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 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 […]
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 […]
