Southern Railway

Southern Railway reports highest-ever revenue at Rs 6,345 cr in FY23

Southern Railway on Sunday said it had recorded about 80 per cent jump in its revenue, which stood at Rs 6,345 crore in the passenger segment during the financial year 2022-23, its highest ever. During the corresponding period in the last financial year, it had earned revenues of Rs 3,539.77 crore. The highest revenue registered by Southern Railway before this was in the financial year 2019-20 at Rs 5,225 crore. About 640 million passengers travelled by Southern Railway in 2022-2023, which is a massive increase of 88.5 per cent over the 339.6 million passengers of 2021-22, an official release said. In the freight segment, Southern Railway said it had achieved many firsts, including the highest ever loading of cargo at 4.05 metric tonne, highest ever loading of petroleum at 5.2 metric tonne, and food grain loading at 3.23 metric tonne, among others. The railway zone generated its highest ever revenue from freight during the last financial year at Rs 3,637.86 crore as compared to Rs

PM to flag off South India's first 'Vande Bharat Express' on Nov 11

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off South India's first 'Vande Bharat Express' train and inaugurate the second terminal of Kempegowda International Airport, built at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore, during his visit to the city on November 11. He will also be unveiling the 108 foot tall statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founder of Bengaluru, during his visit to the state capital. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday participated in the video conferencing with Prime Minister Modi regarding the preparations for various programmes to be held here on November 11, in which the latter will participate. "On that day, PM will flag off South India's first Vande Bharat Express train which will run between Chennai and Mysuru via Bengaluru in the state capital, inaugurate the second terminal of Kempegowda International Airport built at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore to handle an additional 2.5 crore passengers," an official release said. Detailing the uniqueness of the terminal, it said a

Southern Railway division introduces QR-based booking system at 61 stations

The Palakkad division of Southern Railway has introduced QR code-enabled unreserved ticket booking system through the Railway UTS App at all its 61 stations, including Mangaluru central and Mangaluru junction. An option for QR code booking has been enabled in the app under the book ticket' menu. The feature will not be available for the halt stations managed by private agents in the Southern Railway routes, a railway release here said. By scanning the QR code at the station, passengers may enter the ticketing system and select their destination to proceed to payment, which may be made through railway wallet, UPI, debit or credit card or net banking. Platform ticket and renewal of season ticket, too, is possible through the QR code system, the release said.

Madras HC rejects plea from murdered techie's parents seeking Rs 3 crore

The Madras High Court has rejected a plea from the parents of S Swathi (24), a techie, who was murdered at a platform in the Nungambakkam railway station here in 2016, seeking Rs 3 crore as compensation from the Southern Railway due to the "sheer negligence" on the part of the railway authorities. Justice R Subramanian rejected the plea from K Santhanakrishnan and his wife A Ranganayagi, made in November 2016, on Thursday. The writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution before the Court is not the right forum to order compensation, the judge said and advised the couple to approach the appropriate one having civil jurisdiction. The slain woman's parents contended the murder of their young blossoming daughter occurred at a crowded place in day light. It would have been averted if the railway authorities, including the Railway Protection Force (RPF), who were duty bound to provide security to the passengers, had acted in a diligent manner. The sheer negligence on their .

Southern Railway saves around Rs 55 crore by tapping solar, wind power

The Southern Railway on Friday said it has managed to save Rs 54.99 crore by harnessing alternate sources of energy in its bid to reduce carbon footprint. With a generation of 91.56 million units of wind power that lead to cumulative savings of Rs 48.54 crore, Southern Railway said through solar energy it managed to save Rs 6.45 crore by generating 16.30 million units of solar power from 2017 till July 2022. "Substantial energy savings has been made possible through erection of wind mills", Southern Railway said in a press release. Since the installation of solar plant in 2017-18, the cumulative solar energy generated was 16.30 million units up to June 2022, thereby saving Rs 6.45 crore. The solar power panels have been installed at various locations across the region and Southern Railway said it was working towards increasing capacity of solar plants. The famous Dr MGR Chennai Central Railway Station has become the first station in the region to take care of 100 per cent of its d

Bharat Gaurav train: India's first private rail service begins journey

South Star Rail is the registered service provider that will operate the train between Coimbatore and Shirdi

Rainipettai station back in action with freight movement after 25-year gap

The first rake of 21 BCN wagons transported 1,300 tonnes of fertilisers for Coromandel International, from Ranipettai to Tadepalligudem and Dwarapudi in Andhra

Southern Railways sends cars from Chennai to Nepal for the first time

125 vehicles of Hyundai were moved from Walajabad to Nautanwa, UP, which is close to the Nepal border. The cargo has generated a revenue of Rs 18.27 lakh for Railways

Cyclone Nivar: Railways cancels over dozen special trains, offers refund

'Nivar' is forecast to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm

Southern Railway Chennai division's revenue from auto loading up 17% in Oct

Loads 10,004 cars on 43 rakes consisting of 1,151 wagons; earns revenue of Rs 11.8 crore in October

Southern Rly records Rs 1,167 cr freight earnings in April-October period

Southern Railway on Sunday said it clocked several milestones between the April-October period in handling of freight besides earning revenues of Rs 1,167.57 crore.

Southern Railways tests 1st battery operated dual-mode shunting locomotive

The locomotive has a continuous run time of 3.5-4 hours in Battery Mode

Southern Railway's Chennai Division boost freight biz with new units, app

'Freight Seva' is a one-stop destination for information needs, such as incentive schemes of Indian Railways, types of wagons and commodities that can be transported, freight and parcel rates, etc

Southern Railway to set up 105 MWp solar plants on unused and vacant land

Zone proposes to provide rooftop solar plants of 2.69 MWp under developer mode by Solar power developers at Perambur and Golden Rock workshops

Southern Railway introduced 13 pairs of intra-state trains since Sept 7

Extension of services to Chennai has brought about an increase in patronage

Southern Railway's Chennai Divn starts new service to map movement of goods

The time-tabled container services were introduced on August 20, and have been running daily between Chennai Harbour and Whitefield. Each way trip fetches a revenue of Rs 4.3 lakh

Covid-19 impact: Southern Railway units start making sanitisers, masks

Development follows a directive by Railway Board to production units and workshops to use their manufacturing units to make essential medical items

Cost, time are crucial to make railways viable to carry automotive, say experts

The South has got huge potential, considering major OEMs have their manufacturing base there