{"id":622799,"date":"2023-12-16T10:14:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T04:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=622799"},"modified":"2023-12-16T10:52:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T05:22:37","slug":"railways-give-thumbs-up-to-rs-1-trn-plan-to-do-away-with-waiting-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/railways-give-thumbs-up-to-rs-1-trn-plan-to-do-away-with-waiting-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Railways give thumbs up to Rs 1 trn plan to do away with waiting lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to meet the surging demand in passenger travel, the Indian Railways is gearing up for a massive investment of Rs 1 trillion in acquiring new trains over the coming years, The Economic Times (ET) reported. Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shed light on the upgrade that aims to cater to the nation&#8217;s evolving transportation needs and eliminate waiting lists in the long term. <\/p>\n<p>The Indian Railways plans to procure 7,000-8,000 new train sets over the next 15 years. Ashwini Vaishnaw emphasised the goal of replacing ageing rolling stock, with tenders for the procurement expected to be floated in the next 4-5 years. This move aligns with the broader plans of enhancing passenger and domestic goods transportation capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to meet the surging demand in passenger travel, the Indian Railways is gearing up for a massive investment of Rs 1 trillion in acquiring new trains over the coming years, The Economic Times (ET) reported. Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shed light on the upgrade that aims to cater to the nation&#8217;s evolving transportation needs and eliminate waiting lists in the long term. The Indian Railways plans to procure 7,000-8,000 new train sets over the next 15 years. Ashwini Vaishnaw emphasised the goal of replacing ageing rolling stock, with tenders for the procurement expected to be floated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,130,256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-standard-newspapers","category-newspapers","category-railways-business-standard-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}