Indian Railways expands passenger connectivity, freight capacity; freight loading grows by 5.4 per centIndian Railways expanded connectivity and services significantly in August 2026. Fourteen Amrit Bharat services were regularized, and five ...
13 Sep, 2026, 04.32 PM IST
In December 2025, China ran seven 5,000-ton coal trains across Inner Mongolia as a formation heavier than three Eiffel Towers combined, without physically connecting them; engineers believe it could boost rail capacity by over 50% without new tracksChina successfully tested seven freight trains operating as one unit. These trains were virtually coupled using advanced wireless control s...
10 Sep, 2026, 11.22 AM IST
Coal India-arm NCL output rises 67%, supplies by 75% as rains easeNorthern Coalfields Ltd has significantly boosted coal production and supplies. Daily output rose by sixty-seven percent as monsoon rains r...
09 Sep, 2026, 08.59 PM IST
Cabinet approves eight railway projects for Rs 20,000 croreEight railway projects worth over twenty thousand crore rupees were approved by the government. These projects will expand the railway netw...
09 Sep, 2026, 06.21 PM IST
India's new supply-chain wonder is set to shift the gears of growthThe operationalization of India’s freight corridors marks a transformative step for the nation’s logistics landscape, strategically positio...
09 Sep, 2026, 02.22 PM IST
India steps up coal supplies to power plants amid rising demand and falling stocksIn response to escalating energy demands, the government is augmenting coal supplies from both captive mines and Coal India subsidiaries. T...
04 Sep, 2026, 12.19 AM IST
Coal India arm Mahanadi Coalfields files IPO papers, plans OFS of up to 66 cr sharesMahanadi Coalfields has filed its DRHP for an IPO comprising an OFS of up to 66.18 crore shares by promoter Coal India. The proposed listin...
02 Sep, 2026, 03.15 PM IST
- Wyoming buried 1,124 wind turbine blades in a landfill, but a Missouri plant found a way to reuse 7,000 more old blades by turning them into cement feedstock and kiln fuel
Wyoming buried 1,124 wind turbine blades in a Casper landfill after cutting each into three pieces, but a Missouri plant near St Louis has ...
18 Aug, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
Railways Q1 freight loading up 2% as steel, food grain shipments growIndian Railways saw growth in pig iron, steel, food grain, and containers in the first quarter. Overall freight loading increased by 2% to ...
03 Jul, 2025, 12.18 AM IST
Railways reports 23rd straight month of highest ever freight loading in July 2022Railways said that it has achieved an incremental loading of 11.54 MT in Coal, followed by 1.22 MT in Balance other goods, 0.56 MT each in ...
02 Aug, 2022, 07.22 PM IST
Power crisis: Railway data say 498 rakes made available daily, only 417 being utilised by coal cosThe Railways said that on an average it has put into service 26,386 wagons on a daily basis this year so far for coal rakes, against 21,824...
11 May, 2022, 10.36 PM IST
Power crisis: Railways deploys 86% of its open wagons for coal transportationThe Railways has also used an innovative method of using long-haul trains -- running three to five trains together -- at 122 locations in s...
04 May, 2022, 08.57 PM IST
Piyush Goyal meets top guns of coal, power sectors to ensure consolidation of railways' coal businessSpeaking at the meeting, Goyal said the railways is making relentless efforts to boost freight loading and there is no scope of any slippag...
06 Oct, 2020, 08.03 AM IST
Indian Railways registers record loadings in MayThe loadings in May this year are best ever for the month of May so far, said a senior railway ministry official involved with rail traffic.
01 Jun, 2017, 09.02 PM IST
Railways to offer 30 per cent discount to bulk customers on incremental loading"This policy will help us make railways a preferable and economical solution to bulk customers. We want to be much more efficient than road...
30 Sep, 2016, 10.02 AM IST
Railways tweaks Coal loading freight rates to mop up Rs 1000 croreThe railways will also levy coal terminal surcharge at the rate of Rs 55 per tonne at both loading and unloading terminals for traffic of c...
24 Aug, 2016, 02.37 AM IST
Record loading of coal by eastern railway during April - October 2012Eastern Railway achieved highest ever loading of goods in the last 10 years. There has been a coal loading of 3.284 million tonnes in Octob...
12 Nov, 2012, 03.27 PM IST