South western railway

06/07/2025

The perfect tool when working in sidewalks

21/10/2015

19/07/2015

Today means 19/7/2015

Prashanthi Express Rescheduled at 5pm ..

Karnataka Express cancelled.

10/06/2015

Automatic ticket vending machines at railway stations soon

Soon, the railway stations under the South Western Railway (SWR), will have automatic ticket vending machines and a touch screen kiosk which issues unreserved and platform tickets to passengers with a smart card.

SWR General Manager P K Saxena said that it would take about three to four months to instal 50 automatic ticket vending machines at all the stations. He was speaking to reporters at the City Railway Station at the valedictory of Passenger Facilitation Awareness Fortnight on Tuesday.

He said that during the fortnight, he, along with many railway officials, spoke to 1,000 passengers about their experiences of travelling in trains, the problems they face and the improvements they would like to see in the trains. Toilets and fans were the two most common problems passengers complained of, he added. Saxena added that 250 RPF personnel will be deployed gradually in all the trains for the security of passengers on trains.

Bicycle rally
Earlier, as part of the fortnight, the Railway Protection Force staff of Bengaluru division conducted an awareness programme by taking out a bicycle rally.

The participants conveyed message against tresspassing at railway stations, throwng stones on trains etc.

About 50 RPF officers and staff took part in the the rally which passed through Cantonment, Vasanthanagar, Guttahalli, Kumara Krupa, Seshadripuram, Sri Ramapuram, Okalipuram, Khoday's Circle and reached the City Railway station.
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16/04/2015

30/03/2015

New Rules for Train Ticket Booking from April 1

From April 1, train tickets can be booked in 120 days in advance (excluding the date of journey). For instance, as on April 1, 2015, tickets can be booked for trains up to July 28, 2015.

The 120-day advance booking rule will however be not applicable in case of certain "day time express trains like Taj Express, Gomti Express and special trains etc, where lower time limits for advance reservations are at present in force," the Railway ministry said in a statement. The means these trains will continue to have a 30-day advance booking window.

The ministry also recently put some curbs on the number of online bookings made during peak hours. Now, only one train ticket can be booked online with one log-in after which the booking session will expire during the peak hours. This is being done to check the menace of touts.

"There will be a restriction of only one booking in one user log-in session in E-ticketing and forced logging out of the user before another booking for all users including IRCTC agents," said a Railway Ministry statement. However, this restriction will not be applicable while booking onward journey/return journey e-tickets.

14/03/2015

Reservation facilities for Sr citizens and female passenger s including pregnant women...