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12 stories for “Indian Railways”
Clear filtersIndian Railways intends to four-lane roughly 11,000 km of its High-Density Network (HDN) to raise capacity and ease congestion. Its seven high-density routes, Delhi–Howrah, Howrah–Chennai, Chennai–Mumbai, Mumbai–Delhi, D...
Zonal Reorganisation Frameworks: ₹183 Crore Headquarters Fleet Streamlines Guntakal and Vijayawada Divisions Under Unified Coast ControlIn an elite logistics re-calibration expanding transport administration and infrastr...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has cleared the Ahmedabad–Dholera semi high-speed rail project at an estimated cost of ₹20,667 crore.The project is a double-line railway corridor linking Sarkhej in Ahmed...
India’s 18th Railway Zone: SCoR Readiness UpdateThe Union Government has confirmed that the South Coast Railway Zone (SCoR), headquartered in Visakhapatnam, will be officially notified on June 1, 2026. This marks a major...
Indian Railways has launched its 100th Vande Bharat trainset, marking a major milestone for the country's indigenous semi-high-speed train programme. This trainset was manufactured at the Modern Coach Factory and is fitt...
Indian Railways has completed the 1,506 km long Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, which connects Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal to Dadri.Dedicated freight corridors are rail lines reserved for goods trains, allowing fa...
The Ministry of Railways has rolled out the Reform Express Initiative, a policy framework to modernise Indian Railways and make freight and passenger services more efficient. It stresses technology, transparency, ease of...
Indian Railways has introduced the SHINE app (Sexual Harassment Incident Notification for Empowerment) to improve workplace safety for its employees. The app lets staff report harassment cases confidentially through the...
Indian Railways has commissioned Kavach 4.0 over 1,452 route km on its busy Delhi–Mumbai and Delhi–Howrah high-density corridors. Kavach is an Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system developed in India. It helps avoid tr...
South Central Railway launched the Rail Parcel App at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. The app offers doorstep pickup and delivery of parcels, real-time tracking and secure digital payments. A pilot has begun in seven cities,...
Indian Railways brought 472.3 km of the Kavach Version 4.0 safety system into service in one day, the largest single-day commissioning so far. The stretches lie on the Western, Northern and East Central Railway zones, an...
Indian Railways completed the last high-speed trial of the Vande Bharat Sleeper train on the Kota-Nagda section, where it touched 180 km/h. Until now, Vande Bharat trains have been chair-car only. The sleeper version is...
