KITAKYUSHU (Japan): Nippon Steel Corporation, one of the world’s largest steel producing companies, has said that its exports to India had increased in the past years.Taking to a group of visiting reporters here on Monday, Y. Arita of Nippon Steel Corporation said the company exported steel rails and sheets to India for manufacturing automobiles and electronic generators. “It would not be possible...
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India Railway Men's Federation Chairman Umrawamal Purohit has held railway management along with negligence of railway personnel responsible for rail accidents.Talking top reporters here on Sunday, Mr Purohit said labour organisations were as much concerned about rail accidents as the government or rail passengers. He was making efforts to make railway personnel more aware in this regard.He said several...
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K.N. Krishnamurthy, IRTDA Chairman, in discussion with V. Somasundaram, Chief General Manager, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd., at a meeting organised in Chennai .CHENNAI: “The final alignment of the Chennai Metro Rail is complete and all projects which were stalled because of the Metro Rail Project alignment can now go ahead,” said V. Somasundaram, Chief General Manager, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd.He said that...
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Rail commuters are facing a second day of disruption after a crash led to a train derailment in Leeds.The collision, between two empty East Midlands trains at the Neville Hill maintenance depot, took place in the early hours of Tuesday.Northern Rail said services between Leeds and York were affected and bus services were running on some routes while the carriages were removed.Network Rail said engineers...
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Study: Amtrak loss comes to $32 per passenger, US < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateU.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator's estimate, according to a private study.Amtrak operates a nationwide rail network, serving more than 500 destinations in 46 states. Forty-one of Amtrak's 44 routes lost money in 2008, said...
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Analysis indicates that Amtrak understated losses on passenger service for most routesU.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator's estimate, according to a private study.FILE - In this file photo of Nov. 17, 2005, a skycap stands next to an Amtrak train waiting forAmtrak operates a nationwide rail network, serving...
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Blackstone Group on Monday said that it will invest Rs 300 crore in Gateway Rail Freight Ltd, a subsidiary of Gateway Distriparks Ltd (GDL), against issue of compulsorily convertible preference shares.These performance led convertibles on conversion after 5 years will have Blackstone hold anywhere between 37.3 per cent to 49.9 per cent in Gateway Rail which values the rail business between Rs 600-800...
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rail service between Bijbehara and Anantnag will remain suspended today and tomorrow as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Anantnag-Qazigund rail link. An official of the Northern Railway here said due to operational reasons and commissoning of Anantnag-Qazigund rail section, the train service will remain cancelled between Bijbehara and Anantnag today and tomorrow.UPA chairperson Sonia...
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Thousands of protesters disrupted rail traffic Monday at Bhusandpur in Orissa's Khurda district demanding stoppage of express trains at the town's railway station, an official said."Many trains have been cancelled following the 'rail roko' (stop train protest) at Bhusandpur. Many express and passenger trains have been cancelled and some of them are stranded at different places," said Sanjeev Meheta,...
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toy train in the Jawahar Bal Bhavan here may soon be on its tracks. The facility was suspended over a year ago as the rails had worn out. A team of railway officials visited the bhavan recently to inspect the toy train and the track. “They have promised to replace the worn-out rails and sleepers. They said that the metre-gauge rails removed during the gauge conversion between Mysore and Nanjangud might...
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