Two engines of an empty freight train derailed near Muri station. One engine overturned next to the track, while the other derailed onto the track. The train was returning from the Hindalco plant in Muri after unloading cargo. The incident occurred 10 km towards Ranchi from Muri station, near a place...
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called Lagam. There were no reported casualties. Muri police and railway officials reached the site to investigate. A committee has been formed to investigate the incident.

Two special trains have been announced by the South Eastern Railway for the upcoming festive season. A Kolkata-Jammu Tawi special train will run from October 10th to November 14th, departing Kolkata every Thursday at 11:45 PM and arriving in Dhanbad at 5:15 AM on Fridays. The return train, Jammu Tawi-Kolkata, will...
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run from October 8th to November 12th, departing Jammu Tawi every Tuesday at 11:20 PM and arriving in Kolkata at 1:00 PM on Thursdays. Additionally, a Santragachi-Ajmer-Santragachi special train will run from September 30th to November 21st to accommodate the anticipated surge in passengers during Durga Puja, Diwali, and Chhath Puja. The Santragachi-Ajmer train will depart Santragachi every Monday at 10:40 PM and reach Ajmer on Wednesdays at 3:00 PM. The return train will depart Ajmer every Thursday at 11:40 PM and arrive in Santragachi on Saturdays at 2:20 PM.

The Palamu MP, Vishnu Dayal Ram, met with the Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, to request the introduction of a Vande Bharat Express train on the Tata-Varanasi route. He suggested that the train should operate via Muri, Ranchi, and DaltonGanj, arguing that it would benefit a large number of passengers in the...
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area. The MP also requested the initiation of the Barwadih-Chirimiri and Gaya-Sherghati railway line projects, highlighting their significance in reducing travel distances. He further requested the resumption of the Barwadih-Chopan-Chunar passenger train (53351/53352), the inclusion of Meral station as a stop for the Patna-Singrauli Link Express (23347/23348) and Shaktipuंज Express (11448/11449), and the inclusion of Nagar Untari (Shri Banshidhar Nagar) as a stop for the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (12453/12454). Other demands included increasing the frequency of the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express to four days a week, increasing the frequency of the Ranchi-New Delhi Garib Rath Express to six days a week, adding a stop for the Garib Rath Express at Mohammadganj station, adding a two-minute stop for the Garib Rath Express at Aligarh Junction, extending the Ranchi-Varanasi Intercity Express (18311/18611) to Gorakhpur, extending the Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipuंज Express (11447/11448) to Mumbai, adding a stop for the Palamu Express (13347/13348) at Rajhara station, restarting the Ranchi-Gorakhpur train, increasing the number of AC chair cars and GS coaches on the Ranchi-Sasaram Intercity Express (18635/18636), and constructing Low Height Subways at various locations to address the inconvenience caused by the closure of unmanned railway crossings.

A female student from Maulana Azad College in Ranchi was harassed on a train. The incident has left the student traumatized and she has stopped attending college. She fears the boys may harass her again. The student, who lives in Narkopi and travels to Ranchi for studies by the Lohardaga MEMU...
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train, reported the incident to the police. She was on her way home on July 22nd from college when a group of boys harassed her on the 2:55 PM train. The boys made inappropriate remarks, touched her, and acted inappropriately towards her. She reached home and reported the incident to her parents. The student requests strict action against the boys to prevent such incidents from happening to other students travelling to Ranchi for education.

For six years, there have been demands for a MEMU train service between Ranchi and Garhwa Road station via Lohardaga-Tori-Barwadih, Latehar, and Daltonganj. The distance is 245 kilometers, taking 4 hours and 22 minutes. Despite the 664 crore rupees spent on the Lohardaga-Tori line, no MEMU train operates on this route....
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Passengers are forced to travel 90 kilometers more, taking 6 hours and 22 minutes from Barakarana route, covering 335 kilometers. This route also incurs higher fares. Only three trains operate on the Tori-Garhwa Road route: Ranchi-Chopan Express (3 days/week), Sasaram Express (6 days/week), and Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (2 days/week). Passengers and local MPs are urging for increased train frequency on this route.