Milind Deouskar gets additional responsibility of Metro Railway:
Milind Deouskar, General Manager of Eastern Railway has taken over the additional charge of General Manager of Metro Railway on Monday.
Milind Deouskar, General Manager of Eastern Railway has taken over the additional charge of General Manager of Metro Railway on Monday.
With change in regime, the Eastern Railway is now putting efforts to expedite construction of as many roads over bridges in the state as possible to overcome the issues of level crossing gates.
The Eastern Railway has launched a month-long Swachhata Awareness Campaign from 15 April to 14 May.
It was 2 February and the day at Bidhan Nagar station was busy as usual when the security personnel of the Eastern Railway noticed a passenger hanging from a moving train.
Putting efforts for cleaner Railway premises, the Eastern Railway is conducting a massive cleanliness drive at various stations.
Eastern Railway’s Asansol Divisional Control Room organised a health check-up camp at the DRM Office to promote a stress-free and healthy work culture among officers and staff engaged in round-the-clock operational duties.
The Divisional Railway Hospital, Asansol, under the Asansol Division of Eastern Railway, successfully managed a rare and extraordinary medical emergency on 12 January 2026 involving a one-year-and-four-month-old child whose index finger was trapped into an idli-making plate, posing a serious risk of compromised blood circulation.
The Sealdah Division of the Eastern Railway is slated to get its first set of premium trains of the Amrit Bharat sleeper series. If all goes according to the plan, the division could get two new routes of Amrit Bharat sleeper trains soon.
With the railways following a new time table from 1 January 2026, the Eastern Railway has introduced improved train running algorithm and optimisation of path resulting in considerable reduction in journey time in the latest schedule.
The Sealdah Division of Eastern Railway is mulling plans to undergo a massive infrastructural overhaul to address the rapidly growing passenger demand and modernise the network.
