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Eliminating Manned Level Crossings
The government has drawn up an ambitious plan to get rid of all manned level crossings preferably as a National Project. What is Level Crossing? A level crossing is an intersection of a railway line with a road or path, at the same level. In an unmanned level crossing, there would be no flagman or ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Golden Quadrilateral • Indian Railways • IRCTC • manned level crossings • Unmanned Level Crossings
12 Railway Zones free of unmanned level crossings on broad gauge routes: Indian Railways
Indian Railway has eliminated all Unmanned Level Crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge routes (rails separated by 1676 mm or 1.67m of distance) from 12 of its total 16 zones. These 12 zones are Central Railway, Eastern Railway, East Coast Railway, East Central Railway, North Eastern Railway, Southern Railway, North East Frontier Railway, South Central Railway, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018
Topics: 12 Zones • Broad Gauge Routes • Indian Railways • National • Railway Zones • Unmanned Level Crossings
Safety Issues in the Indian Railways
Within the span of three months, three major rail accidents have taken place in the country resulting in the death of over 190 people: Indore-Patna Express derailment, Sealdah-Ajmer Express derailment and recent derailment of Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express. These incidents have highlighted the appalling safety record maintained by the Indian Railways. Railway Accidents Railway accidents are ..
Topics: Level Crossings • Rail Accidents in India • Unmanned Level Crossings
Safety Issues in Indian Railways
Over the last 10 years, there has been a substantial rise in the rate of passenger casualties. For the three decades of 1965-96, the number of deaths in accidents remained mostly under 100, except for the occasional bad year. During the last decade things have turned grim. In nine out of the 10 years since ..
Topics: Unmanned Level Crossings