Railway Board : MAINTENANCE STUDY GROUP MEETING ON TRACTION DISTRIBUTION HELD AT BHAVNAGAR DIVISION

The 31st Maintenance Study Group Traction distribution meeting was held at Somnath on 8th and 9th November, 2019. Western Railway provided the logistic support for the successful conduct of this important meeting attended… Read more

Tenders for electrifying over 1000 km on SR soon

Eight important sections to be electrified on SR. Tenders to be floated on an EPC basis by CORE. Read more

KEC International Gets Contract For Electrification of 1,217 km on South Central Railway

KEC International Awarded 973 crore contract for electrification of 1,200 km of railway line in South Central Railway territory within three years Read more

CR: Seminar Organised On Open Access and Capacity Building Measures

Central Railway organized a seminar on Open Access and Capacity Building Measures on Power in partnership with Western Railway, Railway Energy Management Company Ltd (REMCL) and Power Trading Corporation India Read more

Electric traction for 29 passenger services on Malda division

Effective September 30,2019, 29 daily passenger services will be hauled by electric locos in Malda division of Eastern Railway Read more

Several additional trains to be taken on Electric traction in SCR

Holiday Special trains are to switch to Electric Traction on South Central Railway from the applicable dates Read more
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Ministry of Railways decides to adopt HOG system (Head on Generation technology) in all LHB Coaches trains

The way ACs run and power supply is done in railway coaches is to transform, to bring in foreign exchange saving of about 1400 Crore Rupees per year. Read more
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ER: Newly Electrified Tinpahar – Sahibganj Section of Malda Division Gets Approval to Run Trains

Newly electrified Tinpahar -Sahibganj section of Eastern Railway's Malda Division covers 38 route kilometre receives CRS sanction Read more

Itarsi -Allahabad electrification updates- 13 pairs of trains to retain their electric locos end -to-end

Starting September 13, Indian Railways is exploring the possibility to run 13 pairs of trains on electric locos between Itarsi and Allahabad. This follows the completion of electrification works between… Read more

1,000 km of electrification complete so far in FY 19-20

Almost 1,000 kilometres of track has been electrified in the first four and a half months of the financial year 2019-20, sources in Indian Railways said. Read more