India’s first indigenous 200-kmph Ahmedabad-Dholera rail corridor worth Rs 20,667 crore gets Cabinet nodA new semi-high-speed rail line will connect Ahmedabad and Dholera in Gujarat. The project, costing around Rs 20,667 crore, will be India's...
13 May, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
Sarkhej–Dholera Namo Bharat: Govt approves first 'desi' semi high-speed rail corridor. Check route, stations, speed and other detailsIndia's first semi high-speed rail corridor is approved. This 134 km broad gauge line will use indigenous technology under Namo Bharat Trai...
13 May, 2026, 04.17 PM IST
Bi-RIDE places Rs 1,514 crore order with ICF for Bengaluru metro rail coachesBengaluru's suburban rail project has taken a significant step forward. Bi-RIDE has awarded a Rs 1,514 crore contract to ICF for 153 air-co...
11 May, 2026, 08.04 PM IST
Railway Ministry permanently closes Rs 402-cr Mathura-Vrindavan rail conversion projectThe Railway Ministry has permanently shut down the Mathura-Vrindavan rail line conversion project, initially sanctioned in 2017-18 with a b...
10 Jun, 2025, 05.06 PM IST
59,524 km length of broad gauge rail line electrified: Ashwini VaishnawAbout 59,524 km length of broad gauge (BG) railway line has been electrified in India so far, according to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw....
10 Aug, 2023, 02.05 PM IST
India financed cross-border rail link handed over to NepalThe executing agency for the project, IRCON International Ltd (on behalf of Government of India) handed over the assets of the section to N...
22 Oct, 2021, 09.14 PM IST
MP: Jyotiraditya Scindia writes to Piyush Goyal to allot fund for Gwalior-Sheopur rail projectThe work is related to the conversion of a rail line from narrow gauge to broad gauge in the Gwalior-Sheopur section, where train operation...
20 Jun, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
HCC climbs 6% on bagging orders worth Rs 236 croreIn a filing to BSE, the company said that the orders are a part of the Bairabi-Sairang new broad gauge rail line, being implemented by the ...
01 Dec, 2020, 11.19 AM IST
HCC JV bags Rs 236 crore rail project in MizoramThe order is a part of the Bairabi-Sairang new broad gauge rail line, being implemented by the Indian Railways as a part of its plans to im...
30 Nov, 2020, 12.48 PM IST
Railways spends Rs 27,655 crore in capital investment in northeastern projectsThe major projects that were completed during the last 6 years include Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge: 5 km Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge ac...
19 Jul, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
All broad rail gauge routes to be electrified: Piyush GoyalGoyal also said the Indian Railways consumes about 1.27 per cent of the total electricity consumption of the country and 3 per cent of High...
24 Jul, 2019, 03.19 PM IST
North East state capitals to get broad-gauge rail link by 2020A total number of 43 projects are underway within the jurisdiction of the NF Railway, the release said.
01 Mar, 2019, 08.13 PM IST
Lumding-Silchar broad-gauge rail line expected to become functional by NovemberConversion of the meter-gauge section of Lumding division in Assam started in October last year.
29 Sep, 2015, 03.09 PM IST
Bairabi-Sairang broad gauge rail link expected to be completed March 2018: RS VirdiConstruction of the Bairabi-Sairang broad gauge rail link was expected to be completed by March 2018, North East Frontier Railway General M...
24 Jun, 2015, 06.41 PM IST
No word in Rail Budget on track conversion in Tripura: Manik Dey"There was mention in the rail budget about broad gauge conversion in the Lumding-Silchar sector in Assam, but it was silent on the Agartal...
12 Jul, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
Udaipur to be connected by broad gauge rail by March 2015Udaipur, the headquarters of Gomati district, would be connected by broad gauge railway line by March next year, Tripura assembly was infor...
21 Feb, 2014, 04.12 PM IST
Agartala to get broad gauge connectivity by 2016If the required fund is available, North-East Frontier Railway will be able to extend the broad gauge rail connectivity to Agartala within ...
09 Sep, 2013, 12.35 PM IST