Due to heavy rains in Vadodara, several Western Railway trains have been canceled on August 27th, 2024. The cancellations are due to waterlogging at Bajva station, disrupting railway traffic. The list of canceled trains includes express, superfast, intercity, passenger, and MEMU trains, affecting routes between Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Surat, Mumbai, and other...
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destinations. Some trains are partially canceled or rescheduled.

The RPF's intelligence team in Kota conducted a raid on the Nizamuddin-Mumbai Tejas Rajdhani Express. During the raid, they found 6.61 crore rupees worth of gold and 26 lakh rupees in cash from three passengers. The passengers were unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for carrying such a large amount of...
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gold and cash. The RPF handed over the three passengers, identified as Dilip Bhai (Mumbai), Pritesh Kumar Mutha (Rajasthan), and Jitendra Bhanwar (Maharashtra), to the Income Tax Department after an overnight interrogation. This is the largest seizure made by the RPF in the Kota division to date.

On the Delhi-Mumbai railway line, a major accident was averted when an overhead electric wire snapped and fell onto the coaches of a passenger train at the Unretha railway station in Bundi district of Rajasthan. The incident occurred late at night when the Ajmer-Jabalpur Dayoday Express was passing through the station....
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The overhead equipment (OHE) wires snapped due to a broken joint, causing a 4-hour disruption in rail operations between Kota and Sawai Madhopur. Passengers were stranded for hours. The train's pantograph was also damaged, and the train was brought to Kota using a diesel engine. Several other trains, including the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani, Nizamuddin-Mumbai August Kranti, Jodhpur-Bhopal, Jaipur-Chennai, and Amritsar-Mumbai Deluxe, were also delayed due to the incident. The cause of the incident is still under investigation, but this is not the first time OHE wires have snapped on the Bundi railway section. Despite previous incidents, no investigation reports have been released to determine the cause of these recurring failures. Passengers expressed frustration about the lack of information and communication from the railway authorities regarding the delays and reasons for the disruptions.