Category: Railways

The government has extended the tenure of Mangu Singh as the managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation till March 31, 2022, according to an official order issued on Wednesday. The extension comes amid the ongoing work on Ph-IV of the Delhi Metro network, as new construction and operations were severely hit earlier due […]

In a major impetus to the ‘Hungry for Cargo’ motto, Indian Railways has initiated various efforts, resulting in yet another landmark breakthrough. In just six months of the current financial year, the Western Railway zone has crossed the milestone of Rs 5000 crore in freight revenue. According to a press release issued by Western Railways, […]

In five years, Alstom contributed €438M in indirect and induced GDP to India’s economy. A global leader in sustainable and green mobility solutions, Alstom has recently released its first India Impact Report in partnership with Ernst & Young. The India Impact Report captures the socio-economic contributions as well as ESG goals by Alstom in the […]

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has earned Rs 19.5 crore in six years from the sale of 3.5 million carbon credits. These credits are tradable certificates, which enables DMRC to sell credits earned from its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-reducing projects to other organisations, who need to compensate for their GHG emissions. Anuj Dayal, executive […]

Assisting Sri Lanka in the development of its railway infrastructure, Indian Railways supplied a consignment of 20 passenger coaches to Sri Lanka Railways recently. According to a statement issued by the High Commission of India in Colombo, the state-of-the-art coaches have been transported to the neighbouring country by Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES). […]

Nearly 740 km of metro lines are at present operational in various cities in India and the network span is steadily scheduled to rise to about 900 km by 2022, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday. He was speaking after inaugurating the nearly 1-km Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand corridor, an […]

IRCTC has started a brand new executive lounge at the New Delhi Railway Station. The facility that has been set up on the first floor of platform number one of the station would be operational round the clock providing the passengers with recliners, entertainment rooms, massage chairs, multi-cuisine buffet, wash-n-change facilities, business centre and even […]

A high-level committee of Ministers and senior officials has been set up by the state government of Telangana to look into the pros and cons of supporting the loss-making Hyderabad Metro and arrive at a policy. The decision by the state government of Telangana comes after L&T, the company which operates the Hyderabad Metro Rail […]

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project: More villages are now ready to give up land for India’s first Bullet Train! In the last one month, the process of land acquisition for the upcoming Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train project has gained momentum with 12 villages in the district of Palghar, which were covered under Panchayats – Extension […]

At least nine wagons of a goods train running on the Angul-Talcher Road route of East Coast Railways derailed in the early hours of Tuesday and fell into a river, officials said. The wagons carrying wheat plunged into the river around 2.30 am, but the loco pilot and other staff were reported to be safe […]

On his first trip as Railway Minister to the well known temple town of Katra, Ashwini Vaishnaw recently visited the SMVD Katra railway station. The Union Minister laid the foundation stone for increasing infrastructure for initiating the railway section between Katra and Banihal, which is underway under the ambitious USBRL project of Indian Railways. Vaishnaw […]

Indian Railways to give a boost to India’s tourism industry by leasing, selling coaches to private parties! In a bid to tap the country’s tourism potential as well as to leverage the core strengths of the professionals of the sector in tourism activities such as hospitality, marketing, reach with customer base, integration of services, expertise […]