Railways

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the Tirupati-Katpadi New Rail Line Project worth Rs 13.32 billion on April 9, 2025. The project involves laying a 104.39 km long new line from Tirupati to […]

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has launched the 70 meter-long steel girder over the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) tracks near Vadodara under the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (HSR) Corridor […]

Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HRIDC) has completed the construction work of the 10 km long Manesar-Patli section of the Haryana (Palwal-Sonipat) Orbital Rail Corridor Project. The project involves the construction of a 121.74 […]

The Government of Tamil Nadu has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Railways (MoR) to develop a new rail line connecting Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu to Mysuru station in Karnataka. The project involves construction […]

The electrification work on the 23 km long stretch between Subramanya Road-Sakleshpur section of the Mysuru-Hassan-Mangalore, including Hassan-Arsikere Railway Electrification Project has been completed. The project involves electrification of the 347 km long Mysuru-Hassan-Mangalore railway […]

National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has completed the construction work on the 120 m long Kim river bridge in Surat district under the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (HSR) Corridor Project. With this, 14 out […]

Indian Railways (IR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) for the procurement and installation of automatic wheel profile measurement systems (AWPMS). This system facilitates faster and more […]

The Union Government inaugurated the Pamban New Railway Bridge Project on April 6, 2025. The project involved the construction of a new 2.05 km long bridge near the Pamban bridge in Tamil Nadu in lieu […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved four railway projects worth Rs 186.58 billion to improve mobility, providing enhanced efficiency and service reliability for the Indian Railways (IR). These are: Jharsuguda-Sason Third and […]

Indian Railways (IR) has achieved the production of a total of 1,681 locomotives during the financial year (FY) 2024-25, marking an increase of 209 locomotives (19 per cent) over the 1,472 locomotives manufactured in the […]

Indian Railways (IR) has generated cumulative revenue of Rs 2.7 trillion in the financial year (FY) 2024-25. This includes freight revenue of Rs 1.75 trillion and passenger revenue of Rs 755 billion. Further, IR registered […]

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has completed nine mainline tunnels of 94 km length and eight escape tunnels of over 88 km length under the Rishikesh-Karanprayag New Rail Line Project. The project involves laying of […]

Indian Railways (IR) has achieved a total freight loading of about 1,617.38 million tonnes (mt) in the financial year (FY) 2024-25, reflecting a 1.68 per cent (26.7 mt) increase over the 1,590.68 mt recorded in […]

The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) granted safety clearance to the 14.64 km long Shokhuvi–Molvom section under the Dhansiri-Sukhobi-Zubza New Line Railway Project (Erstwhile Dimapur-Zubza Railway Line Project). The project involves development of an 82.5 km […]

The construction work on the Bangalore Cantonment-Whitefield Third/ Fourth Railway Line Project is likely to be completed by December 2025. The project involves quadrupling of the existing 25 km long Bangalore-Whitefield railway line along with […]

The Union Government announced the completion of 100 per cent electrification of Indian Railway’s network in Chhattisgarh on March 30, 2025. The state covers a total broad gauge (BG) network of 1,297 route km (rkm). […]

The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has conducted a safety inspection on the 26.88 km long Boudh-Purunakatak section of the Khurda Road-Bolangir New Line Project. The project involves construction of a 289 km long broad […]

The Northeast Frontier Railway has achieved a physical progress of about 95 per cent on the Bhairabi-Sairang New Railway Line Project. The project involves laying of a 51 km long new broad gauge rail line […]

Alstom has delivered the 500th “Prima T8 WAG12B” electric locomotive, manufactured at its Madhepura facility in Bihar, to Indian Railways (IR). Over 85 per cent of the components for the locomotive have been sourced indigenously. This […]

Indian Railways (IR) has planned to commence the Vande Bharat Express train service on the Mumbai-Mangaluru route, which will cover the total distance in about 12 hours. The occupancy rate for the existing Vande Bharat […]