Mission Raftaar Aims to Improve Mobility and Increasing Average Speed

Action Plan for improving mobility and increasing average speed includes removal of speed restrictions, construction of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Road Under Bridges (RUBs), right powering of trains and… Read more

MoU between India and Switzerland on Railway Technical Co-Operation

The First Joint Working Group Meeting under the Memorandum of Understanding was held on October 21, 2019 in which areas of rolling stock, electrical sub-systems, system integration, overhead contact system… Read more

95 Megawatts of Rooftop Solar Power Installed by Indian Railways

So far, tenders for 248.46 MW capacity have been awarded by Railway Energy Management Company Limited (REMCL) and are under different stages of execution Read more

Amazon Transporting e-Commerce Parcels via Mumbai and Sealdah Rajdhanis in Pilot Project

Amazon India has been provided 2.5 tonnes space in the SLR/Break Van under Guard’s charge for loading/unloading of consignments, in 12314/12313 New Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani Express and 12952/12951 New Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani… Read more

37 Stations from 16 Zones to be Developed as Eco Smart

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered to develop at least 5% of major stations as Eco–smart stations. Accordingly, 5% of 720 major stations were selected covering 2-3 stations from each… 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

26 Crores set aside for extension of Automatic Ticket Vending Machines all over Indian Railways

An outlay of ₹ 26.5 Cr. has been provided during 2019-20 under the Project ‘Extension of Automatic Ticket Vending Machines’ over all Zonal Railways. Read more

Vande Bharat Express Services Get Good Occupancy

two pairs of Vande Bharat Trains (Train18) are operational on Delhi-Varanasi-Delhi route and Delhi- Sri Mata Vaishno Devi -Delhi route Read more

255 Doubling Projects of 20,500 km worth 2.3 Lakh Crores Currently Underway

2,784 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹48,342 crore has been incurred till March 2019. Total outlay of ₹17,602 crore has been provided for the projects in… Read more
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India and Switzerland To Continue To Co-Operate On Rail Transport Sector

India and Switzerland have decided to continue to co-operate in the rail transport sector in a meeting that followed up on the 1st Joint Working Group held between the two… Read more