Electric Locomotive Allocation and Transfer Updates

Updated 13th July 2021 List of electric loco allocations updated regularly. Please keep checking page for updates. Read more

Indian Railways Lost 50,579 Cr to ‘Social Service Obligations’, Here are Measures to Rationalize Passenger Fares and Freight Charges

Indian Railways incurred losses of over fifty thousand crores to social service obligations including losses on passenger fares and suburban services as well as concessions: Piyush Goyal to Parliament Read more

Indian Railways Operating Ratio, Revenue Surplus and Expenditure Over Five Years

Operating Ratio, Revenue Surplus and Expenditure of the Indian Railways over the last five years excluding capital expenditure from external borrowings. Read more

PPP on Indian Railways: Projects Worth 5,700 Cr Completed, 13,400 Cr Given In-Principle Approval

Indian Railways have completed projects worth Rs. 5,700 crores under various PPP models, and have over Rs. 13,000 crores worth of projects in the pipeline: Piyush Goyal Read more

Electrification: CORE Targets 2,504 km Completion in Jan, Feb and March 2020

CORE plans to complete electrification of 2,504 route km of railway network before 31st March 2020. Full list of sections and target dates available. Read more

Indian Railways Passenger and Freight Earnings Down in 8 Months of FY20

Slowing Demand and pessimistic economic outlook have upset the Indian Railways' financial plans for the year, as freight and passenger earnings have not only missed targets but also declined as… Read more

7,329 AC Three Tier Coaches on Indian Railways by FY18-19 End.

Over 7,000 AC Three Tier Coaches were operational on Indian Railways at the end of FY 2018-19. The production of AC-III tier coaches has been scaled up in the last… Read more

CAG on Railways: Declining Revenue Surplus, 95% of Freight Profits Used to Subsudize Passenger Ops Losses

Operating Ratio of 98.44 per cent was the worst in the last ten years. Indian Railways, in fact, would have ended up with a negative balance of ₹5,676.29 crore instead… Read more

Zonal Performance: Midyear Review Throws Up Surprises – ER, NER, NFR Top Results, CR, NR, NCR Score Lowest

An extensive mid-year performance review of Indian Railways' zones conducted by the Railway Board threw up several surprises. Most zones have missed their proportionate targets for originating goods or passenger… Read more

New Line, Doubling, Tripling and Gauge Conversion: Targets for FY 2019-20

In line with the plans and allocations set out for the previous and recent railway budgets, targets have recently been set out for various zones and executing organisations for the… Read more