Railways

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]