No scrapping of electric locos just because they are old, says Railway Board. Read more
To speed up electrification work, Ministry of Railways has employed several measures, including EPC contracts, says Piyush Goyal to RS Read more
Indian Railways has electrified 40 thousand route kilometres of lines so far and plans to complete 100% electrification by December 2023 Read more
The long delayed Mumbai-Chennai doubling and electrification work is expected to finally complete by March 2021. See work status details and more inside Read more
Electrification work on the Bellari-Harlapur section of South Western Railway has been completed with the commissioning of a traction substation at Kariganuru in Karnataka Read more
The railway ministry wants half the diesel loco fleet to be scrapped as soon as possible, and wants the railways to produce high horse power electric locos in India Read more
Electrification of more than 4,000 kilometres of route has been planned by CORE for the year 2020-21 despite the hurdles faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic Read more
Electrification work on the Bankura Sonamukhi section of the Bankura Masagram line has been completed and is to be inspected on 18th July, according to SER Read more
Indian Railways created a new world benchmark by commissioning 1st high rise OverHead Equipment (OHE), which has contact wire height of 7.57 metre and successfully run double stack containers in… Read more
Western Railways Rajkot and Bhavnagar Divisions are now on the electric traction map of the Indian Railways network. Read more