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Switzerland just buried solar panels under a live train track to get clean energyA Swiss startup, Sun-Ways, has installed solar panels between railway tracks in western Switzerland. This innovative project tests if train...- Railways approves 10-coach hydrogen train for Jind-Sonipat route at 75 kmph speedIndia's first hydrogen-powered train is set to begin operations between Jind and Sonipat. This 10-coach DEMU train will run on hydrogen fue...
- PESB recommends Ajit Kumar Panda for CONCOR CMDAjit Kumar Panda has been recommended for the top post of Chairman and Managing Director at CONCOR. The selection meeting took place on Sat...
- Locomotives being exported to Guinea will have refrigerators, microwaves for loco pilotsIndia is set to export 150 indigenously-built locomotives to the Republic of Guinea over the next three years, equipped with amenities like...
- Chhattisgarh: Engine of empty passenger train derails after hitting fallen tree, driver injuredOn Friday morning in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, an empty passenger train derailed after colliding with a large banyan tree that had fa...
- Balasore accident anniversary: Train mishap deja vu strikes again as two goods trains collide in PunjabExactly one year ago, on June 2, 2023, the Howrah-bound Coromandel Express met with a tragic accident in Balasore district, Odisha. The col...
- Six railway personnel injured after goods trains derails in Madhya PradeshA South East Central Railway official told PTI that the accident took place due to signal overshoot at around 6.50 am near Singhpur station...
- Loco pilots' timely action saves lives of 12 elephants in JharkhandThe Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipunj Express was bound for West Bengal through a dense forest in PTR at a speed of around 70 kmph around 6 PM on ...
- Railways seeks feedback from staff on urinals in locomotivesThe Railways has sought feedback from its running staff on urinals to be installed in locomotives, after complaints were raised over the un...
- Alstom rolls out 100th e-locomotive from its Madhepura factory in BiharAs part of a Rs 25,000 crore order bagged by Alstom in 2015, the company is to supply 800 e-locos to the Indian Railways over a period of 1...
- Railways introduces country's first semi high speed locomotiveThe WAP-5 type electric locomotive, capable of running at 200 kmph, is of 5400 HP capacity and is equipped with propulsion system.
- Railways to use mathematical formula to maximise loco usage, increase revenueThe railways has a fleet of about 3,300 electric and diesel locomotive passenger trains across the country.
- Passenger safety, human resources top priority: Railway Board Chairman Ashwani LohaniLohani said that locomotive pilots were not being terminated from service for skipping signals but were being shifted to other railway work...
- NF Railway uses GPS-based technology to tackle visibility problem during fogAs the train moves, the new equipment will display on the LCD screen, a short description and the remaining distance of the next two landma...
- Railways to manufacture locos that run on diesel, electricityIt will manufacture five dual-mode locomotives of 4500 horse power capacity each at Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi as a pilot project.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch Rs 213 crore expansion of loco project on ThursdayThe work was being undertaken as part of the Prime Minister's thrust on expansion and upgradation of the railways.
- 16,252 vacancies of locomotive drivers in RailwaysVacancies over 16,000 locomotive driver post is reported in the RS;minister adds need of train drivers worked out periodically.
- Nagpur rail division makes electric locomotives as mini-power houseThe new generation of 3-phase locomotives not only consumes much less electrical energy in operation but also generates power while going o...
- Railways to induct high power locomotivesRailways plans to induct high power locomotives to carry more goods at higher speed as part of its technological upgrading programme.
- Railways introduce fuel-efficient multi-genset locomotivesRailways have introduced multi-genset locomotives, a step which will help decrease carbon footprint in train operations.
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