Railway Minister shares 8 key features of Katra Srinagar Rail LinkRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw highlighted the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project's key features as Prime Minister Mo...
06 Jun, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
Indian Railways delivers vehicles to BhutanIndian Railways has delivered its first consignment of goods to Bhutan through a multi-modal route, officials said on Saturday. Seventy-fiv...
29 Oct, 2022, 05.31 PM IST
China to connect Tibet with high-speed bullet trains before July: OfficialA 435-km rail link to the regional capital of Lhasa will run Fuxing high-speed trains powered by both internal-combustion and electricity, ...
07 Mar, 2021, 12.24 PM IST
L&T Construction likely to bag rail project connecting Rishikesh and KarnaprayagThe company’s construction arm is likely to bag the Rs 3,338 crore order from Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, after it outbid Megha Engineering, Afco...
06 Jan, 2021, 12.00 PM IST
How Indian Railways is working to finish its toughest project yetThe project, which was declared a national project in 2002 with full central funding to speed up the work, missed several deadlines — in 20...
13 Mar, 2020, 03.10 PM IST
India to help Nepal build rail link to KathmanduIndia's Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd will conduct a preliminary engineering and traffic survey for the rail line, India's embassy in Nepa...
01 Sep, 2018, 04.06 PM IST
India plans to build Raxaul-Kathmandu rail lineThe project is expected to be given the green signal during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nepal on May 11-12, people familiar wit...
09 May, 2018, 09.36 AM IST
Indian Railways steps forward to get closer to Sino Indian borderAfter decades long wait, finally Indian Himalayan state Sikkim is getting into Indian railway network. In addition to fulfilling aspiration...
12 Apr, 2018, 09.25 AM IST
Rail budget for U'khand to be increased to Rs 500 crore next year: Suresh PrabhuThe Railway Minister also laid the foundation stones and inaugurated projects worth over Rs 531.16 crore including improved passenger facil...
24 Nov, 2016, 10.47 PM IST
Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India feasible: ChinaChina built a railway running for more than 1,100 km to connect the highland region of Tibet with the rest of the country in 2006 and exten...
05 Aug, 2016, 12.03 PM IST
E Sreedharan expresses serious concern over 'stability' of Katra-Banihal rail linkIf damaged, it will take minimum five to six years to restore the bridge. As a result, the link to Kashmir Valley may remain disrupted for ...
23 Feb, 2015, 11.09 AM IST
China to construct new rail line in Tibet close to Arunachal PradeshIn August this year, China inaugurated its extension of railway line in Tibet which come close to the Indian border in Sikkim besides borde...
31 Oct, 2014, 07.58 PM IST
China mulls high altitude expressway in Qinghai-Tibet plateauChina has already built 1956 km long Qinghai-Tibetan railway connecting Xining with Lhasa, regarded as the longest and highest plateau in t...
07 Oct, 2014, 06.26 PM IST
- China inaugurates new Tibet rail link close to Sikkim
China today inaugurated its second railway line in Tibet, built at a cost of $2.16 billion, close to Indian border in Sikkim.
15 Aug, 2014, 03.33 PM IST
- Development of NE would help other parts of India: B K Chaturvedi
Asked about the introduction of services of Rajdhani Express between Itanagar and the national capital as a policy, he said.
17 Jan, 2014, 10.58 PM IST
- India's longest railway tunnel unveiled in Jammu & Kashmir
The northern railways on Friday opened India's longest railway tunnel piercing through the Pir Panjal range in Jammu & Kashmir.
14 Oct, 2011, 07.54 PM IST
- At 359 metres, rail bridge over Chenab will be world’s highest
The world's highest railway bridge -- five times the height of Qutub Minar and 35 metres taller than Eiffel Tower -- will come up over the ...
30 May, 2011, 08.52 AM IST