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Every day on an average, 250 to 300 passengers are downloading the Food on Track App in Southern Railway.

Railway apps that come in handy for travellers

Train journeys that used to begin from buying a ticket waiting in long queues have now taken a digital turnaround with...

12 March 2016 12:59 AM

Jayavelan at the Gwalior fort posing with the placard that states Donate organs save lives. (Photo: DC)

Chennai: A motorist's journey to highlight importance of organ...

He tarvelled all that way to popularise the organ donation message among public.

7 March 2016 1:34 AM

The new toilet facility to be opened at Guindy railway station. (Photo: DC)

Toilets in suburban railway stations to be ready in a month

The high court passed the order on February 11 on a petition by Satta Panchayat Iyakkam.

3 March 2016 12:45 AM

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Four per cent hike in Southern rail fares likely

Passenger forums demand withdrawal of dynamic ticket pricing' system.

25 Feb 2016 12:13 AM

One of the primary reasons cited by farmers is the high yield of vegetable produce during the DecemberFebruary season. (Representational image)

Vegetable prices fall to three-year-low

Prices of vegetables hit a three-year low with rates of most items falling by 70 per cent.

19 Feb 2016 3:07 AM

The food court will come up at three venues one at the concourse, another on the GST side and the third on the Eastern side of the Tambaram railway station.

India's largest railwaly food court to come up at Tambaram

Food court to open in 6 months with 25 eatery brands.

14 Feb 2016 1:18 AM

The food court will come up at three venues one at the concourse, another on the GST side and the third on the Eastern side of the Tambaram railway station.

India's largest railwaly food court to come up at Tambaram

Food court to open in 6 months with 25 eatery brands.

14 Feb 2016 1:18 AM

Work on four-lane and three-lane tracks has proved to be vulnerable to accidents, especially for track maintainers. (Photo: DC)

Device to alert railway staff about approaching train

New safety device Rakshak will help track maintainers to avert accidents.

7 Feb 2016 1:34 AM

Journey from gangman to artist

Sunil completes the art within a span of 5-10 minutes.

30 Jan 2016 12:36 AM

The radar device attached at the bridge No-1142, the Koraiyar bridge, in the newly constructed double line in Madurai division. (Photo: DC)

Flood monitoring device to avert train mishaps

Southern Railway has come up with a new device that can gauge rising water levels appropriated using a solar panel.

28 Jan 2016 1:24 AM

The open level crossing has become a threat to passengers arriving at the station. (Photo: DC)

Accessing Avadi railway station tough

The station road is now just two-metres in width with hundreds of vendors apart from shopkeepers choking it.

24 Jan 2016 12:31 AM

Elevation of the platform at Avadi station has come as a reprieve for elderly passengers. (Photo: DC)

Platform-train gap to be reduced in four stations

Railways are using red tiles at a height of 3 to 3.5 inches to bridge the gap between the platform and train.

23 Jan 2016 12:17 AM