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 Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project (BSRP), commonly referred to as “India’s most integrated rail project”, is the second metro project for the city of Bengaluru. The project is being implemented by the Karnataka Rail Infrastructure […]
The railway sector has been on a high-growth trajectory for 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 and […]
The railway sector has undergone many transformations in the past year. With digital interventions and enhanced investments in infrastructure creation, Indian Railways (IR) took a series of initiatives in its fight against Covid-19. Indian Infrastructure […]
Indian Railways (IR) is currently on a path of transformation to make the sector future-ready. The government has been accelerating this transformation through the introduction of various favourable policies. IR has witnessed a paradigm shift […]
Indian Railways (IR) is undergoing a sea change in terms of transforming stations on its network and equipping them with the best passenger amenities. Infrastructure is being developed at various major cities across the country […]
Private sector participation in the railway sector has existed for a long time in non-core segments and services such as catering, cleanliness, manufacturing/maintenance vendor base etc. Traditionally, these services have been provided by private enterprise. […]
The railway sector has emerged as a beacon of hope amidst the Covid-19 crisis. It has responded to the pandemic by turning to the freight segment to combat the losses incurred in the passenger segment. […]
Indian Railways (IR) is aiming to achieve 100 per cent electrification of railway lines by December 2023, thus reducing the carbon emission level and improving the functioning and system of transportation. This will make IR […]
The National Capital Region (NCR) is among the world’s largest urban agglomerations. With the rampantly increasing urbanisation, the city faces a plethora of issues such as unplanned growth, lack of reliable public transport, severe congestion on […]
The railway sector has been on a high-growth trajectory for 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 and […]
Indian Railways (IR) has envisaged an investment of Rs 1 trillion in infrastructure over the next five years. This will include projects focused on modernising railway stations, metro and railway transportation, and logistics and warehousing. […]
In order to reduce its high operating costs and carbon footprint, Indian Railways (IR) has set an ambitious target of 100 per cent electrification for broad gauge rail routes in the next two to three […]
Indian Railways (IR) is aiming to transform the country’s conventional railway network with the introduction of a high speed rail (HSR) network. HSR corridors will connect key Indian cities such as Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Delhi, […]
G.Venkata Prasad, Director, Operations, Deep Foundations Institute of India By unveiling the vision for setting up separate freight corridors and by incorporating a separate special purpose vehicle, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), […]
Indian Railways (IR) has become a key driver of the government’s Make in India programme, enabling the country to become a manufacturing base for railway equipment. Today, the transporter is able to meet more than […]
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 […]
