Commuter Railway Archives

#ChukuBukuBeku: Citizens of Bengaluru to go on a Rail Yatra

December 16, 2016 Srinivas Alavilli

Citizens for Bengaluru, the collective that led the #SteelFlyoverBeda requests all Bengalureans to join the rail yatra from Cantonment to Whitefield on Saturday at 9AM to create awareness about local trains and demand Government to

Senseless signs on Indian Railways

March 25, 2015 Deepa Mohan

On my train journeys, recently, I have come across this sign in the A/C 2-Tier coaches: I fail to see any sense or logic in this. The air-conditioner in the railway coach is running (or,

Where is Swacch Bharat? Definitely not on Indian Railways!

December 10, 2014 Deepa Mohan

Litter along the railway tracks I travelled from Bangalore to Delhi and all along the tracks, I found vast quantities of plastic and other litter, thrrown not only by careless passengers, but, to my horror,

What to do if you lose something on a train at City Station? Here’s what I did, and am doing…

June 2, 2014 Deepa Mohan

When I returned from Delhi by the Karnataka Exp (train no. 12628) on the 30th of May, 2014, I left behind the cordless headset that I use for my laptop, packed in a brown

Facilities for passengers and visitors at City Railway Station

May 31, 2014 Deepa Mohan

It was very nice indeed to use the new escalator in use at the City Railway Station, yesterday. This escalator is on the side opposite the underground passage, and takes visitors up to the overbridge