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Bio-Toilets in Secunderabad-Tirupati Padmavati Express Train

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Hyderabad: Secunderabad-Tirupati-Padmavati Express has become the first train, running completely with in the SCR circuit, to be retro fitted with Bio-toilets on all its coaches.
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Rail fare hike announced

New Delhi: Ahead of the proposed railway budget for 2013-14, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday announced a fare hike that will take effect from January 21 midnight.
Addressing a press

Runaway bogie halts traffic

A major tragedy was averted when a coach-bogie split from wheel trolley of the Ernakulam-Kayamkulam passenger very close to Alappuzha railway station around 11.30 am on Thursday. There were eight pass

Rail Neer packaged drinking water to cost more

You have to pay more for the packaged drinking water supplied by the Railways in trains and platforms.

Railway Ministry has given the clearance to a proposal to increase the rate of packaged drinking

Liquor ban on train effective

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Southern Railway on Friday submitted before Kerala High Court that the recent ban on consumption of liquor helped bring down incidents of misbehavior, nuisance and indecent acts on trains.

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Man found with slit throat on train

Passengers who boarded the first-class coach of the Sulurpet-Chennai EMU at Sulurpet were in for a rude shock Saturday morning when they noticed an elderly man bleeding, with his throat slit.

Hearing

AC fare, freight, rail food to cost more from oct.1

All AC train fares, freight tariff and cost of food at railway stations will go up from October 1 with the coming into force of service tax on them.

This follows a decision taken at a meeting betwee

Rail cops set up honey traps to nab thieves

The next time you find an unattended bag or suitcase in the compartment of a train or on the railway platform, think twice before picking it up.

If at all you cannot resist your temptation, remember

Elders on journey to discover India

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They’re no Olympic champions, but the ‘reception’ arranged for them at the Egmore railway station this afternoon was just as grand.

Around 150 senior citizens from Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Kollam an

AC train fares to increase by more than 3% from Oct 1

With the exit of Trinamul Congress from the UPA, the finance ministry has decided to levy service tax on AC and freight services fares, which are set to increase by 3.7 per cent from October 1.

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