Mangaluru : Southern Railway’s Palakkad Division recently commissioned a quick watering facility for train coaches at the Mangaluru Junction Railway Station (MAJN) thereby significantly enhancing en-route train watering system. With the commissioning, coaches of a train rake could be filled within about 10 minutes as against 20 minutes taken earlier. The Hindu had on August […]

Mangaluru : The Mangaluru-Mumbai track near Kulashekara, Railways has begun permanent restoration works on the stretch. As a first step, the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway has restored the landslip-affected track a couple of days ago and began operating trains on the restored track of about 200m. The division had built a new line adjacent […]

Mangaluru: The Palakkad Division of Southern Railway has covered nine of its important trains with onboard housekeeping service (OBHS) to ensure that train patrons have a pleasant journey. Available in reserved coaches, the service may be obtained by a passenger on sending text message to dedicated Coach Mitra number Ph: 9821736069. Services available include Coach […]

Mangaluru: A portion of the tiled roof of the old building of Ullal Railway Station collapsed on Friday following reported weak wooden scaffolding supporting the tiled roof. The building had been abandoned and ticket issuing counter was shifted to a new building constructed next to the old building, said a senior engineer from the Palakkad […]

Mangaluru: Train services were affected as railway traffic signals stopped working at Mangaluru station after a fresh spell of heavy rain lashed the city on Monday evening. Due to heavy lightning and rain, signals failed at Mangaluru railway station causing disruption in train traffic at 8pm. The Mangaluru junction station comes under the Palakkad division on Southern […]

Mangaluru : The Railway suggestions and complaint box was officially inaugurated at MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and MLC Ivan D’Souza offices premises here on Wednesday, June 10. Speaking to the reporters at his office he said that, the suggestions or complaints proposed by people will reviewed every three months through the ‘Konkan Railway and Southern […]

Mangaluru : The Padil-Bajal Railway Under Bridge (RuB), which is much in need, is unlikely to get commissioned before this December. As the monsoon has already arrived, the Railways is not prepared to take up any further work so as to not disturb the tracks above. Despite several meetings and reminders, the Mangaluru City Corporation […]

Mangalore : The Crime Prevention and Detection Squad of the Railway Protection Force from Palakkad division on Tuesday seized from a passenger Rs. 8 lakh unaccounted for cash. A release said two RPF constables, on suspicion, questioned Sandeep Singh (25) from Bihar travelling on S8 coach of the Chennai Central-Mangaluru Central West Coast Express and […]

Manglore: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes has urged Union Minister for Railways Mallikarjuna Kharge to establish Mangalore division for railways under the control of Konkan railways. In a letter to the Minister dated February 10, he said that the establishment of Mangalore division will provide more facilities and benefits to the […]

Press Release Palakad: The142nd meeting of Divisional Railway Users’ Consultative Committee of Palakkad Division(DRUCC) was held at Railway Divisional Office today (28th July 2010). There are  35 member committee comprises of representatives from State Govts. of Kerala , Tamil Nadu and Karnataka,  Nominees by MPs, Chamber of Commerce,  Merchants Association, Railway Passenger Associations, Consumer Protection […]