Railways

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has inaugurated 45 freight terminals under Mission Hundred, which was announced as part of Budget 2016-17. Freight trains have been flagged off from terminals at Adani, Kila Raipur, Penna Cement, […]

The Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, is expected to roll out high speed rakes for the Delhi-Chandigarh section (Tejas Express) soon. Initially, the RCF will roll out the first rake of the 19 coaches to […]

The MoR has released the New Water Management Policy in Indian Railways, which covers all aspects of water use, recycling, conservation and recharge of groundwater. This is a progressive and creative policy where field units […]

IR plans to source 25 per cent of its power needs from renewables, moving towards its goal of 5 GW of solar energy by 2025. A target of Rs 410 billion of savings in the […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has flagged off/inaugurated various new trains/extension of trains. These are the Hubballi-Chickbenkal-Hubballi fast passenger train, the Pilibhit-Majhola Pakariya passenger train and the Jabalpur-Sukrimangela passenger train up to Ghansore. In 2016-17, […]

The central government has reportedly approved the setting up of the new Rail Development Authority (RDA) with a chairman and three members, with a term of five years. It can also engage experts from relevant […]

The Hassan-Bengaluru (via Shravanabelagola) new line railway project is likely to be commissioned by end-March 2017. Currently, work on the entire project has been completed and the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) has already conducted the […]

The MoR has proposed the development of new railway lines to link New Delhi and Kolkata in India with Kathmandu in Nepal to strengthen the cross-border connectivity between the countries and plans to implement them […]

Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited has handed over the operations and management of the Habibganj station, estimated to cost Rs 4.5 billion, to Bansal Pathways Habibganj Private Limited. The SPV has met all the “conditions […]

The MoR has recently launched the country’s first Antyodaya Express running between Ernakulam and Howrah and the Sri Ganganagar-Tiruchirappalli Humsafar Express. The ministry has also launched the New Catering Policy, 2017 and a new partnership […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has introduced several freight sector initiatives which include the policy of long-term contracts with major customers aimed at providing the certainty of long-term tariff/freight rates to customers, while also guaranteeing […]

The MoR has signed an MoU with the Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane Group, an Italian government firm, for technical cooperation in the railway sector. The MoU includes safety audits of IR and measures required for […]

The central government has given a green signal to realigning the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor Project to include Pune and Nashik on account of the availability of sufficient land in these regions and exchanging […]

The MoR has recently signed a JV agreement with the Jharkhand government for facilitating the speedy development of railway infrastructure in the state. The Jharkhand government has identified three projects for the JV company to […]

The MoR has recently inaugurated several policy initiatives to augment non-fare revenue collections and promote the ease of ticketing through digital transactions. These initiatives include the launch of the Non-Fare Revenue Policy; Out of Home […]

The MoR has launched Phase I of the Station Redevelopment Programme comprising 23 major railway stations, for which feasibility studies have already been undertaken. These are Allahabad, Mumbai Central, Bandra Terminus, Bangalore Cantonment, Bhopal, Yesvantpur, […]

The Andhra Pradesh government has accorded permission to Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (APIIC) to borrow funds up to Rs 50 billion for the acquisition of land for various priority projects being undertaken in […]

The MoR has recently inaugurated the first Humsafar train in Uttar Pradesh. As a part of Rail Budget 2016-17, the MoR had announced the introduction of a new type of trains called Humsafar Express. The train […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has planned the redevelopment of six railway stations at Ghaziabad, Lucknow Junction, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Moradabad and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, the Kerala government has nominated five partners for the redevelopment […]

The CCEA has given its approval for the doubling of the Rajpura-Bathinda railway line at an estimated cost of Rs 12.51 billion. The 172.64 km railway line is expected to be completed in five years […]