Railways

East Coast Railway has decided to run three Special trains between Puri and Howrah to facilitate the passengers as after the recent derailment, train services have been affected in Bhadrak-Kharagpur Railway Section on Howrah-Chennai Main Line.

The BJP on Sunday asked opposition parties to not politicise the Balasore train accident and said the track record of the Congress-led UPA government's railway ministers was nothing short of a disaster.

The Railways ministry has sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the three-train pile-up in Odisha's Balasore. More than 270 people have died in Friday's accident, which is being described as one of the worst in the country.

The government on Sunday said that both the Up and Down railway tracks at Balasore accident site have been repaired.

The tragic train accident that left 275 people dead and over 1,000 injured in Odisha's Balasore district was caused due to a technical malfunction, according to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

India's top auditing body, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in a 2022 report on derailments in Indian Railways sought to find out whether measures to prevent derailments and collisions were clearly laid down and implemented.

The Railway Board today detailed the events leading to the catastrophic triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday night that killed at least 275 people and left over 1,000 injured.

The train accident in Odisha's Balasore, involving three trains - Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train - is one of the worst railway tragedies in the country.

Ashwini Vaishnaw also said that the track is expected to be restored by Sunday, following his review of the restoration work.

The Railways Ministry informed on Saturday that the restoration work is ongoing at war footing in Odisha's Balasore where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved in a horrific accident.

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw last evening reviewed the restoration work at the train accident site in Odisha's Balasore.

The three-train collision in Odisha that killed over 280 people has raised several questions about the preparedness of the railways as it undergoes a 2.4-trillion-rupee transformation with gleaming new trains and modern stations.

Expressing grief over the horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday questioned the Railways ministry over accountability.

Asserting that the then Union Railway Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri tendered his resignation when an accident took place, Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday demanded Ashwini Vaishnaw's resignation.

Around 90 trains were cancelled, mostly in the Southern and South Eastern Railway Zones, while 46 were diverted and 11 short-terminated following the three-train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday in which 288 people were killed.

East Coast Railway has decided to run three Special trains between Puri and Howrah to facilitate the passengers as after the recent derailment, train services have been affected in Bhadrak-Kharagpur Railway Section on Howrah-Chennai Main Line.

The BJP on Sunday asked opposition parties to not politicise the Balasore train accident and said the track record of the Congress-led UPA government's railway ministers was nothing short of a disaster.

The Railways ministry has sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the three-train pile-up in Odisha's Balasore. More than 270 people have died in Friday's accident, which is being described as one of the worst in the country.

The government on Sunday said that both the Up and Down railway tracks at Balasore accident site have been repaired.

The tragic train accident that left 275 people dead and over 1,000 injured in Odisha's Balasore district was caused due to a technical malfunction, according to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

India's top auditing body, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in a 2022 report on derailments in Indian Railways sought to find out whether measures to prevent derailments and collisions were clearly laid down and implemented.

The Railway Board today detailed the events leading to the catastrophic triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday night that killed at least 275 people and left over 1,000 injured.

The train accident in Odisha's Balasore, involving three trains - Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train - is one of the worst railway tragedies in the country.

Ashwini Vaishnaw also said that the track is expected to be restored by Sunday, following his review of the restoration work.

The Railways Ministry informed on Saturday that the restoration work is ongoing at war footing in Odisha's Balasore where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved in a horrific accident.

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw last evening reviewed the restoration work at the train accident site in Odisha's Balasore.

The three-train collision in Odisha that killed over 280 people has raised several questions about the preparedness of the railways as it undergoes a 2.4-trillion-rupee transformation with gleaming new trains and modern stations.

Expressing grief over the horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday questioned the Railways ministry over accountability.

Asserting that the then Union Railway Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri tendered his resignation when an accident took place, Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday demanded Ashwini Vaishnaw's resignation.

Around 90 trains were cancelled, mostly in the Southern and South Eastern Railway Zones, while 46 were diverted and 11 short-terminated following the three-train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday in which 288 people were killed.