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18+ min ago (177+ words) Updated - December 07, 2025 07:05 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA The South Central Railway (SCR) will operate nearly 140 Sabarimala special trains for the convenience of devotees. The special trains that connect various stations in the zone will operate till Makara Jyothi darshan. These special trains will run from Sirpur Kaghaznagar to Kollam, Chalapalli to Kollam, Narsapur to Kollam and from other destinations. Besides, many special trains are planned from various places to clear the extra rush of passengers. Speaking to The Hindu on Sunday, SCR Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) A. Sridhar said that like every year, Railways planned many special trains to Sabarimala this year too. With IndiGo cancelling many flights from different airports, the special trains will help Ayyappa devotees to reach Sabarimala and relinquish the "deeksha, the CPRO said. "We, about 12 devotees, booked flights to Kochi. As the flight services were cancelled, we…...

36+ min ago (551+ words) According to flight tracking, the aircraft, registration N637HN, arrived in Hamburg directly from the Bombardier Flight Test Center (BFTC) in Wichita, Kansas. While there, the jet underwent the required airframe modifications, which include new fairings installed on the sides and below the fuselage, and the subsequent trial flights. " Der Aktenfresser (@DerAktenfresser) December 6, 2025 LPaH reported at the time that the Global 6500 had arrived at Lufthansa Technik (LHT) Hamburg facility on Aug. 23, 2021, from the Bombardier facility in Toronto, Canada, flying with the registration C-GOMN. LHT then on Oct. 23, 2024, announced the first flight of the aircraft from Wichita, which most likely could be N637HN itself. A Lufthansa Technik spokesperson told Hartpunkt in an August 2025 report that two of the three aircraft that have already been "externally modified" were at the time undergoing flight testing at Wichita's facilities. This has now led up to the PEGASUS…...

43+ min ago (142+ words) KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Sunday signed an investment term sheet with DP World to equip Afghanistan's commercial ports with modern technology, an official said. At the signing ceremony, Mufti Abdullah Azam, chief of staff at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, said the agreement would pave the way for future contracts and foreign investment to modernise the country's ports with state-of-the-art systems. He added that the planned projects would boost cargo-handling capacity and introduce operational and management procedures in line with international standards. Under the term sheet, the first phase will modernise Hairatan port on the Afghanistan'Uzbekistan border, followed by upgrades to Torkham port on the Afghanistan'Pakistan Durand Line. Subsequent phases will extend improvements to other logistics corridors, economic zones and national projects across the country....

48+ min ago (935+ words) Australia's airports are struggling under rising numbers of international arrivals, and there are concerns delays could continue to worsen as visitor numbers grow ahead of the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane. Melbourne Airport chief executive Lorie Argus revealed her airport's 17 passport-reading kiosks are designed to handle 2000 passengers an hour, but up to 3800 passengers are dealt with during current peak arrival hours. The SmartGate system has caused airport queues in Sydney and Melbourne.Credit: Nine Other airports around the country report similar bottlenecks. Passengers arriving in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne may get off 14-hour-flights only to wait 40 minutes or more in queues to scan their passports in kiosks, in a two-part process industry insiders say is damaging the Australian brand. "We are way behind in regards to the international arrivals experience," Argus said. According to one forecast, Queensland alone could receive an additional…...

48+ min ago (935+ words) Australia's airports are struggling under rising numbers of international arrivals, and there are concerns delays could continue to worsen as visitor numbers grow ahead of the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane. Melbourne Airport chief executive Lorie Argus revealed her airport's 17 passport-reading kiosks are designed to handle 2000 passengers an hour, but up to 3800 passengers are dealt with during current peak arrival hours. The SmartGate system has caused airport queues in Sydney and Melbourne.Credit: Nine Other airports around the country report similar bottlenecks. Passengers arriving in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne may get off 14-hour-flights only to wait 40 minutes or more in queues to scan their passports in kiosks, in a two-part process industry insiders say is damaging the Australian brand. "We are way behind in regards to the international arrivals experience," Argus said. According to one forecast, Queensland alone could receive an additional…...

48+ min ago (588+ words) For potential metro Denver public transit riders bothered by open illicit drug use and people who lack housing taking shelter on buses and trains, Regional Transportation District'chief executive Debra Johnson this week suggested collective action: "There's strength in numbers." "If there are more people on a transit vehicle, the average human being is less likely to act up," Johnson said Wednesday in Denver Union Station after a gathering with public transit counterparts from around the nation. This has forced an expensive and widening crackdown on misbehavior, costing at least $50 million this year, according to agency data. RTD officials say their efforts to ensure safety on buses and trains are starting to make a difference. "This is a problem across America. Nobody has solved this," said David Cooper, director of the Transit Cooperative Research Program study. At the meeting in Denver,…...

49+ min ago (510+ words) There is nothing simple about building roads and railways " especially when those builds are enormous modifications of existing and vital Sydney infrastructure. Today's report by Transport and Infrastructure editor Matt O'Sullivan on the Warringah Freeway upgrade is a classic example of no pain, no gain. The pain has not been unsubstantial, but the finish line is coming into view: one more year, authorities say. The northern end of the Warringah Freeway.Credit: Janie Barrett The upgrade ultimately will allow motorists to bypass the CBD when the Western Harbour Tunnel opens in late 2028. The 6.5-kilometre project will link the WestConnex motorway under the inner west to the Warringah Freeway in the north. Since 2022, the Herald has been reporting on disruptions caused to home owners and cyclists as well as motorists trying to figure out their path to the other side of…...

49+ min ago (510+ words) There is nothing simple about building roads and railways " especially when those builds are enormous modifications of existing and vital Sydney infrastructure. Today's report by Transport and Infrastructure editor Matt O'Sullivan on the Warringah Freeway upgrade is a classic example of no pain, no gain. The pain has not been unsubstantial, but the finish line is coming into view: one more year, authorities say. The northern end of the Warringah Freeway.Credit: Janie Barrett The upgrade ultimately will allow motorists to bypass the CBD when the Western Harbour Tunnel opens in late 2028. The 6.5-kilometre project will link the WestConnex motorway under the inner west to the Warringah Freeway in the north. Since 2022, the Herald has been reporting on disruptions caused to home owners and cyclists as well as motorists trying to figure out their path to the other side of…...

49+ min ago (1014+ words) Forget about Sydney's WestConnex, NorthConnex, the Cross City Tunnel or any other motorway built in the past three decades. The project director for an upgrade to one of Australia's busiest motorways reckons the $2.08 billion face-lift for the Warringah Freeway is the toughest road-building job. "This is twice as hard as the Eastern Distributor because of the complexity," said Transport for NSW's Tony Sheppard, a 35-year veteran of road construction. Transport for NSW coordinator general Howard Collins (left) and project director Tony Sheppard looking over the Warringah Freeway at North Sydney.Credit: Janie Barrett Construction teams have to carry out their work while up to 220,000 vehicles a day use the four-kilometre freeway, funnelled on and off it via the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Harbour Tunnel. Adding to the challenge, the work disrupts residents in homes neighbouring the corridor, especially at night....