The Railways section covers the key trends and developments in the freight and passenger segments, recent policy developments, current status of major projects such as the Dedicated Freight Coirridor, high speed rail, etc.; captital investment and financing; key issues and challenges.
Ministry of Railways, freight traffic, passenger traffic, high speed rail, Dedicated Freight Corridor, zonal railways, earnings, project commissioned, bidding, energy consumption, signalling, train control
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the railway sector. Indian Railways (IR), which operated over 13,500 trains daily carrying around 23 million passengers, halted all its passenger services on March 22, 2020 […]
With freight trains operational throughout the lockdown period, Indian Railways (IR) emerged as a lifeline, transporting essential items across the length and breadth of the country. Also, as passenger services remained curtailed due to Covid-19, […]
The railway sector has proved to be a key contributor to India’s response to the Covid-19 crisis. Freight and parcel trains have been transporting essential commodities when other modes of transport have come to a […]
The development of high speed rail projects has been a key focus area of Indian Railways (IR) over the past few years. The ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed railway (MAHSR) project is set to pick up […]
Among the many ongoing big-ticket infrastructure projects is the regional rapid transit system (RRTS) in and around Delhi. The country’s first RRTS, this high-priority project aims to decongest the national capital’s transit system across all […]
The country’s first private train, the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express commenced commercial operations in October 2019. The train with its modern features offers world-class travel experience and comfort to its passengers, particularly business travellers. Indian Railways […]
Indian Railways (IR) has consistently been stepping up its game in the past few years. A slew of initiatives have been introduced to facilitate IR’s digital transformation drive, improve passenger experience and increase the overall […]
In the past five years, the railway sector has seen incremental improvement but now it is gearing up towards taking a quantum jump in infrastructure development. In the next ten years, we are looking towards […]
The railway sector has been on a high growth trajectory since the past few years. While the pace of infrastructure creation has been at an all-time high, new and innovative ways to improve operational efficiency […]
Modernisation of Indian Railways (IR) has been on the cards for a long time now. Over the past few years, the government has taken several initiatives to improve the quality of infrastructure and services being […]
Indian Railways (IR) has undergone a sea change with regard to the way passengers and freight move on its network. Modernisation of the existing fleet and the introduction of semi-high speed and high speed rolling […]
With the commissioning of the 4.94 km Bogibeel bridge in Assam, India completed its longest rail-cum-road bridge, which is also Asia’s second longest rail-road link. In a much-awaited move, the central government inaugurated the bridge […]
The central government’s flagship programme, Make in India envisions making India into a global manufacturing hub. It has led to huge investments in the railway sector through several big-ticket projects. With the three objectives of […]
Indian Railways (IR) is a vast monolith, a state within a state. It is perhaps the most important part of the country’s transportation segment, not only for passenger traffic, but also for freight movement. IR’s […]
The railway sector offers a unique opportunity for growth. However, there are several issues that need to be dealt with on an immediate basis, which the government has been working on. At the Smart Railways […]
Professor G. Raghuram, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Even as India looks to step up the pace of growth of its economy and provide a better quality of life to its citizens, infrastructure remains […]
Indian Railways (IR) has witnessed improvements across areas such as safety, cleanliness, capacity and efficiency over the past couple of years. For example, consequential train accidents have reduced from 118 in 2013-14 to 73 in […]
Passenger traffic has grown at a CAGR of 3.39 per cent during the past 20 years. During this period, the first dip in traffic was reported in 2002-03, following which there was positive growth for […]
