Railways

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 […]

The Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) has rolled out the first indigenous 9,000 HP electric locomotive under the Make in India initiative. The new locomotive has been developed by upgrading a 6,000 HP electric locomotive at […]

The central government flagged off the semi-high speed, self-propelled Vande Bharat Express (Train 18) on February 15, 2019. The commercial run for the train commenced on February 17, 2019. The 16-coach train has been built […]

The central government launched the new Humsafar Express connecting Madhupur in Jharkhand to Anand Vihar in New Delhi on February 15, 2019. The new train will operate under the Eastern Railway zone. Moreover, the foundation […]

The central government has laid the foundation stone for construction of a new railway station building in Vijayapura. The building, equipped with modern facilities, will be constructed at a cost of Rs 155 million. Meanwhile, […]

The central government flagged off the first-ever 10,000 horsepower diesel-to-electric-converted freighter locomotive at the Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi, on February 19, 2019. A total of two WDG3A diesel locomotives have been converted into twin WAGC3 […]

The CCEA approved the implementation of the 155 km Narayangarh-Bhadrak third line project under South Eastern Railway on March 7, 2019. The third line will cross both West Bengal and Odisha and will be developed […]

The foundation stone for redevelopment of the Nagpur railway station was laid on March 6, 2019. The project involves redevelopment of the station, on a PPP basis, at an estimated cost of Rs 1.5 billion. […]

The MoR laid the foundation stone for a new coaching terminal at Nemom in Thiruvananthapuram division in Kerala on March 7, 2019. At present, only a small portion of the work has started due to […]

The MoR is planning to provide Wi-Fi facilities at 6,441 railway stations by September 2019. As part of the plan, the ministry is targeting to equip 775 stations with Wi-Fi by March 31, 2019 and […]

The central government has launched the Rail Drishti dashboard, a digital initiative, to promote transparency and accountability in IR. Through the dashboard, information from various sources will be categorised under 15 sections and can be […]

The central government inaugurated the 18 km Chikjajur-Mayakonda section of the Chikjajur-Harihar-Hubbali doubling project on February 10, 2019. The doubling of this section has been undertaken at a cost of Rs 1.1 billion. The entire […]

The central government inaugurated the 23.32 km Garjee-Belonia section of the Agartala-Sabroom new line project in Tripura on February 9, 2019. It entailed an investment of Rs 4 billion. The entire project involves laying of […]

The Haryana government has plans of constructing a 130 km new broad gauge rail corridor between Palwal and Sonepat at an estimated cost of around Rs 41 billion. The detailed project report for the project […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has announced the extension of 22 pairs of train services for providing additional connectivity in the country. Earlier, the first successful extension experiment was introduced on the Gatimaan Express, which […]

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has developed the country’s first-ever electric locomotive with a regenerative braking system at its in-house research and development centre, under the Make in India initiative. The locomotive was recently flagged […]