Kavach installation: Railways misses 2nd deadline on Mumbai- Delhi- Kolkata route, eyes 2026Indian Railways faces a delay in installing the Kavach automatic train protection system. The New Delhi-Mumbai and New Delhi-Howrah routes ...
27 Dec, 2025, 04.58 PM IST
82 Vande Bharat trains operational, work on to enhance speed to 160 kmph: Railway ministerIn a written reply in the Lok Sabha to questions raised by 10 MPs regarding the services of the Vande Bharat trains, Railway Minister Ashwi...
07 Feb, 2024, 08.51 PM IST
Railways to armour 3000 km of Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah route with 'Kavach'The anti-train collision system or Kavach, which literally means armour, is being promoted by the Railways as the world's cheapest automati...
14 Jun, 2022, 08.04 PM IST
Trains 'on demand', free of 'waiting' on Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah routes in next 4 years: RailwaysConstruction of a dedicated freight corridor will enable cargo traffic to move from the existing lines, allowing more passenger trains to r...
17 Sep, 2019, 07.43 PM IST
Government gives nod to railways' proposal to raise speed of Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah route to 160 kmphWhile the cost of the project for the Delhi-Mumbai route will be Rs 6,806 crore, the cost for the other route will be Rs 6,685 by 2022-23. ...
07 Aug, 2019, 06.52 PM IST
Railways eye 2022 launch for hi-speed network interconnecting four metrosGolden Quadrilateral, the project envisages the creation of a 10,000 km network of semi-high speed routes connecting the four major cities ...
30 Nov, 2017, 03.59 PM IST
Project to raise train speed on Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah routes clearedPrabhu said the 1,483 km Delhi-Mumbai route has an estimated cost of Rs 11,189 crore, while the 1,525 km Delhi-Howrah route has an estimate...
21 Jul, 2017, 05.37 PM IST
Railways to push for Rs 35,000 crore fund for infrastructure buildingThe World Bank is understood to have given its in- principle approval for the creation of the fund and the railways will seek cabinet appro...
25 May, 2017, 09.08 PM IST
DPR finalised for semi-high speed rail routesAccording to the DPR, New Delhi-Howrah sector including Kanpur-Lucknow section is estimated to cost Rs 6,974cr and the New Delhi-Mumbai cor...
21 Feb, 2017, 08.27 PM IST
In Budget, fencing of Delhi-Howrah & Mumbai routes to improve speedGeneral Budget will have about two-page mention of railways' upcoming activities, including major projects, expenditure and revenue targets...
29 Jan, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
Several mail and express trains of Eastern Railway divertedWith both Up and Down lines having been blocked owing to the derailment, several trains to and from Howrah and Sealdah were diverted, Easte...
28 Dec, 2016, 03.00 PM IST
Mission Raftaar: Trains to soon run at 160 kmph on Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai routesStrengthening of the track, upgrading of signalling system and fencing off vulnerable sections along the route are to be undertaken to ensu...
06 Nov, 2016, 03.20 PM IST
- Goods train derails, Delhi-Howrah route affected for few hours
Four wagons of a goods train derailed near Dadri area here today, disrupting rail traffic on Delhi-Howrah route for few hours, railway poli...
22 Dec, 2012, 09.13 PM IST
Smart card for train journey on Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routesPassengers will soon be able to use smart cards for buying train tickets on the busy Delhi-Howrah & Delhi-Mumbai routes & also in the Kolka...
02 Sep, 2012, 04.28 PM IST
- Engine of Shramshakti Express derails, passengers safe
Though the Delhi-Howrah route has not been affected by the derailment, the Jhansi-Banda route has been disrupted.
18 Aug, 2012, 10.26 AM IST
- Rail traffic on New Delhi-Howrah route resumes
Rail traffic on the busy line came to a standstill after the Sunday's derailment and rescuers have been struggling for the past two days to...
12 Jul, 2011, 10.56 AM IST
- Railway Budget 2011: 9 Durontos, 3 Shatabdis, double decker AC trains announced
New Shatabdi Express would link Pune-Secunderabad, Jaipur-Agra and Ludhiana-Delhi while the AC double-decker services are proposed on Jaipu...
25 Feb, 2011, 03.14 PM IST