RRB – Railways Recruitment Board – Vacancy of 6449 Senior Post, Junior Engineer – Freshers 2012

RRB, Railways Recruitment Board , Ministry Of Railway invites eligible candidate for the Senior Section Engineers, Junior Engineer, Chief Depot Material Superintendent Post in Indian Railways. Last date of application is 9th April (1730 hrs). More details are below :Name Of Posts & Number of Posts :    Sr. Section Engineers : 1403 posts of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and S&T Departments.    Junior Engineer : 4784 posts of  Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and S&T...

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Chronology of railways in India, (1995 – present)

1995 January 16: First regularly scheduled services on trains hauled by locos using the 2*25kV ‘dual’ system of traction (Bina-Katni on CR).January: First prototype of the CONCERT passenger reservation system developed at Secunderabad.Gauge conversion of Purna-Nanded / Manmad-Mudkhed MG section breaks the MG network’s north-south connection. (Mudkhed-Secunderabad is left as an isolated MG line.)Khodiyar-Mehsana MG section converted to BG.DLW and GM sign contract for technology transfer for GM’s GT46MAC and 710 series locos,...

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Chronology of railways in India, (1970 – 1995)

19701 Up / 2 Dn Bombay-Howrah Mail via Nagpur is dieselized; it is hauled by an electric loco between Howrah and Rourkela and between Igatpuri and Bombay.June 30: The last WG is manufacturered by CLW (WG 10560 Antim Sitara).CLW produces its first WAM-4 locos.Shahdara-Saharanpur line of Martin’s Light Railways closed.Across the border, Pakistan’s first electric services begin on June 25 (Lahore-Khanewal, 268km).Oct. : One line of the Howrah network of the Calcutta trams is closed.1971WCG-2 and WCAM-1 design prototypes are...

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Chronology of railways in India, (1900 – 1947)

1900GIPR network becomes state property on July 1, but the company is allowed to continue operating the services.Upper Sone bridge built, the longest in India at 10,052 feet.Balotra-Hyderabad section of Jodhpur Bikaner Rly. opens.Doon Railway opens (Haridwar-Dehradun).Tapti Valley Railway opened.Connection to Gaya added on the Calcutta Delhi routeAssam Bengal Rly. opens branch line to Guwahati.Bengal Dooars Rly. open link to EBR at Lalmonirhat.Rajputana Malway Rly. becomes part of the BB&CI Rly.Bengal-Nagpur Railway lays...

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