joke.

Note: Not talking about the seat layout as they are customised by the operator.

 

[Physx32]

3 killed, 30 hurt as overhead water tank collapses at railway station in Bengal

Kolkata, Dec 13 (PTI) Three persons, including a woman, were killed and more than 30 others injured on Wednesday after a large overhead water tank fell on them while they were waiting on a platform of Bardhaman railway station in West Bengal, officials said.

www.deccanherald.com

Railway babu n!ggers will be hiding in their bungalows till everyone forgets about this.

 

[SKC]

3 killed, 30 hurt as overhead water tank collapses at railway station in Bengal

Kolkata, Dec 13 (PTI) Three persons, including a woman, were killed and more than 30 others injured on Wednesday after a large overhead water tank fell on them while they were waiting on a platform of Bardhaman railway station in West Bengal, officials said.

www.deccanherald.com

Railway babu n!ggers will be hiding in their bungalows till everyone forgets about this.

Century old bridges, towers, infra in a lot of Railway stations. Babus allotting money for new trains on exiting poor tracks.
Unless someone dies no one bothers to upgrade or change the basic infra!

 

[fooLIam]

3 killed, 30 hurt as overhead water tank collapses at railway station in Bengal

Kolkata, Dec 13 (PTI) Three persons, including a woman, were killed and more than 30 others injured on Wednesday after a large overhead water tank fell on them while they were waiting on a platform of Bardhaman railway station in West Bengal, officials said.

www.deccanherald.com

Railway babu n!ggers will be hiding in their bungalows till everyone forgets about this.

Some subordinate guys will be made to take fall for this while all the “class1” officer will take stroll laughing.

 

[Blademaster]

Century old bridges, towers, infra in a lot of Railway stations. Babus allotting money for new trains on exiting poor tracks.
Unless someone dies no one bothers to upgrade or change the basic infra!

Its the chicken and egg problem. Now we have the trains, there will be basis for upgraded tracks to go along with the new trains. You can't solve everything all at once. What they are doing is creating demand. And with increased demand, they can justify the expense of getting new upgraded tracks which is the most expensive component of a railway system.

 

[Physx32]

Its the chicken and egg problem. Now we have the trains, there will be basis for upgraded tracks to go along with the new trains. You can't solve everything all at once. What they are doing is creating demand. And with increased demand, they can justify the expense of getting new upgraded tracks which is the most expensive component of a railway system.

Railway board is doing nothing apart from some marketing (using VB) and stalling every action taken by the minister. VB is not some magical train, it's just a normal EMU using obsolete LHB bogies from the 1970s and a plastic nose cone for show.

This year, they cancelled the tenders of aluminium VB (the real deal) as it was too expensive for the baboons. So again, 2+ years lost due to babudom.

 

[fooLIam]

Indian bureaucracy’s is “elephant in the room”that no body even trying to mention let alone solve and it does not help that we have been pushed in the so called “electrocal dumbocracy”.
railway babus( bureaucracy) is making fool out of current minister as does it made fool out of past minister ‘s ,does not help he is heading two ministries. Leaving aside cancelling aluminium train these guys accepted contract from Russian firm on their term when Russia itself is at war.
Bureaucratic reforms and reduction in their number are necessity’s for this country.