Railways

The Union Government has inaugurated the Vande Bharat Express train service on the Jogbani-Danapur route. The train will cover a distance of 453 km in about eight hours, enhancing connectivity for the districts of Araria, […]

The Union Government inaugurated the Bhairabi-Sairang New Railway Line Project on September 13, 2025. The project involved laying of a 51 km long new broad gauge rail line between Bhairabi and Sairang connecting Assam and […]

The Central Railway (CR) has achieved a freight loading of 5.61 million tonnes (mt) in August 2025, marking a two per cent increase compared to the same period last year. Commodity wise, the zone registered […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat New Rail Line Doubling Project on September 10, 2025. The project involves doubling a 177-km long rail line from Bhagalpur to Rampurhat via Dumka in […]

National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has launched the 100 m long steel bridge of a 2×100 m long steel bridge over NH-48 under the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (HSR) Corridor Project. With this, nine […]

Indian Railways (IR) has achieved electrification of 69,154 route km (rkm) of its network, as of August 31, 2025. This constitutes 99.1 per cent of its cumulative broad gauge (BG) network of 69,800 rkm. Zone-wise, […]

Central Railway (CR) has inaugurated its first state-of-the-art unified Kavach control centre at the Bhusawal railway division. The centre will monitor the Kavach system across 134 locations within the division. It aims to enhance operational […]

Concord Control Systems Limited (CCSL) has developed India’s first fully indigenous zero-emission propulsion system for converting existing diesel-powered locomotives into sustainable platforms. The system is powered by lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries and features a […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has issued a notification for land acquisition of an additional 6,007 sqm of land in connection with the Hospet-Hubli-Londa-Tinaighat-Vasco da Gama Railway Line Doubling Project in Goa, Karnataka. The project […]

North Central Railway (NCR) has announced plans to install a total of 1,782 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras across all passenger coaches under the Prayagraj, Jhansi and Agra railway divisions. As per the plan, cameras will […]

The Network Planning Group (NPG) of the ‘PM GatiShakti National Master Plan’ evaluated the three railways projects on September 3, 2025. These are: Baramulla-Uri New Rail Line Project: It involves construction of a new 40.2 […]

The Guntur railway division, under the South Central Railway (SCR) zone, has inaugurated a 150 kilowatts (kW) solar power plant at the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) office in Pattabhipuram, Andhra Pradesh. The plant is expected […]

South Western Railway (SWR) achieved a freight loading of 4.22 million tonnes (mt) in August 2025, marking an increase of 26.3 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Moreover, the zone generated total revenue […]

Indian Railways (IR) achieved a freight loading of 673.64 million tonnes (mt) during the financial year (FY) 2025-26 (till August 2025), marking an increase of 3.1 per cent over the 653.22 mt recorded during the […]

The Railway Board (RB) has planned to increase the number of coaches on seven Vande Bharat Express trains operating on high passenger footfall routes. These routes include Mangaluru Central-Thiruvananthapuram Central, Secunderabad-Tirupati, Chennai Egmore-Tirunelveli, Madurai-Bengaluru Cantt, […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved five railway projects worth Rs 123.28 billion. These are: Deshalpar-Hajipir-Luna, Vayor-Lakhpat New Rail Line Project: It involves laying a new line from Deshalpur to Luna and Vayor […]

Satish Kumar has been re-appointed as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board (RB), with a one-year extension to his tenure effective from September 1, 2025. His re-employment is on a […]

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Limited (Texmaco) has announced a joint venture (JV) with Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for the manufacturing and maintenance of rolling stock, including both freight and passenger segments such as locomotives, […]

Nokia has unveiled a new 5G radio system aimed at providing railway operators with high-capacity and high-performance connectivity. The initiative is part of the future railway mobile communication system (FRMCS), which is set to replace […]

The Union Government inaugurated three rail projects in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. These are: Mehsana-Palanpur Railway Line Doubling Project: It involved doubling of the existing 65.1 km long Mehsana-Palanpur railway line in Gujarat with an investment of […]