Indian Railways (IR) has sanctioned Rs 8.5 billion for track renewal works at two railway sections in Rajasthan. The sections include 291.12 km long Rai ka Bagh-Phalodi-Jaisalmer stretch and 73.74 km long Lalgarh-Kolayat-Phalodi stretch. Moreover, […]
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) has signed a rupee term loan agreement worth Rs 98.21 billion with the Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) to refinance its current foreign currency debt on […]
East Central Railway (ECR) has commenced land acquisition of the Ara-Sasaram Rail Line Doubling Project. Besides, the entire project is expected to be completed by 2028. The project involves doubling the 110 km long existing […]
The Network Planning Group of PM GatiShakti National Master Plan evaluated the seven railways projects. These are: Arakkonam-Renigunta Third and Fourth Rail Line Project: It involves construction of 76.55 km long third and fourth railway lines […]
The Ministry of Railways has sanctioned the final location survey (FLS) for the 11 km long Balotra-Pachpadra New Rail Line Project in Rajasthan at an estimated cost of Rs 3.3 million. The project involves construction […]
Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) has dispatched the sixth 3,300 horsepower (hp) AC-AC diesel-electric locomotive to Mozambique on December 15, 2025. The locomotive has been indigenously manufactured and can attain a maximum speed of 100 km […]
Indian Railways (IR) has achieved 99.2 per cent electrification of its broad gauge (BG) network till November 30, 2025, covering 25 states and union territories. About 69,427 route km (rkm) out of total 70,001 rkm […]
National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) completed the launching of a 130-metre span of a 230-metre continuous steel (130+100) bridge over National Highway-64 and the Bharuch-Dahej freight line near Kanthariya Kanthariya village in Gujarat’s […]
Indian Railways (IR) has manufactured a total of 4,224 Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches during 2025-26 (till November 2025), representing an increase of 18 per cent over corresponding period of the last year. Moreover, factory […]
Indian Railways (IR) has commissioned 812 megawatts (MW) of solar power plants and 93 MW of wind power plants till November 2025. Further, 100 MW of renewable power under round the clock (RTC) mode, tied […]
DP World has launched a new export-import (EXIM) rail service connecting Powarkheda, Madhya Pradesh to the Nhava Sheva container terminal in Mumbai, strengthening the state’s direct access to global and domestic markets operating twice-weekly from […]
Indian Railways (IR) has completed the manufacturing of its first 10 coach hydrogen powered train-set with a power of 2,400 kilowatts (kW) on the broad-gauge platform. It has been equipped with two driving power cars […]
The Network Planning Group (NPG) of ‘PM GatiShakti National Master Plan’ evaluated five rail projects. These are: Gummidipundi-Gudur Third and Fourth Railway Line: It involves developing a 89.96 km long third and fourth railway line […]
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth Rs 5.79 billion with Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and Integrated Industrial Township Greater Noida Limited (IITGNL) in order […]
Indian Railways (IR) has deployed 7,129 km of optical fibre for Kavach on high-density routes as of December 5, 2025. Other progress includes the installation of 860 telecom towers, 2,674 route km (rkm) of track […]
IR has introduced the rationalisation of rates for bulk cement transportation in containers and a policy for bulk cement terminals. The new rate structure for bulk cement has now been simplified, removing the earlier distance […]
IR has commissioned a Gati Shakti cargo terminal (GCT) at Jakhapura in Jajpur district, Odisha, under the Khurda division of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) zone. The terminal has been developed at an investment of […]
The central government has launched four new Vande Bharat Express train services. The routes include Banaras-Khajuraho, Firozpur-Delhi, Lucknow-Saharanpur and Ernakulam-Bengaluru. With this, the number of Vande Bharat Express train services in India has increased to […]
The construction work on the Redevelopment of Madurai Junction Railway Station Project is expected to be completed by November 2026. A multilevel two-wheeler parking facility at the East entry and a multilevel four-wheeler parking facility […]
The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has conducted a safety inspection on the 3.5 km long Bellandur Road-Carmelaram section of the Baiyyappanahalli-Hosur Railway LineDoubling Project in Karnataka. The project spanning a length of 50 km […]
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