Ladies Compartment

A ruckus broke out at the Badlapur railway station, 70 km from Mumbai, on Tuesday morning after women passengers travelling on a local train closed the doors of a ladies' compartment from inside to keep new passengers out, an official said.

Nearly 1400 male passengers were arrested by the Railway Police Force (RPF) this year for travelling in ladies compartments across Northern Railway, a statement from the national transporter said today.

Four days after a minor girl jumped out of a moving local train apprehending molestation inside a ladies' compartment near the CSMT in south Mumbai, police have arrested a 35-year-old man.

A drunk man allegedly tried to rape a woman inside the ladies compartment on a local train this morning in Mumbai. The woman, who was on her way to Matunga, boarded the train at Mahalaxmi station. 27-year-old Devraj Parab has been arrested for the crime.

According to the police, at around 5:30 am the woman was travelling in the ladies compartment when the man entered the compartment, and allegedly molested her. She was reportedly the only passenger in the compartment.

The installation of closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) in all local trains is still a long way off. A month ago, Western Railway installed CCTV cameras in the ladies coach of a train on trial basis. The cameras were fitted inside one of the ladies' compartments and inside the guard and motorman's cabins. The authorities are unhappy with the i...

Help may soon be just a click of a button away for women travelling in ladies compartments on Central Railway (CR). The authorities have decided to equip the coaches reserved for women in all its trains with an emergency button. Other than that, every coach, general or reserved, will soon have a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera to keep watch...

If it is after 8 pm and you are a female commuter worried about your safety in a local train, then the Government Railway Police (GRP) say you had better make a run for it to get into the first compartment towards the Churchgate or CST side.

Imran Khan was spotted shooting for a commercial in a ladies compartment at the Goregaon station.

Two young men climbed onto a train as it was heading out of the Ballygunge station and threw acid on the women in the Ladies' Compartment. As the women shouted in pain, the men managed to escape.Six women are reported to have been burnt by the acid attack, two of them are in critical condition in hospital. The incident took place on Wednesday eveni...

A ruckus broke out at the Badlapur railway station, 70 km from Mumbai, on Tuesday morning after women passengers travelling on a local train closed the doors of a ladies' compartment from inside to keep new passengers out, an official said.

Nearly 1400 male passengers were arrested by the Railway Police Force (RPF) this year for travelling in ladies compartments across Northern Railway, a statement from the national transporter said today.

Four days after a minor girl jumped out of a moving local train apprehending molestation inside a ladies' compartment near the CSMT in south Mumbai, police have arrested a 35-year-old man.

A drunk man allegedly tried to rape a woman inside the ladies compartment on a local train this morning in Mumbai. The woman, who was on her way to Matunga, boarded the train at Mahalaxmi station. 27-year-old Devraj Parab has been arrested for the crime.

According to the police, at around 5:30 am the woman was travelling in the ladies compartment when the man entered the compartment, and allegedly molested her. She was reportedly the only passenger in the compartment.

The installation of closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) in all local trains is still a long way off. A month ago, Western Railway installed CCTV cameras in the ladies coach of a train on trial basis. The cameras were fitted inside one of the ladies' compartments and inside the guard and motorman's cabins. The authorities are unhappy with the i...

Help may soon be just a click of a button away for women travelling in ladies compartments on Central Railway (CR). The authorities have decided to equip the coaches reserved for women in all its trains with an emergency button. Other than that, every coach, general or reserved, will soon have a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera to keep watch...

If it is after 8 pm and you are a female commuter worried about your safety in a local train, then the Government Railway Police (GRP) say you had better make a run for it to get into the first compartment towards the Churchgate or CST side.

Imran Khan was spotted shooting for a commercial in a ladies compartment at the Goregaon station.

Two young men climbed onto a train as it was heading out of the Ballygunge station and threw acid on the women in the Ladies' Compartment. As the women shouted in pain, the men managed to escape.Six women are reported to have been burnt by the acid attack, two of them are in critical condition in hospital. The incident took place on Wednesday eveni...