Railways

IR will get its first waste-to-energy (WtE) conversion unit at Bhubaneswar by January 2020. All waste generated at Bhubaneswar railway station, and the carriage and coaching depot will be converted into light diesel oil that […]

Three railway stations in Rajasthan – Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura – have topped the list of IR’s cleanliness survey unveiled on October 2, 2019. Jaipur was placed first, followed by Jodhpur and Durgapura in the […]

Commercial operations on the Agartala-Sabroom new railway line project commenced on October 4, 2019. The project involved laying of a 114.6 km long new broad gauge railway line from Agartala to Sabroom in Tripura at […]

Indian Railway Station Development Corporation [IRSDC] Limited has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with IRCON International Limited and RITES Limited for the redevelopment of 12 and eight railway stations respectively. IRSDC signed an MoA with […]

The Gujarat High Court granted clearance for commencement of the land acquisition process for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail (HSR) corridor project on September 19, 2019. The project was facing roadblocks in implementation due to protests […]

The MoR has granted approval for implementation of the Bahraich-Nanpara-Rupediha gauge conversion project. The detailed project report for the project has been sent to the Railway Board. The project involves conversion from metre gauge to broad […]

The Vande Bharat Express between Delhi and Katra began commercial services on October 5, 2019. The train has brought down travel time between Delhi and Katra to eight hours from the current 12 hours. It […]

The Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express services began commercial operations on October 5, 2019. The train, which is the country’s first private train, will be managed by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the e-ticketing […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has formed a task force to draw up a blueprint for developing 50 railway stations with world-class standards and allowing private passenger train operators to run 150 trains on its […]

The Maharashtra government inaugurated the 13.14 km Sewagram-Sonegaon section of the Wardha (Sewagram)-Ballarshah third line project on September 11, 2019. The Commissioner of Railway Safety granted safety clearance for the section in May 2019. The […]

Commercial operations on the Samastipur-Khagaria section of the Samastipur-Khagaria, Darbhanga-Jaynagar and Raxaul-Samastipur railway electrification project commenced on September 9, 2019. As part of the project, the 86 km Samastipur-Khagaria, 69 km Darbhanga-Jaynagar and 231 km […]

The Haryana government inaugurated the Hisar-Jakhal section of the Hisar-Jakhal-Dhuri-Ludhiana railway electrification project on September 4, 2019. As part of the project, 202 km of an existing railway line between Hisar and Ludhiana via Jakhal […]

Construction work on the project for redevelopment of the Tirupati railway station is likely to be completed by 2023. The project involves redevelopment of the Tirupati railway station in Andhra Pradesh at a cost of Rs […]

The 190 km New Ateli-New Phulera section on the Western Corridor of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project was inaugurated on August 15, 2019. The Western Corridor of the DFC project involves development of a 1,504 km […]

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)-run Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express is expected to begin services on October 4, 2019. The Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express will run six days a week barring Tuesdays. After initial runs […]

Indian Railways (IR) is planning to completely upgrade its rolling stock manufacturing units to bring them up to world standards. The aim is to introduce a huge technological shift in production, so that more export-worthy rolling […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has granted approval for the Nanded-Bidar new railway line project. The preparation of the final location survey and DPR for the project is under process. The project involves laying a […]

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 […]