Jul 20, 2022 Global companies to develop Gujarat loco facility Global players including Alstom, Siemens, Hitachi, Stadler Rail, Wabtec and Arco have evinced interest in developing a new locomotive facility for the Indian Railways at an estimated investment of Rs 20,000 crore in Dahod, Gujarat.
Jul 20, 2022 Railways to invest Rs 50 crore in startups annually Indian Railways will invest more than Rs 50 crore annually to fund startups, informed Union Ministry. Unlike other such collaborations, the intellectual property rights (IPR) for innovations will remain with the innovator.
May 20, 2022 Indian Railways to install 65,000 display screens The Indian Railways will soon be installing display screens at foot-over bridges, platforms, waiting rooms, and concourses at railway stations. The display screens referred to as Railway Display Network (RDN) will be installed by RailTel under the RDN Project for the Indian Railways.
Apr 05, 2022 Govt plans to commission 14 Indian Railways projects The government is planning to strengthen Indian Railways infrastructure and has stressed on commissioning a total of 14 critical coal-evacuation railway projects for faster transportation of fuel, as higher prices of fuel are likely to put pressure on the national transporter for transportation of domestic coal.
Mar 20, 2022 Rs 34,000 crore safety upgrade for the Indian Railways The Indian Railways has drawn up a Rs 34,000 crore safety upgrade of its network that involves deployment of an automatic train protection system - Kavach. Plans for the deployment of the system along 34,000 route km have been included in the railway works programme of 2020-21 and 2021-22.
Feb 20, 2022 Niti Aayog to set up EV charging infra at railway stations Niti Aayog has prepared a draft policy for the Indian Railways to set up electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure at railway stations across the country, in a bid to promote the use of such vehicles.
Jan 20, 2022 Subros awarded contracts from Indian Railways The company has won an order from Indian Railways for supply of coach air-conditioners in a recently concluded tender. It is already a supplier of rail driver cabin air-conditioning system and with this, it will complete the scope of air conditioning for rail driver cabin and coaches.
Dec 20, 2021 Worlds tallest railway bridge to build in Manipur The Railways has launched a bridge project in Manipur which is part of the 111-km Jiribam-Imphal railway line to connect Imphal, the capital of Manipur, with the broad-gauge network of the country. The bridge, being built at a pier height of 141 m, will surpass the existing record of 139 m of the Mala-Rijeka viaduct, Montenegro, in Europe.
Nov 05, 2021 Indias first bullet train likely to run on Surat-Bilimora route by 2026 India’s first bullet train is likely to run between Surat and Bilimora by 2026. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project was supposed to be completed by 2023 and the trial run for the Surat-Bilimora stretch started in 2022. But due to hurdles in land acquisition and Covid-19, the project has been delayed.