Train coaches torched in Bihar (Lead)

September 30th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two coaches of the Mahananda Express were torched at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday by a mob protesting against the closure of the town's 100-year-old railway station. Over 100 villagers stopped the train, which plies between New Delhi and Kolkata, at the station and set fire to the bogies, police said.

September 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - Fulfilling a budget promise, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday flagged off the Duronto Express - a non-stop train that will cover the 1,454 km distance between Sealdah in West Bengal and New Delhi 90 minutes quicker than the Rajdhani. While the Rajdhani Express completes the journey in 18 hours, Duronto takes only 16 hours and 30 minutes.

September 15th, 2009 PANIPAT - The Swarn Shatabdi Express by which Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is travelling from Ludhiana to New Delhi was stoned by miscreants Tuesday evening near Gharaunda town, near here. No one was injured, but window panes of three coaches of the train were damaged.

September 15th, 2009 PATNA - Last month, a group of students got into an altercation with railway personnel and ended up setting fire to some air-conditioned coaches of a train in Bihar. Now, the police are considering making 22 of the 26 accused cough up as much as Rs.

September 15th, 2009 PATNA - Last month, a group of students got into an altercation with railway personnel and ended up torching some air-conditioned coaches of a train in Bihar. Now, the police is considering making 22 of the 26 accused cough up as much as Rs.

September 13th, 2009 PATNA - Eleven men have been arrested for their involvement in setting a train on fire in Bihar last month following an altercation between students and railway personnel, police said Sunday. The 11 were arrested after they were identified through video clippings provided by television news channels as being part of the group that torched the Shramjivi Express Aug 18 following a row with Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, said Deputy Inspector General (Railway Police) Arvind Pandey.

August 19th, 2009 PATNA - A day after an angry mob of students set four coaches of the Delhi-Patna Shramjivi Express train on fire following an altercation with Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel at Bihta near here, the police have decided to identify the culprits through video clippings and will take stern action against them. "All those elements found involved in leading or instigating the mob to damage railway properties would be identified and stern action would be initiated against them," Additional Director General of Police Neelmani said.

August 18th, 2009 PATNA - A group of students set four coaches of the Delhi-Patna Shramjivi Express train on fire Tuesday following an altercation with Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, officials said. However, no passenger was injured in the incident.

August 18th, 2009 PATNA - A group of students set two coaches of the Delhi-Patna Shramjivi Express train on fire Tuesday following an altercation with men of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), officials said. The incident occurred at the Bihta railway station, about 30 km from Patna.

August 18th, 2009 PATNA - A group of students on Tuesday set four air-conditioned bogies of the Patna-Delhi Shramjeevi Express afire at the Bihta Railway station which falls between Patna and Mighal Sarai Junction in Bihar. According to sources, the students resorted to violence after Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel beat some of them up at the railway station during a ticket checking drive.

July 22nd, 2009 AMRITSAR - Two air-conditioned coaches of the Golden Temple express train were badly damaged Wednesday after they caught fire, railway officials said here. The coaches, which did not have any passengers, were at the Amritsar railway station when the incident took place.

June 1st, 2009 PATNA - Coaches of two passenger trains were set ablaze and the Khusrupur railway station in Bihar's Patna district was ransacked by a mob Monday to protest the East Central Railway's decision to not halt any express rain at the station. Police said hundreds of people set fire to three coaches of the Danapur-Jainagar Intercity Express and one bogie of Rajgir Danapur Express in Khusrupur, about 35 km from here.

June 1st, 2009 PATNA/KOLKATA/NEW DELHI - An angry mob in Bihar's Patna district set ablaze coaches of two passenger trains, uprooted rail lines and ransacked the railway station at Khusrupur to protest the decision not to halt any express train there. Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered a probe into the incident and restoration of the service.

April 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the metro increasingly becoming the choice of city's commuters, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has ordered extra coaches to be attached to some existing trains to increase the passenger capacity, an official said Sunday. Eight more coaches have been ordered by the DMRC to be added to four trains.

January 21st, 2009 PATNA - Protesting the arrest and alleged torture of their top leaders, Maoist rebels Thursday enforced a 24-hour strike, setting ablaze 11 trucks and blasting a mobile telephone signal tower in Bihar, police said. Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) Neelmani said armed Maoists forcibly stopped the 11 trucks and set them ablaze in Rohtas, about 150 km from here.