Railways

IR is expected to launch the country’s fastest train, Train 18, on December 25, 2018. To be launched between New Delhi and Varanasi, it is India’s first engine-less train and has been completely developed domestically […]

Indian Railways (IR) has flagged off a pair of 63229/63230 Buxar-Varanasi mainline electric multiple unit (MEMU) trains. With 16 coaches, each train has a capacity to carry 1,500 people. It will cover a distance of 111 […]

IR has increased freight rates by 8.75 per cent for major commodities including coal, iron and steel, iron ore, and raw materials for steel plants. Moreover, container haulage charges and the freight rates for other […]

IR has reviewed and rationalised the Flexi Fare Scheme based on the recommendations of the Review Committee, Comptroller and Auditor General’s report. Upon rationalisation, 15 trains with an average monthly occupancy less than 50 per […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has launched an all-India unreserved mobile ticketing facility. This facility allows the booking of unreserved tickets including season tickets and platform tickets. The booking of unreserved tickets for all non-suburban […]

A memorandum of cooperation (MoC) has been signed between IR and the joint stock company Russian Railways for technical cooperation in the railway sector. The areas covered under the MoC include implementing a project for […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a new broad gauge railway line in Uttar Pradesh from Bahraich to Khalilabad. The construction of the 240.26 km line is estimated to cost about Rs […]

IR has taken up the elimination of unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on broad gauge routes in Mission Mode. There were 3,479 UMLCs on broad gauge routes as on April 1, 2018. Of these, 3,402 UMLCs […]

Indian Railways (IR) has inducted five new machines to undertake state-of-the-art maintenance of railway tracks. These include three dynamic track-temping machines, one ballast-cleaning machine and one points-and-crossing tamping machine. At present, IR has a fleet […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) inaugurated a new train service, the Kathgodam-Dehradun Naini-Doon Janshatabdi Express, on August 25, 2018. Besides connecting the two important tourist destinations of Kathgodam and Dehradun, it will also provide connectivity […]

A confirmation prediction tool has been developed to predict the probability of waitlisted tickets getting confirmed at the time of booking as well as during passenger name record (PNR) enquiry of the waitlisted ticket. The […]

The Union cabinet was recently apprised of an MoU signed between the Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), India, and the Republic of Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) on July 10, 2018 for strengthening and […]

The MoR has signed an MoU with the Federal Transport Authority – Land and Maritime of the UAE for technical cooperation in the railway sector. The scope of the agreement entails cooperation in the field […]

IR has signed an MoU with Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited for linking railway lines to metro coaches on the broad gauge network and creating a mass rapid transit system in Nagpur. The MoR has […]

Indian Railways (IR) has introduced a double-stack dwarf container service in order to capture lost traffic through a new delivery model for domestic cargo. IR has been able to generate an increased revenue of Rs […]

The initial public offering (IPO) of RITES Limited was oversubscribed 67.17 times. The issue reportedly received total bids of about 1.7 billion  shares against the total issue size of 25.2 million shares. The qualified institutional […]

The Union cabinet was recently apprised of an MoU signed on May 29, 2018 between IR and the Indonesian government for technical cooperation in the railway sector. The MoU will provide a framework for cooperation […]

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) is likely to commence trial runs on the Durgawati-Sonenagar section of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project (Eastern Corridor) by December 2018. Currently, about 90 per cent of […]

NHAI has awarded contracts for each of the eight packages of the Purvanchal Expressway. Gayatri Projects Limited has secured Packages I and II of the project, which entail the construction of the 40.2 km Chand […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has revised its passenger reservation form to benefit passengers booking tickets through passenger reservation system counters across the country, extending the VIKALP scheme option to bookings made through reservation windows. […]