NEW DELHI: A viral video doing the rounds on social media showed a heated altercation between loco pilots at Rajasthan‘s Gangapur City Junction. The video, which TOI couldn’t independently verify, shows an ugly confrontation between loco pilots from the Kota and Agra Railway Divisions, all vying for the chance to drive the newly-launched Vande Bharat…
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Commission of Railway Safety (CRS), in its provisional findings in the Kanchanjunga Express accident that claimed 10 lives, has pointed to wrong authority letters issued to loco pilots on how to negotiate defective signals and lapses at “multiple levels” in train operations following failure of automatic signals.In its report to the Railway Board,…
NEW DELHI: The Railway Board has constituted a multi-disciplinary committee to look into the grievances of the loco pilots and train managers (guards) raised by their unions. The panel will submit a report within a month. This comes after recent train accidents and opposition MPs, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, rasing the issues of loco…
