Railways

The JV of IR and the Chhattisgarh government – Chhattisgarh Railway Corporation Limited – has decided to build two fully electrified rail corridors — the 294 km Katghora-Dongargarh corridor worth Rs 48.2 billion and the […]

  The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is likely to provide financial assistance of about Rs 300 billion to IR for electrifying its remaining network spanning 33,000 km by 2020-21. As per plans, the funds will […]

The MoR has floated a global tender for procuring 700,000 tonnes of rails worth Rs 35 billion. This is the first time the ministry has sought overseas rails to meet the shortfall in supply by […]

The central government has launched a new cross-border train between India and Bangladesh,  the Kolkata-Khulna Bandhan Express, while also inaugurating two bridges – the second Bhairab bridge and the Titas bridge in Bangladesh – and […]

The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), under the Ministry of Finance, has granted infrastructure status to the Railway Station Redevelopment Programme. The proposal was submitted by the Ministry of Railways (MoR) with the view to […]

The MoR has announced several decisions to transform IR. These include according the highest priority to passenger safety, launching technology-oriented initiatives, promoting energy efficiency, developing railway stations as multi-utility centres, improving working conditions of field […]

The central government has launched the Vadodara-Varanasi Mahamana Express train. There are two Mahamana Express trains in service already, one each on the Varanasi-New Delhi and Bhopal-Khajuraho routes. The distinguishing features of the superfast express […]

IR plans to launch 100 new local train services on its Mumbai suburban network of the Western Railway and Central Railway zones which will increase the total suburban services in Mumbai from the existing 2,983 […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has granted approval for the doubling of the 247.5 km Daund-Manmad railway line in Maharashtra and the 161 km Barabanki-Akbarpur railway line in Uttar Pradesh at an estimated cost […]

The MoR has signed an MoC with Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on railway safety, which envisages cooperation in the areas of maintenance of tracks and rolling stock. Capacity development has been […]

The central government has launched the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail [HSR] Corridor Project that involves the development of a 508 km HSR corridor in Maharashtra and Gujarat. The project will be implemented by an SPV […]

The draft final report for the Delhi-Kolkata high speed rail corridor project has been submitted to the High Speed Rail Corporation and the Railway Board for examination. The report was prepared by a consortium of […]

The MoR has recently introduced several passenger and freight initiatives. These include launching a new freight structure for double-stack dwarf containers; the signing of agreements under long- term tariff contracts with TIISCO, India Cements and […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has commissioned its first 1,600 HP diesel electric multiple unit train with solar-powered coaches and a unique battery bank facility at the Shakurbasti DEMU shed in Delhi. This train has […]

The CCEA has approved the doubling of lines with electrification on the 102 km Vanchi-Maniyachchi-Nagercoil via Tirunelveli line, the 160 km Madurai-Vanchi and Maniyachchi-Tuticorin lines, and the 86.56 km Thiruvananthapuram-Kanniyakumari line, at an estimated cost […]

The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC) has formed an SPV with the Gujarat government, with equity stakes of 24 per cent and 76 per cent respectively, for the development of the Gandhinagar station. Currently, […]

The Rail Land Development Authority has signed an MoU with IRCON International Limited for undertaking the design, construction and marketing of the Safdarjung station redevelopment project in Delhi. Phase I of the project will be taken up […]

The MoR has inaugurated the Gandhi Darshan Special Tourist Train that covers all important tourist places in the Gandhian circuit – Wardha, Bettiah, Motihari, Gaya, Varanasi, Allahabad and Surat. The train is being operated by […]

The MoR has launched various railway services in Assam and Odisha including a 12 km new line between Bolagarh Road and Nayagarh town; a 289 km new line between Khurda Road and Bolangir, costing Rs […]

The MoR has taken a number of passenger initiatives. These include the provision of Wi-Fi at Sambalpur and Vizianagaram stations; the launch of the Bhopal-Khajuraho Mahamana Intercity Express (daily) and the Bhubaneswar-Krishnarajapuram Humsafar Express (weekly); […]