Mission Raftaar: Speed Upgrades to 130 km/h Coming To Many Routes in 2020 and 2021. Section-Wise Targets Inside

Indian Railways is working on upgrading speeds on several key routes to 130 kph where technically feasible under Mission Raftaar. See detailed list inside Read more

SWR: Limited Height Subway Construction Completed on Birur-Chikjajur Section

South Western Railway has completed construction of a limited height subway on the Birur Chikjajur section of Mysuru Division during the COVID-19 lockdown Read more

ECR: New Infrastructure and Maintenance Works Resume After Partial Relaxation of Lockdown

East Central Railway has restarted infrastructure and maintenance work after the partial relaxation of the lockdown from April 20. Read more

SWR: Kudgi Canal Railway Crossing Completed

This canal railway crossing project started in January 2017. But due to technical difficulties such as hard rock and running track overhead the construction site, it had to be stopped… Read more

22 Km Railway Flyover Costing Rs. 1,285 Crores from Aligarh to Harduaganj in UP Approved by CCEA

At Aligarh Junction Station a branch line Bareilly-Aligarh terminates and trains from Howrah side going to Harduaganj/Bareilly cross Howrah-New Delhi main route, Read more

130 kmph on Golden Quadrilateral, Diagonals by March 2021: Indian Railways Sets Itself a Stiff Target

Indian Railways will have to clear several bottlenecks along the golden quadrilateral and golden diagonal routes if the sectional speed is to be raised to 130 kmph . Read more

160 kph: Speed increase on New Delhi-Howrah/Mumbai routes moves forward, Railway Board seeks detailed estimates

The objective is to reduce travel time of Howrah Rajdhani from 17 hours to 12 hours and from Mumbai Rajdhani 15.5 hours to 10 hours. 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

SR : Thrust on Infra, Safety : Rail Doubling works in Southern Railway get a fillip in Budget 2020-21

Southern Railway has been granted an amount of Rs.3340 crore as budgetary allocation for the year 2020-2021 with a grant of Rs.1238 crore for doubling, Rs.175 crores towards gauge conversion… Read more

SWR : NEW BG LINE BETWEEN DHARWAD (KYARKOPPA) AND BELAGAVI VIA KITTUR, M.K. HUBBALLLI & BAGEWADI APPROVED

Direct train line between Dharwad and Belagavi has been the long standing demand of people of North Karnataka. The present Rail connectivity between these two important cities through Londa junction… Read more