Railways not to allow charging of electronic devices in trains at night

Indian Railways is all set to come up with directives that disallow passengers from charging the electronic devices during the nights in trains. These latest orders from the Railways resist passengers from using mobile charging stations onboard trains between 11 pm and 5 am as part of fire prevention measures.

The Western Railway has already implemented this on March 16 by cutting off supply to these charging ports between this period.

Recently a train coach of the Dehradun-bound Shatabdi Express caught fire in a suspected case of a short circuit on March 13 and almost six days later, a fire broke out in the engine of a static goods train at the Ranchi station.

In fact, in 2014, the Railway Safety Commissioner had recommended that night charging be stopped, an official said. On it, he said that the Railway Board had recently issued directions once again to all the zones. He said that there were many minor fires due to overcharging of electronic devices.