But you have to also consider that Vijayawada and Hubli are the second largest cities in their respective states. There will be a large passenger traffic for practically every train that passes through these stations. So, the extra time is justified for all the trains that pass through here. GTL too is very important railway-wise, but the town is much smaller than BZA or UBL and cannot provide as much passenger traffic. Some important trains should definitely be diverted via GTL to provide better connectivity, but there is no need to completely divert each and every train via GTL. Some of these trains originate at Bangalore, and for them taking the shorter route via GY-Pendekallu is... more...
रेलवे बोर्ड ने भीषण गर्मी को देखते हुए अपने सभी जोन और उत्पादन इकाइयों से रेलवे लाइन का मेंटेनेंस करने वाले कर्मियों को दो लीटर क्षमता की इंसुलेटेड... मुजफ्फरपुर,...
पूर्व मध्य रेलवे क्षेत्राधिकार में मंगलवार को टिकट चेकिंग ड्राइव चलाया गया। चेकिंग ड्राइव दानापुर, सोनपुर, समस्तीपुर, पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय एवं... मुजफ्फरपुर,...
सरैया थाना क्षेत्र के पैगंबरपुर निवासी भोला राय के पुत्र रमन कुमार (30) की आरा में ट्रेन से गिरने के कारण मौत हो गई। हादसे की सूचना मिलते ही परिवार... सरैया,...
प्रयागराज जंक्शन पर मंगलवार को एक नाबालिग लड़की मिली। रेलवे सुरक्षा बल के प्रधान आरक्षक जेएन यादव और आरक्षी प्रियंका जंक्शन के प्लेटफॉर्म नंबर नौ पर... प्रयागराज...
In response to past confusions with Train/Station updates and resulting fights and controversies, the following clear and objective guidelines are being issued, with no room for any arguments or debates about validity. Also, included, some other changes with respect to Ratings.
1. All Red Ratings will require further explanation. Red Ratings won't...
As announced previously, there are a few changes coming to IRI user accounts, based on past practices.
1. As before, you will be able to quickly DELETE your IRI User account at ANY time. However, the menu option for this was hidden in the profile page, and could not easily be located....
A new feature will be released soon, whereby you can follow blogs tagged with specific Trains & Stations. If you have already posted blogs tagged with some Train/Station, then you will be set to automatically follow that Train/Station. Thereafter, any future news/blogs tagged with those Trains/Stations will be marked to your...
These days, every other day, we are getting requests from members to allow email login to their FB-based IRI account. 10 years ago, we had given the option for users to login through FaceBook - in retrospect, this was a mistake. These days, apparently, users are quitting FaceBook in droves because...
Followup to: Fmt Changes
The new version of FmT 2.0 will soon be here - in about 2 weeks. As detailed in the previous announcement, many of the old FmT features like Train TT, Speedometer, Geo Location, etc. will be REMOVED. It will be a bare-bones simple app, focused on trip blogging.
It...
There are some changes coming to FMT. Many of the features of FMT, like station arrival, TT, speed, geo, passing times, station time, etc. are ALREADY available in OTHER railway apps. So all of these features will be REMOVED.
We'll have ONLY BLOGGING - quick upload of pics/videos/audio, etc. You may attach...
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