According to the ER, the railway ministry has taken initiatives for de-freezing four new line projects in North 24-Parganas/Nadia District and its adjacent areas of West Bengal as a boost to local and regional socio-economic development.
The South Eastern Railway has issued notices to shopkeepers operating on railway land in the market area adjacent to Burnpur station in West Burdwan district, asking them to remove their shops within seven days.
Amid the ongoing crisis brought by cancellation of numerous flights by Indigo, the railways has come forward to the rescue of thousands of stranded passengers in various parts of the country.
The railway station in the industrial town of Haldia is all set for a major revamp by the South Eastern Railway under the Indian Railway’s Amrit Bharat Station scheme for upgrading the stations.
The South Eastern Railway is taking adequate steps so that extra rush of passengers can be taken care of during festival season, said Anil Kumar Mishra, general manager, South Eastern Railway during a Media briefing at SER Headquarters, Garden Reach on Tuesday.
Nine mail express trains and five local trains were cancelled by the South Eastern Railway following glitches in the signalling system of the yard remodelling works.
Sanjay Jaiswal, chairperson, parliamentary committee on estimates and other members of the committee including 11 Members of Parliament have held a meeting with Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway & Northeast Frontier Railway at Kolkata.
South Eastern Railway celebrated the 69th Railway Week-Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar, 2024 at Kolkata on Thursday.
The South Eastern Railway registered a growth of 1.89 per cent in originating freight in the current fiscal and loaded 138.84 million tonnes of originating freight in the first eight months between April and November.
The South Eastern Railway has loaded 122.14 million tonnes of originating freight in the first 7 months between April and October of the current financial year which is 2.41 per cent higher than the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
