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08 Nov 2023

Diwali 2023: Southern Railway Announces Special Trains To Clear Festive Rush

Along with the Southern Railway, other railway zones including Northern and Western Railway are operating special trains as well to deal with the influx of passengers during Diwali.

05 Jun 2023

Railways Staff Averts Major Accident, Detects Crack In Chennai Express Coach

The railway staff detected the crack whil the Kollam Junction-Chennai Egmore Express train was on detected at Sengottai railway after the train crossed Punalur Forest Division.

Indian Railways

16 Apr 2023

From Wooden Carriages To Vande Bharat Trains, Railways Completes 170 Years

The inaugural train was flagged from Boribunder station - where the imposing UNESCO World Heritage Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus now stands.

Vande Bharat Express

29 Mar 2023

Watch: Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express Cruising Past Picturesque Landscape

Southern Railway, a division of the Indian Railways has shared a video of Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express travelling on a picturesque landscape.

Indian Railways

29 Dec 2022

Indian Railways suspends train operations on Pamban Bridge till December 31

The Southern Railway Madurai Division has banned the movement of trains at Pamban Bridge and issued a red alert for completing the work and testing the bridge for safety, reports ANI.

Indian Railways

04 Nov 2022

Indian Railways reduces platform ticket prices of THESE stations; Check list

The rates were increased because of festivals Platform ticket prices for 14 stations have been reduced Railway Stations in multiple zones were affected because of the hike

Indian Railways

25 Oct 2022

India's FIRST vertical lift Railway Sea Bridge nears completion; Check pics

81 percent work on Pamban Bridge is complete 6 out of 99 girders of Pamban bridge launched The bridge is expected to be complete by next year

Indian Railways

14 Aug 2022

Indian Railways to run special trains for Onam and Velankanni; Full list here

The special trains will be run by Southern Railways Onam celebrations start on August 30 and will be till September 8 Velankanni Church festival starts on August 29 and will be till September 8

11 Oct 2021

Passenger loses laptop worth Rs 2 lakh on train, contract worker helps return

A passenger left his expensive laptop on a train A railway contractual worker found it and ensured return

30 May 2021

Oxygen Express delivers 2114.21 MT LMO to Kerala, Tamil Nadu

Three Oxygen Express trains have so delivered 380.2MT of Oxygen to Kerala All the three rakes were offloaded at Vallarpadam Container Terminal in Kochi As many as 305 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various states

25 Nov 2020

Cyclone Nivar: Train services to these cities cancelled by Southern Railway

Ahead of Cyclone Nivar, the Southern Railway on Wednesday fully cancelled a total of 20 trains over a period of three days till November 28, barring November 27. The severe cyclonic storm Nivar lay centred over the Bay of Bengal about 240 km of Cuddalore and about 250 km east southeast of Puducherry.

Southern Railway

04 Sep 2020

Train services restart on select routes in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

The train that runs between Bengaluru and Mangaluru thrice a week would resume operations on September 6 while in the return direction, the train would start from Mangaluru on Saturday On Thursday, the Southern Railway (SR) announced the resumption of train services on select routes in Tamil Nadu from September 7 The SR announced special trains to Coimbatore and Tiruchirappalli from Chennai and said that a slew of safety protocols will be followed and those with symptoms of COVID-19 would not be allowed to travel

29 Jun 2020

Special trains in Tamil Nadu cancelled from June 29 till July 15 due to COVID

Tamil Nadu is the third worst-hit across India after Maharashtra and Delhi.

12 Apr 2020

Southern railways complete conversion of 573 coaches into isolation wards

As part of COVID-19 preparedness the southern railway completed the conversion of 573 coaches into isolation wards within the targeted time given by the Indian railways. Indian Railways in consultation with Armed Forces Medical Services, Medical departments of various Zonal Railways and Ayushman Bharat had decided to convert 5000 numbers of ICF design Non-AC (GS & GSCN) coaches older than 15 years into quarantine or isolation coaches.

02 Dec 2017

DD rakes on train to be replaced with AC coaches for 2 days

Southern Railway today said that double-decker rakes on a Chennai Central-KSR Bengaluru City service would be replaced with regular air conditioned coaches for two days next week due to "operational reasons."

train derailment

11 Sep 2017

Train engine derails at Chennai railway station, none injured

A rail engine proceeding to the yard derailed at the Egmore railway station here today but none was injured, Southern Railway officials said.

24 Jan 2017

Day after Tamil Nadu legalizes Jallikattu, life is back to normal in Chennai

Triplicane is near Marina Beach and its streets saw pitched battle on Monday between police and the protesters.

Indian Railways

04 Apr 2016

Good news! Railway to operate summer specials to clear rush

Southern Railway will operate special trains between Indore and Kochuveli on April 5, 12 and May 24, 31, to clear the heavy summer rush of passengers.

18 Dec 2015

About Rs 100 crore loss to Southern Railway due to floods

Preliminary estimates suggested a loss of Rs 100 crore, Southern Railway General Manager Vashishta Johri said.

05 Dec 2015

Chennai grapples with flood aftermath, Met forecasts more rains in Tamil Nadu

Torrential rains have left at leasts 245 people dead since October 1, according to the Tamil Nadu government.

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