NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways has begun initial work on four more dedicated freight corridors in the country, although the eastern and western freight corridors being currently implemented have been pushed back by six months due to Covid-19. “Survey has been started for four more corridors, and we are planning to complete them by 2030. … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Railways Thursday said around 29,000-30,000 deaths occurred due to “trespassing and other untoward incidents” on its premises in the past three years, after the Niti Aayog raised questions over its zero fatality claim in the last fiscal. Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav‘s clarification came days after Niti Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant took … Read more
NEW DELHI: The railway ministry doesn’t plan to bring more passenger trains into service currently because the special trains operating since the lockdown was imposed are meeting most of the demand, Railway Board chairman VK Yadav said on Thursday. Scheduled passenger train services came to a halt after India implemented a nationwide lockdown in March … Read more
The first set of 12 private trains will be introduced in 2023, followed by 45 more in the next fiscal, according to an initial timeline drawn by the railways which plans to roll out all 151 such train services by 2027, officials said. In a formal kick-start to its plans to allow private entities to … Read more
NEW DELHI: Newly-formed Hitachi ABB Power Grids has won a Rs 120 crore order from the Indian Railways to deliver transformers to be used in 400 passenger and freight locomotive engines. It is the first such bid won by the entity. As part of the Indian Railways’ (IR) initiative to reach 100% electrification of its … Read more