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Railways to dispense with pasting of reservation charts on coaches

February 17, 2018February 17, 2018 Kerala Rail News

Trivandrum: Based on encouraging results obtained from trials conducted in selected stations, Railways are going ahead with their green initiative of dispensing with pasting of charts on coaches at all A1, A and B Class Stations. This will be on trial basis for a period of six months from March 1st. For Southern Railway alone, this will result in savings of more than 28 tonnes of Charting paper or Rs.1,70,000/- every year, pointing to a major effort in becoming more eco-friendly. Railways’ other efforts in this direction include encouraging ‘E’ ticketing…

Railways to introduce new rake for Venad Express

February 3, 2018February 3, 2018 Kerala Rail News

Trivandrum: New rake with coaches, equipped with upgraded facilities will be introduced for 16302/16301 Venad Express shortly. These coaches are passenger friendly, aesthetic and are designed to provide maximum comfort. The coaches built at Integral Coach Factory, Chennai are furnished with improved interiors, ergonomically designed seats and modular lavatories. Salient Features: 1. Centre Buffer Coupler (CBC) provides enhanced safety. 2. Exterior painted with Polyurethane paint and has a unique stripped design pattern. 3. LED Display Destination boards show Train Number/Name and Originating/Destination stations. 4. LED Display for station Approaching/Arrived Information based…

Railway Minister to inaugurate projects & passenger amenities at Nagercoil

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Kerala Rail News

Trivandrum: Union Minister of State for Railways, Shri Rajen Gohain will initiate various infrastructure and amenities of Kerala and Tamil Nadu falling in the Railway divisions of Madurai and Trivandrum Divisions at a function to be held at Nagercoil Jn Railway Station on January 23, 2018.

Ernakulum South railway station becomes fully Divyang friendly

January 11, 2018 Kerala Rail News

Kochi: Ernakulam South railway station will provide hassle-free access to services at the railway station to Divyang passengers. By implementing ‘Divyangjan Project’ Careful and meticulous planning had converted the station into a Fully Divyang Friendly Railway Station with CSR participation of Mathrubhumi group.

Railways to provide 100% LED lighting on all its stations by March end 2018

December 19, 2017 Kerala Rail News

New Delhi: Ministry of Railways is actively working to provide 100% LED lighting for its most of the Non-traction Energy needs like Railway Staff Colonies, Railway Stations, Railway Platforms etc. Under this 100% LED initiative, Ministry of Railways has decided to make all railway stations 100% LED lit by the end of the current financial year i.e. by 31st March 2018. It is a huge initiative to provide energy efficient lighting which will eventually greatly help in conservation of environment as well.