Rajendra Aklekar Dna

• Central Railways cracks whip on canteens with LPGs

  Following a series of fire incidents at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), a rattled Central Railway (CR) has finally begun a drive to remove cooking gas cylinders from its premises. On Tuesday, it seized eight cylinders from three station canteens for operating them despite the availability of viable options.Last week, DNA had highlighted how...

• Traffic jam on rail lines from today

  Beginning today, there will be a bit of traffic jam on railway lines for the next two months. No train will ply on the north-east (Kasara-Kalyan) section between 3:25pm and 5:20pm for the next two months, except on Tuesdays and Saturdays.The north-east rail section is one of the two crucial railway entry points to Mumbai. It connects Mumbai to Nash...

• Swanky Andheri station costing Rs 4.41 cr opened to public

  Lakhs of rail commuters in Andheri have reasons to cheer. The Rs 4.41 crore swanky Andheri station building was formally opened to the public on Monday."The new state-of-the-art station building has ground plus two floor structure and will ease commuters' movement on the crowded east side. The aesthetics of the building and interiors are attractive...

• Another fire at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai

  Barely two weeks after a fire broke out at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, another one erupted on Friday evening, this time in the disaster management office.Fire brigade officials complained that they had difficulties in negotiating their vehicles to the spot as there were a lot of barricades and structures hindering the operation. Surprisingly,...

• Now, trains to get unique identity numbers from December 20

  The Railways will begin to give five-digit numbers in place of the existing four-digit ones for outstation and main-line electric multiple units from December 20. Suburban trains will get the numbers subsequently. The numbers of the existing express trains will largely remain unchanged. However, they will be prefixed with the digit '1'. Passenger t...

• 19-yr-old talking on mobile phone run over by Mumbai train

  A 19-year-old boy talking on a mobile phone was run over by a train in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. Commuters shouted at him from the train and passers-by tried to draw his attention to the train, but he was so engrossed in his talk that he failed to see anything, a government railway police officer said. He had the phone tightly clasped in his hand ...

• Alert motormen save drunk man who strayed on to railway tracks

  Two alert motormen saved the life of a drunk man who had strayed onto the tracks by bringing their respective trains to a screeching halt, inches away from running over him at Masjid Bunder station. The man, who probably did not realise the magnitude of his adventure, escaped miraculously without a scratch.He had jumped down from platform number tw...

• Mumbai: Chhatrapati Shivaji museum gets its first museuo-bus

  Have you heard of a museuo-bus? The city's prominent museum, Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya, is set to become the first museum in Mumbai to introduce the concept of a museuo-bus, a museum display on the wheels."The museum right now going through a major upgrade and is set to become more visitor friendly. The museuo-bus is one of the wow-fac...

• BEST's biodiesel experiment fails due to fuel unavailability

  The green experiment on the city's public transport has failed. The BEST Undertaking that had embarked on an ambitious plan to run their buses on biodiesel has received a lukewarm response from suppliers. The undertaking has for the time being abandoned plans till a viable option is found. A few years ago BEST decided to buy bio-diesel in bulk and ...

• Panaji: A new train on the Konkan Railways

  The Ministry of Railways on Saturday introduced a train connecting Pune, Navi Mumbai, Goa, Mangalore and Ernakulam via Konkan Railway.The new Ernakulam-Pune super-fast bi-weekly express train will leave Pune at 6.45pm on Wednesdays and Sundays, reach Panvel at 9.20 pm and reach Ernakulam next day at 7 pm. The return train will run on Fridays and Tu...