Railways

The Government of Karnataka inaugurated Kushtagi–Talakal section of the Wadi-Gadag New Line Project. The project involves development of a 252.5 km long railway line from Wadi to Gadag in Karnataka with an investment of Rs […]

Indian Railways is planning to launch a Vande Bharat Express train service on the route between Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and Delhi. The service will cover a total distance of 620 km in nine hours. Besides, the […]

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) achieved the unloading of 1,245 freight rakes in April 2025. State-wise, 674 rakes were unloaded in Assam, 231 in West Bengal, 183 in Bihar, 117 in Tripura, 16 in Nagaland, eight […]

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has achieved a breakthrough of a 2.3 km long T-11 tunnel under Package 4 of the Bhanupali-Bilaspur-Beri New Rail Line Project. The project involves construction of a 63.1 km long […]

Jupiter Tatravagonka Railwheel Factory (JTRF), a subsidiary of Jupiter Wagons Limited, has commenced construction of its railway wheelset manufacturing facility, spread across 86 acres, at Haldiapada in Odisha. The facility is expected to be completed […]

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) has installed a 110.5 m long rail flyover girder at Kalamboli on the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT)-Nilje section for the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project (Western Corridor). […]

Dedicated freight corridors operationalised an average of 352 trains per day during 2024-25 (April-February 2025), compared to 247 trains per day in 2023-24. Furthermore, in February 2025, an average of 371 trains were operated per […]

West Central Railway’s Bhopal Railway division has deployed a first-of-its-kind optical fibre-based signal control system for Indian Railways (IR) at the S/SH-15 and S/SH-16 signalling posts in the Nishatpura yard. This cost-efficient system uses a […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has approved the final location survey for the Melli-Dentam New Rail Line Project at an estimated cost of Rs 22.5 million. The project involves laying a new 75-km long rail […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has approved the Rowghat-Jagdalpur New Railway Line project (Phase II of Dalli Rajhara-Jagdalpur New Line project). The project involves laying a new 140 km long railway line connecting Rowghat to […]

South Western Railway (SWR) has achieved about 85 per cent progress for the land acquisition of the Tumkur-Chitradurga-Davangere New Railway Line project. The project envisages development of 199.7 km long Tumkur-Davangere new broad gauge line […]

The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has granted safety clearance for the 3.5 km long Gorakhpur-Gorakhpur Cantt section of the Domingarh-Gorakhpur-Kusumhi Third Railway Line Project. The project involves laying of a third railway line along […]

East Central Railway’s (ECR’s) Dhanbad division recorded the highest freight loading across Indian Railways (IR) in April 2025, achieving 16.55 million tonnes (mt). It was followed by the Bilaspur division of the South East Central […]

The Union Government laid the foundation stone for the Guntakal West-Mallappa Gate Rail Over Rail (ROR) Bridge Project on May 2, 2025. The project involves construction of a 10 km long Rail Over Rail (ROR) […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has submitted the realignment plan for the Pune-Nashik Semi-High Speed Rail (HSR) Line Project to the Government of Maharashtra for approval. The new alignment avoids the restricted zone around the […]

National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has completed 293 km of viaduct installation work on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (HSR) Corridor Project. Besides, 375 km of pier construction and 394 km of pier foundation […]

The Railway Board (RB) has directed the Golden Rock railway workshop (Ponmalai GoC) at Tiruchchirappalli, under the Southern Railway (SR) zone, to carry out maintenance and overhauling works for the Vande Bharat trains, including Vande […]

IR is developing a new PPP policy and has identified around 50 projects to be offered under it, including high-return projects such as port connectivity and mineral corridors. This new policy is expected to replace […]

Indian Railways (IR) has planned to launch a Vande Bharat Sleeper train service on the New Delhi-Pune route. It will cover a total distance of 1,589 km at a maximum speed of 160 km per […]

The Union Government has inaugurated three rail sections in Bihar. These are: Supaul-Pipra section of the Supaul-Araria New Railway Line Project: The project involves laying of a 92 km long new railway line connecting Supaul and […]