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The city's monorail dream came a step closer to reality when a consortium, led by Larsen & Toubro, along with Scomi Engineering Bhd, Malaysia, bagged a Rs 24.6-billion (Rs 2,460-crore) order from the MMRDA to implement the project.

The letter of intent was recently awarded to Larsen & Toubro a leading engineering and construction company-and Scomi Engineering, one of the world's top three m read more »
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If things go as planned, by 2010-11 the Neral-Matheran section will be crowned the world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).

Indian Railways is busy finalising the documentation to get the 100-year-old Matheran Light Railway (MLR) in the elite world heritage site list constituted by Unesco. This will help getting the quaint toy train read more »
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CM Vilasrao Deshmukh has invited Switzerland-based Jungfrau Railways to operate its services in Maharashtra.

Deshmukh, who is on a European tour, invited Jungfrau Railways CEO Urs Kessler during a meeting.

“You can operate trains at hill stations like Mahabaleshwar and Matheran,” Deshmukh told Kessler. read more »
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The Government of India has started an online Grievance forum at http://pgportal.gov.in/

The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc.

It's up to the citizens of India to use this simple to use forum to make their grieveances known.

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The pot of gold which Indian Railways was sitting on for decades can at last be opened.

The state government on Wednesday paved the way for development of a 11-acre plot adjoining the Bandra (east) suburban station by granting a floor space index (FSI) of 4, which means that the built-up portion can go up to 44 acres of space.

The ultimate beneficiary will be Mumbaikars, as the Rs4,000-cror read more »
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While railways in mumbai proposing complete cool AC trains, BEST is already marching addressing more practical issues. BEST is buying 600 new buses including the king long series to cater to increasing number of bus commutors in mumbai. read more »
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Central Railway says MMRDA to blame, Rs 166-cr project for additional lines between Kurla and Thane delayed over removal of 11 toilet blocks

The World Bank mission that is currently in the city to review the bank-funded Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) is said to be unhappy with the progress on the laying of additional lines between Kurla and Thane, a senior government official said. read more »
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The civic body is proposing to take up repairing work of five railway overbridges on Central and Harbour lines which are in dilapidated condition.

Although this would sound like a repair work for railway overbridge, it will solve one major difficulties of repairing the pipelines going under these bridges.

Total cost : 35 lacs (railways to repay) read more »
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In what’s sure to rub salt into old wounds, the railways is approaching victims of the July 11, 2006 train blasts to 'recover' interest charges paid along with the compensation.

Bhayander resident Raju Kamble, one of the hundreds who sustained serious injuries on that fateful day, received a meagre compensation of Rs 28,000 from the railway tribunal in January.

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Two automated ticket booking systems on the city's suburban railways are expected to be integrated soon to allow commuters to use just one smart card to travel on all public modes of transport in the financial capital. Currently commuters on the suburban railways use the Automated Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) or the 'Go Mumbai' smart card to purchase unreserved tickets. read more »
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Dear friends,rnMaharashtra has very good network of railways,which is not only economical but comfortable and ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY,rnyet I hardly find Maharashtrians who travel in Maharashtra,rnthey travel all over,but hardly know their own state,just speaking in marathi is not enough,we must spend some cash for our own people,rnIf you travel by railway with circular ticket for sleeperr read more »
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Western Railway has found a permanent solution to the deluge of commuter complaints about dirty seats in fir read more »
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The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Mumbai have said that the railways should issue yearly photo identity passes to commuters who do not possess a railway pass and buy local tickets on a daily basis.

This, according to the GRP, “will help track terrorists and also families of unclaimed bodies”.

AK Sharma, railway commissioner of Mumbai, said, “It is a good thing, but at this moment it w read more »
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Is there something for the MNS to learn from this? Perhaps the MNS can learn from this?

And also-does it not prove what the SS always said-that job recruitment notices of the Railways were always placed in Hindi newspapers in Bihar and not local newspapers? Everyone always said that this charge was baseless and actually Maharashtrians were too lazy to apply-but now the same thing has happend i read more »
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Almost two months after introducing the new suburban train, the railways have finally decided to get feedback from commuters so that changes could be made.

The regular commercial production of the trains is slated to begin at the railways' Chennai factory only from April, allowing for changes to be incorporated till then.

The feedback form asks commuters for suggestions on everything fro read more »
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