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GUARDS TO GO OUT OF LOCALS , MOTORMEN TO MAN BOTH ENDS Mumbai Mirror | Feb 27, 2016,  By Kamal Mishra       The Western Railway has taken a discretionary clause out of its rulebook to reduce the turnaround time of local trains, thus ensuring their punctuality. In an experiment that will begin soon, motormen will be placed in both ends of the train.  As per General and Subsidiary Rules of the Indian Railway, trains cannot be run without guards. However, in special cases, senior divisional operation manager or other higher authority can waive this requirement.  Currently, a guard is stationed at the rear end of the rain while the motorman drives it; when the train reaches the terminating station, the guard and motorman exchange their positions, which takes around 3 minutes. During the trial runs, both cabins will have motormen so that the train has a shorter turnaround time at the terminating station - the moment the train arrives at the last station, the motorman at

 February 6, 2016 F ourteen passengers were injured as the Bengaluru-Kanyakumari Island Express bound for Bengaluru derailed near the Vettapattu railway bridge in Natrampalli, nearly 90 kilometres from Vellore, during the early hours of Friday. The injured included three women and two children, The train was plying between Somanaickanpatti and Pachur stations when 15 of its 22 coaches derailed at about 4.08 a.m. According to officials, all the injured were travelling in four coaches – S5, S6, S7 and S8 – which had toppled. Personnel from the Fire and Rescue Services, Natrampalli, eight 108 ambulances and a medical team from the Government Hospital at Natrampalli rushed to the spot and rescued several passengers.