Railways

The Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) recommended developing five railway projects on Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) mode, in its meeting held on August 1, 2026.  Moreover, the Ministry of Railways (MoR) would bear the […]

Indian Railways (IR) has approved Kavach 4.0 on 660 rkm of Izzatnagar Division Project. It has been sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs 2.95 billion under umbrella work for provision of Kavach with communication […]

Indian Railways (IR) has planned to redevelop 15 stations under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. These include Vijayawada, Coimbatore Junction, Chennai Central, Andheri, Avadi, Tambaram, KSR Bengaluru, Bhopal, Vadodara, Kalyan, Dadar, Anand Vihar, Pune, Delhi […]

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has achieved breakthrough of 1.38 km long Tunnel-1 under Wardha-Nanded New Line (via Yavatmal-Pusad) Project in Maharashtra on August 5, 2026. With this, work on all five tunnels, covering overall […]

About 646 Hectares (ha) out of 1,736 ha of land has been acquired for Dungarpur-Banswara-Ratlam Railway Project. Moreover, the land will be provided free of cost by the Government of Rajasthan. Besides, an overall expenditure […]

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) has achieved freight loading of 10,544 million net tonne km (NTKM) in July 2026, an increase of 20 per cent over same month last year. Besides, it […]

Indian Railways (IR) has commissioned Kavach 4.0 on 2,633 route km (rkm) of high density Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes as of July 31, 2026. This includes 1,327 rkm of Tilak Bridge-Junction cabin-Palwal-Mathura-Kota-Nagda-Ratlam-Vadodra-Virar section, and 96 […]

Jupiter Wagons Limited (JWL) has partnered with Lucchini RS Holding S.p.A. (LRS) for development of India’s first fully integrated private rail wheel manufacturing platform, also paving the way for global supply chain. It will feature […]

Indian Railways (IR) has achieved freight loading of 141.3 million tonnes (mt) during July 2026, an increase of nine per cent over same month last year. Commodity-wise, it registered an increase of 22.2 per cent […]

Indian Railways (IR) approved the Danapur-Fatuha Multi-Tracking Rail Section Project on August 1, 2026. It has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs 9.76 billion. Moreover, the project will daily handle 22 extra passenger trains […]

Indian Railways (IR) approved the Upgradation of Electric Traction System of Wadi-Raichur Double Rail Line Section Project on July 30, 2026. It has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs 2.2 billion. The project involves […]

Survey work has been sanctioned for three railway projects. This includes Villupuram-Nagercoil Third and Fourth Railway Line Project, Villupuram-Thanjavur Rail Line Doubling Project, and Madurai-Manamadurai-Rameswaram Rail Line Doubling project. Villupuram-Nagercoil Third and Fourth Railway Line […]

The field surveys for various quadrupling railway projects in Kerala have been completed and detailed project report (DPR) preparation is underway. These projects are Shoranur-Coimbatore Third and Fourth Railway Line Project (99 km), Shoranur-Ernakulam Third […]

Indian Railways (IR) has approved Upgradation of Electric Traction System of Parbhani-Mudkhed Rail Line Section Project on July 28, 2026. It has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs 1.63 billion and includes associated power […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Guntakal-Ballari Third and Fourth Rail Line Project covering approximately (46km) across three districts in the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It has been approved at […]

The construction work on Asifabad-Sirpur Kaghaznagar section (11km) under the Ballarshah-Kazipet Third Line Project was completed on July 22, 2026. With this, the entire project has been completed. Besides, a stretch near Ballarshah station under […]

Indian Railways (IR) has approved the construction of the Nimpura West Outer Cabin-Midnapur Third Rail Line Project (14.52km) of South Eastern Railway (SER) at a cost of Rs 4.4 billion, on the High Utilisation Network […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has granted Special Railway Project (SRP) status to three railway projects. These are Gummidipundi-Gudur Third and Fourth Railway Line Project (90 km), Arakkonam-Renigunta Third and Fourth Rail Line Project (77 […]

Indian Railway (IR) has approved the doubling of the 14 km Tadali-Ghugus railway section on the Wardha-Balharshah section of the Delhi-Chennai High Density Network (HDN) in Maharashtra. The project has been sanctioned under the umbrella […]

The Union Government has inaugurated 75 redeveloped stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) on July 17, 2026. These are listed below:   State Station Andhra Pradesh Cumbum Mangalagiri Rayanapadu Assam Majbat Bihar Shivnarayanpur […]