PM Modi dedicates 77-km Western Dedicated Freight Corridor section to the nationPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 77-km New Bhandu-New Sanand section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) in India. ...
30 Oct, 2023, 05.55 PM IST
Railways floats Rs 30k cr tender for 800 electric train enginesThese 12,000-horsepower (HP) electric locomotives are to be supplied over the next 10 years and will be manufactured at Banaras Locomotive ...
06 May, 2022, 12.04 AM IST
Mangled coaches pose tough challenge for track clearance in MuzaffarnagarTwo heavy duty 140-tonne cranes were pressed into service at the crack of the dawn to clear derailed coaches, from which the survivors were...
20 Aug, 2017, 10.09 AM IST
China's train maker to supply coaches for Nagpur metroA total of 69 train coaches will be produced by state-run CRRC Dalian for subway operations in Nagpur, according to an agreement signed by ...
02 Apr, 2017, 05.07 PM IST
India-Russia Summit: Railways to carry out study with Russia for upgrade of train speedEarlier, an MoU was signed between Railway Ministry and Russian Railways on cooperation in rail sector, during the visit of PM to Russia du...
16 Oct, 2016, 04.51 PM IST
MoU with Sweden on rail sector gets Cabinet nodIt will also facilitate bilateral exchange of knowledge, technical expertise, innovation, technology, sustainable solutions and research in...
06 Apr, 2016, 07.20 PM IST
China to help Indian railways increase speed on existing tracksTraining for handling heavy haul operations and assistance in the setting up of a railway university, too, were in focus during discussions...
15 May, 2015, 06.40 PM IST
China President Xi's India visit: China to assist in high-speed rail corridorsTo begin with, Chinese engineers will help commission the Chennai-Bangalore-Mysore corridor and help augment train for 160 kmph.
19 Sep, 2014, 12.00 PM IST
China President Xi's India Visit: Railways join hands with China to increase train speedNarendra Modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping signed total 12 memorandums of understanding (MoU), including cooperation in rail sector.
18 Sep, 2014, 07.42 PM IST
Modernisation of Indian Railways dominates Sino-India meetModernisation of Indian Railways aimed at raising the speed of trains dominated the third round of the India-China Strategic Economic Dialo...
18 Mar, 2014, 08.34 PM IST
Indo-China strategic economic dialogue aimed at high speed rail tracksIndia and China will hold third round of their strategic economic dialogue this week aimed at improving heavy haul operations and rail stoc...
16 Mar, 2014, 08.12 PM IST
Railways to run 60 heavy haul trains to augment loadingsSeveral countries including South Africa, Australia and the US have made great strides in running this type of trains.
26 Jul, 2013, 10.19 PM IST
Rail Budget 2013: Plans to run nearly 70 heavy haul freight trainsAt present, about 25 such trains are being operated across the network transporting raw materials like coal, iron ore and fertilisers to po...
11 Feb, 2013, 01.00 PM IST
- Need to improve movement of goods: Pawan Kumar Bansal, Rail Minister
Stressing the need for faster and economical movement of goods, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today advocated adoption of technologie...
04 Feb, 2013, 08.38 PM IST
Bombardier, Siemens, GE, Alstom, EMD at war over Rs 40,000-cr locomotive marketIndia has become an exciting market and companies are now gearing up to grab the huge contracts.
27 Jan, 2013, 10.52 AM IST
- BA cabin crew to strike for 7 days this month
British Airways PLC cabin crew plan to strike for a total of seven days this month, potentially disrupting thousands of travellers ahead of...
12 Mar, 2010, 05.25 PM IST
- China keen to work in railway projects
China has expressed its willingness to cooperate with the Indian Railways on any area of the latter's interest.
08 Nov, 2007, 08.10 PM IST