Railways

The Haryana government has granted approval for the Jind-Hisar new railway line project. The project involves laying of a 50 km long new railway line connecting Jind and Hisar via six new railway stations – […]

The Ministry of Railways granted in-principle approval for the Nagpur-Nagbhid railway gauge conversion project on July 9, 2019. The project involves conversion of the 106 km long Nagpur-Nagbhid narrow gauge railway line in Maharashtra into […]

The Kerala cabinet granted approval for the implementation of the Kerala semi-high speed rail corridor project on August 7, 2019. The project, which is being implemented by Kerala Railway Development Corporation Limited, involves the construction […]

The Modern Coach Factory (MCF), in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, has created a new record by manufacturing a total of 554 Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches in the first four months of the current financial […]

The government has approved the proposal to increase the train speed on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes to 160 kmph, reducing travel time by three and a half hours and five hours respectively. While, the […]

Indian Railways is working with Bangladesh towards increasing the frequency of two trains – Maitree Express and Bandhan Express – that run between the two countries. While the Maitree Express, which was launched in 2008, […]

The CCEA approved three railway line projects in Assam and Uttar Pradesh on July 17, 2019. These are the New Bongaigaon-Agothri line doubling project, the Allahabad-Mughalsarai third rail line project and the Sahajanwa-Dohrighat new rail […]

The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) plans to adopt the double discharge design at various railway stations. These double design discharge bridges are famous in France and use two landings on the platform whereby the […]

The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) granted safety clearance for the 20 km Bachwara-Mohiuddin section of the Hajipur-Bachwara line doubling project on May 14, 2019. Further, work on the 13 km Mohiuddin Nagar-Shahpur Patori section […]

Construction work on the Bandikui-Bharatpur railway electrification project and the Utretia-Rae Bareli-Amethi-Janghai railway electrification project has been completed. The Bandikui-Bharatpur railway line involved the electrification of a 95 km long railway line at an estimated […]

The trial run on the 50 km Koderma-Rema section in Jharkhand was conducted on May 19, 2019. Besides, the CRS is likely to conduct safety inspection of the section soon. As part of the project, […]

Indian Railways (IR) has rolled out the first rake of the Ganga-Damodar Express under Project Utkrisht. The train is fitted with high-end amenities such as LED lighting and bio-toilets, among other facilities. Project Utkrisht aims to […]

IR has ordered another 40 sets of indigenously developed and manufactured Train 18, officially known as the Vande Bharat Express, for new routes. Further, for improved safety, it plans to fit the driver cabin crash […]

ITD Cementation India Limited won a contract worth Rs 6.16 billion for the construction of tunnels T9 (from km 27.58 to km 28.14) and T10 (from km 28.19 to km 33.31 for the Sevoke-Rangpo new […]

The 46 km Villupuram-Cuddalore port section of the Villupuram-Thiruvarur railway electrification project was commercially operationalised on June 12, 2019. Besides, construction of the Cuddalore-Mayiladuthurai section and the Mayiladuthurai-Thanjavur section of the project is likely to […]

RailTel has successfully deployed free Wi-Fi facilities at 1,600 stations under RailWire. RailWire is a retail broadband initiative of RailTel which aims at extending broadband and application services to the public. RailTel has provided Wi-Fi […]

IR has scrapped the flexi fare scheme for passengers travelling between New Delhi and Chandigarh on the Shatabadi Express. As per the amended rule, the Chandigarh Shatabdi fare has been fixed between Rs 575 and […]

IR is likely to raise a loan of Rs 51.88 billion ($750 million) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through IRFC for electrification of 3,378 km of railway lines (part of 16 sub-projects) to be […]

The Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) has raised $500 million via overseas bonds as part of its fundraising activity. The bonds were oversubscribed by three times and carried an interest rate of 2.23 per cent […]

Steel Authority of India Limited’s (SAIL) Durgapur steel plant dispatched its first consignment of 30 wheels for Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches on March 25, 2019. The consignment is part of a bigger order for […]