WR Rail Budget Allocations: 550 Cr for Mumbai Transport Projects, 279 Cr for Passenger Amenities

Western Railway gets 550 crores for Mumbai Suburban transport projects as well as over 270 crores for passenger amenities in the zone Read more

NFR : EFFORTS ON TO IMPROVE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORTH-EAST

Government of India through Ministry of Railways is making all out efforts to improve connectivity in the North-Eastern region of India by providing better railway infrastructure. Average Annual Budget allocation… Read more

498 Railway Projects Costing 6.75 Lakh Crores Currently Underway

At present 498 Railway projects including 188 New Lines, 55 Gauge Conversion and 255 Doubling Projects are in different stages of execution/planning/sanction. The total length of these projects is 49,069… Read more

Itwari-Nagbhir NG Line to be Closed for Gauge Conversion

The last NG section in SECR's Nagpur division to close down for gauge conversion.Starting November 25, four pairs of narrow gauge pasenger trains between Itwari and Nagbhir will be cancelled. Read more

Electrification to be Part of All Rail Projects

Indian Railways (IR) has decided to provide for electrification works of those sections which were earlier sanctioned as new lines/ gauge conversions besides all un-electrified sidings and diesel loco sheds Read more

GC: Kelod – Bhimalgondi Section Commissioned, Itwari – Kelod Passenger Extended

The erstwhile Itwari - Kelod Passenger service has now been extended to Bhimalgondi, a newly completed station about 94 kilometres from Itwari Read more

WR: Target of 559 km New Line, GC & Doubling in FY19-20, Includes 291 km from 18-19

WR has been set a target of 559 km of commissioning of New Line, Doubling and Gauge Conversion work in the financial year 2019-20, according to sources. Read more

SR: Fresh Timelines for New Line, Doubling, GC Originally Targetted for 2018-19

Southern Railway (SR) is likely to commission a slew of works in the second half of Financial Year 2020. These are works related to new line construction, gauge conversion and… Read more

New Line: Jhajha – Batia to be constructed, Sakri – Nirmali GC to be completed soon

Union Railway and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal will lay the foundation stone for a 20-km new line between Jhajha and Batia on March 2. Read more

Speed trials on the newly converted Banmankhi- Barhara Kothi section of the Bihariganj- Banmankhi line

Speed trials will be conducted on the newly converted 16-km Banmankhi- Barhara Kothi section of the Bihariganj- Banmankhi line on February 28.The 28-km MG line is being converted to BG in two… Read more