Railways

The CCEA has granted approval for three railway projects in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. These are the Manmad-Jalgaon third line project, involving the electrification and construction of a 160 km third line between […]

Indian Railways (IR) is planning to collaborate with the Malaysian government to redevelop 20 railway stations in Tier II cities across the country, at an estimated cost of Rs 100 billion. As per the plans, a […]

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has offered the delivery of rail tickets, allowing passengers to make payments through any payment mode, including cash. IRCTC, through its website and mobile app, has now […]

The MoR has flagged off the Visatadome coach and laid the foundation stone for a mechanised laundry project at Visakhapatnam which is to be implemented on a build-operate-own-transfer basis. The ministry has also inaugurated the […]

An electronic interlocking and massive yard remodelling project has been commissioned at Dadri railway station in Uttar Pradesh, which falls under the Allahabad division of North Central Railway. This project is part of the ongoing […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has inaugurated 45 freight terminals under Mission Hundred, which was announced as part of Budget 2016-17. Freight trains have been flagged off from terminals at Adani, Kila Raipur, Penna Cement, […]

The Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, is expected to roll out high speed rakes for the Delhi-Chandigarh section (Tejas Express) soon. Initially, the RCF will roll out the first rake of the 19 coaches to […]

The MoR has released the New Water Management Policy in Indian Railways, which covers all aspects of water use, recycling, conservation and recharge of groundwater. This is a progressive and creative policy where field units […]

IR plans to source 25 per cent of its power needs from renewables, moving towards its goal of 5 GW of solar energy by 2025. A target of Rs 410 billion of savings in the […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has flagged off/inaugurated various new trains/extension of trains. These are the Hubballi-Chickbenkal-Hubballi fast passenger train, the Pilibhit-Majhola Pakariya passenger train and the Jabalpur-Sukrimangela passenger train up to Ghansore. In 2016-17, […]

The central government has reportedly approved the setting up of the new Rail Development Authority (RDA) with a chairman and three members, with a term of five years. It can also engage experts from relevant […]

The Hassan-Bengaluru (via Shravanabelagola) new line railway project is likely to be commissioned by end-March 2017. Currently, work on the entire project has been completed and the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) has already conducted the […]

The MoR has proposed the development of new railway lines to link New Delhi and Kolkata in India with Kathmandu in Nepal to strengthen the cross-border connectivity between the countries and plans to implement them […]

Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited has handed over the operations and management of the Habibganj station, estimated to cost Rs 4.5 billion, to Bansal Pathways Habibganj Private Limited. The SPV has met all the “conditions […]

The MoR has recently launched the country’s first Antyodaya Express running between Ernakulam and Howrah and the Sri Ganganagar-Tiruchirappalli Humsafar Express. The ministry has also launched the New Catering Policy, 2017 and a new partnership […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has introduced several freight sector initiatives which include the policy of long-term contracts with major customers aimed at providing the certainty of long-term tariff/freight rates to customers, while also guaranteeing […]

The MoR has signed an MoU with the Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane Group, an Italian government firm, for technical cooperation in the railway sector. The MoU includes safety audits of IR and measures required for […]

The central government has given a green signal to realigning the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor Project to include Pune and Nashik on account of the availability of sufficient land in these regions and exchanging […]

The MoR has recently signed a JV agreement with the Jharkhand government for facilitating the speedy development of railway infrastructure in the state. The Jharkhand government has identified three projects for the JV company to […]