Railways

Indian Railways (IR) has suspended all passenger services during the 21-day nationwide lockdown till May 3, 2020 to control the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The suspension includes all suburban train services. However, freight movement […]

The CCEA approved the Aligarh-Harduaganj rail flyover project on March 25, 2020. The project involves the construction of a 22 km long railway flyover between Aligarh and Harduaganj in Uttar Pradesh at an estimated cost […]

Indian Railways’ (IR) third private train, the KashiMahakal Express began commercial operations on February 20, 2020 after its inaugural run on February 16, 2020. The train runs between Varanasi and Indore and like the other […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has agreed to launch a Tejas Express between Delhi and Dehradun via Haridwar. Work on the project is expected to begin soon. The Tejas Express trains are a premium version […]

IR has selected four trains to implement a pilot project for providing content-on-demand services during the railway journey. The service will be rolled out on two Rajdhani trains (Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express and the August KrantiRajdhani […]

The Mailani-Lakhimpur section of the Lucknow-Pilibhit gauge conversion project was inaugurated on February 14, 2020. The project involves gauge conversion of the 262.72 km rail line between Lucknow and Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh. It is […]

The central government has formed a committee under the Ministry of Agriculture that also includes representatives of IR to work out the modalities for Kisan Rail. The setting up of Kisan Rail through the public-private […]

The MoR inaugurated the 140 km Katwa-Azimganj and Monigram-Nalhati sections of the Katwa-Azimganj-Nalhati and Azimganj-Tildanga/New Farakka railway electrification project on February 13, 2020. The project, which is being implemented by the Central Organisation for Railway […]

A survey has been commissioned by the Railway Board to establish the Munjai-Nyoenpaling railway line in a bid to provide a cross-border rail link between India and Bhutan. Apart from this, the north-eastern part of […]

The MoR inaugurated a 2.26 km tunnel in Marangching village in Noney district under the Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway project on February 22, 2020. Besides, construction work on the 555 metreNoney railway bridge is likely to be […]

The central government laid the foundation stones for the Cherlapally satellite railway station project and Nandyal-Yerraguntla railway electrification project in the South Central Railway zone on February 18, 2020. The Cherlapally railway station project involves […]

According to India Ratings and Research, Indian Railways (IR) has increased its modal share of freight through various tariff rationalisation initiatives. The freight loaded by IR during November 2020 stood at 109.68 mt, around 9 […]

Tata Power Company Limited has secured the distribution licence for the Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha (CESU) for Rs 1.75 billion. Tata Power recently received the letter of intent from the Odisha Electricity Regulatory […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) granted in-principle approval for implementation of the Kerala semi-high speed rail corridor project (Silver Line) on December 17, 2019. The project, which is being implemented by Kerala Railway Development Corporation […]

In consultation with NITI Aayog, the MoR has picked 100 routes to run 150 private passenger trains. The tenders for the routes are likely to be invited soon. NITI Aayog has released draft guidelines for […]

A trial run was conducted on the 306 km Rewari-Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor project on December 27, 2019. The project involves the development of a 1,504 km heavy-haul freight corridor of […]

An MoU was signed between the Delhi Development Authority, the Rail Land Development Authority and Indian Railway Station Development Corporation Limited on December 19, 2019 for the redevelopment of the Anand Vihar and Bijwasan railway […]

The country’s second private train, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express began commercial operations on January 19, 2020, after its inaugural run on January 17, 2020. The train, similar to the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express, is operated by […]

National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited is likely to submit detailed project reports (DPRs) to the Railway Board for six high speed rail corridor projects soon. The estimated cost for preparing the DPR for each […]

The cabinet has given the MoR its approval for signing an MoU with the Department for International Development (UK government) for enabling energy self-sufficiency for IR. The MoU underlines various activities that will be undertaken […]