Indian Railways Adds Three-Year Delay to Make-In-India Vande Bharat Trainset, Then Hands Contract to Original Supplier

Controversies, fights, delays, cases and tender cancellations later, IR has awarded the contract to the original supplier for the project. Read more

New Aerodynamic 160 kmph WAP-5 Locomotives Flagged Off At CLW

The two new aerodynamic WAP-5s are fit for 160 kmph and meant to operate push-pull trains. Read more

Push-Pull: Missing the Woods for the Trees?

The Indian Railways should pause a while and consider whether these may actually be the wrong class of trains which are being prioritized for this format Read more

SCR to Conduct Route Proving Trial for Push-Pull Service between Secunderabad and Balharshah on 17th Dec

South Central Railway (SCR) has decided to conduct a special Rajdhani service for the route proving trial on 17th December 2019. The trial is to take place between Secunderabad (SC)… Read more

Faster Rajdhani Services Coming: RB Directs All Rajdhanis to be Converted to Push-Pull Config by March 2020

Rajdhanis, Shatabdis, Durontos to be made Push-Pull to reduce journey times. RB asks Zones to ensure speedy implementation. Zones asked to suggest a revised timetable for converted trains. Mumbai Rajdhani… Read more

WR : EMPLOYEE AWARDED BY HON’BLE RAILWAY MINISTER FOR EXEMPLARY WORK IN LOCO PUSH-PULL OPERATION AT WR’S ELECTRIC LOCO SHED, VADODARA

During the concluding ceremony of the two-day Parivartan Sangoshti held in New Delhi on 7th and 8th December, 2019, Hon’ble Minister of Railways Shri Piyush Goyal felicitated Shri Jitendra Kumar Jain –… Read more

WR: Mumbai New Delhi Rajdhani Express Set to Get Faster, Cut Travel Time by More Than an Hour with Push-Pull

Western Railway has proposed a new, faster schedule for the 12951/52 Mumbai New Delhi Rajdhani Express. Read more

CR: Mumbai Pune Intercity to Switch Back to Original Timetable

Henceforth the train will run as per its original timings published in Western Zone Public Time Table – 2019 July issue from 21.11.2019. Read more

Two PSUs to Absorb Indian Railways Production Units?

In a twist, the Ministry of Railways is considering a proposal to create two PSUs instead of the originally planned one PSU to take over the Indian Railways' production units. Read more

Howrah Rajdhani may get faster by 1.5 hrs, use Push-Pull configuration

Howrah New Delhi Rajdhani may soon trim its schedule by 1.5 hours between the two cities, with a switch to the Push-Pull configuration. Read more