Category: Railways

Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project: For the country’s first Bullet Train Project, connecting the cities of Ahmedabad and Mumbai, the state of Gujarat has acquired almost 100 percent of the private land required for the high-speed train project. However, in Maharashtra, 24% of land is yet to be acquired, officials said. P Swaroop, Commissioner of Land […]

Railway Budget 2022-23: Indian Railways to enhance safety with world-class technology- Kavach! In the Union Budget 2022-23, which was presented yesterday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament, a capital expenditure of Rs 1,37,000 crore has been allocated to the national transporter. The Finance Minister announced the production of 400 new Vande Bharat trains […]

Union Budget 2022-23: Today, FM Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the paperless Union Budget in the parliament for the financial year 2022-23. The Railway Budget, now merged with the General Budget, has seen many announcements to upgrade the Indian Railways network. Besides, the infrastructure sector is set for a massive boost with PM Gati Shakti Master […]

Union Budget 2022-23: The Railway Budget, now part of the General Budget is set to be announced on Tuesday (1 February 2022). The Budget for Indian Railways is expected to see a significant increase in this year’s budgetary allocation. From the introduction of more semi-high speed trains to the electrification of the rail network, the […]

A fire broke out in the pantry car of the Gandhidham-Puri Express train on Saturday when it was near Nandurbar railway station in Maharashtra, but no casualty was reported, a police official said. The blaze erupted around 10.45 am when the train (12993) was going to Puri (Odisha), he said. “Due to the fire, smoke […]

Train services were partially affected through Aluva route on Friday after a goods train derailed at Aluva station near here resulting in cancellation of at least ten trains. Senior Railway officials rushed to the spot to oversee the traffic restoration process at Aluva. Railway sources said the 42-wagon train which originated from Yerraguntla station in […]

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project: An agreement was signed by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) with IRCON International Limited recently for the design, supply as well as construction of rail track and also track related works for Double Line High Speed Railway (length of 237 Kilometres between Vadodara and Vapi) for the upcoming […]

Recently, concerns were raised by some media reports that power generation stations that are situated far from mines are suffering because of discrimination in the allotment of rakes. These media reports have further claimed that the power plant operated by RattanIndia Power Limited in the state of Maharashtra has also been shut down due to […]

The Supreme Court Monday asked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Reliance Infrastructure’s subsidiary, Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) to appear before the Delhi High Court on January 31 and request it to hear the dispute relating to execution of the over Rs 4,600 crore arbitral award to DAMEPL at the […]

Indian Railways announces NTPC results! Some candidates have raised concerns over the shortlisting process of candidates for the second stage of the ongoing recruitment examination under Rail Recruitment Board’s Centralised Employment Notice Number 01/2019 for Non-Technical Popular Categories, results of which were out last week on 14 January 2022. In this connection, the national transporter […]

Days after the Bikaner-Guwahati Express derailment, normalcy has returned to the site with the resumption of Indian Railways’ train services. Following the incident, prompt assistance from workers of political parties, state and Central government agencies helped the affected passengers. On January 13, nine passengers were killed as well as 40 passengers were injured after the […]

Railway Board Chairman V K Tripathi Saturday inspected the site where the Bikaner-Guwahati Express had derailed in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district and said all aspects related to the accident will be thoroughly investigated. At least nine people were killed and 36 injured after 12 coaches of the train went off the rails on Thursday, near […]