Railways

Marking the first big FDI in the railway sector, the Indian Railways signed Rs 40,000-crore contracts with GE and Alstom to set up two locomotive plants in Bihar with a view to boosting manufacturing and employment in the state. Terming it as the “first major” manufacturing investment in Bihar, finance minister ...

India and Japan today exchanged notes for Japan’s Official Development Loan Assistance (ODA) worth Rs 5,536 crore for Chennai and Ahmedabad metro rail projects, said officials from Finance Ministry. The estimated base cost of the Chennai Metro Rail project is about Rs 14,600 crore and Ahmedabad Metro Rail project is ...

Indian Railways has awarded contracts to General Electric Co. (GE) and Alstom to set up diesel and electric locomotive factories in Bihar at a cost of about Rs.40,000 crore. The award of the contracts, will mark the first big foreign direct investment in the railway sector. The projects, which will be ...

To curb crimes against women travellers, railways said an all-India mobile application service will be launched through which immediate help from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) could be availed. Since railways is the soft target from unscrupulous elements and divisive forces, there will be a strategic cell for RPF to ...

News: Railways have set up 1 megawatt solar power plant at Katra station as part of Green Power initiative. The solar project was commissioned in March this year and presently, out of 5,000 units produced daily by the plant, only 1,700 to 1,800 units are utilized by Shri Mata Vaishno ...

Waitlisted train tickets will be confirmed under the Indian Railway’s new scheme if passengers choose the option of next alternative train while booking online. The alternative train ticket booking scheme will start as pilot project for the trains running between Delhi-Lucknow and Delhi-Jammu routes from Nov 1. In the beginning, ...

Railway is launching a new scheme on Sunday under which waitlisted passengers can get confirmed accommodation in next alternative train if they opt for the option while booking their tickets online. Vikalp, the alternative train accommodation scheme will take off in trains running on Delhi-Lucknow and Delhi-Jammu sectors from November ...

Japan has offered financial support besides technology for India’s ambitious rail project, estimated to cost about Rs 90,000 crore at an interest rate of less than one per cent. This 505 km project will link Mumbai with Ahmedabad. Japan’s decision to give virtually free finance for Modi’s pet programme is ...

Defence personnel can now collect i-tickets from any counter of computerised passenger reservation system (PRS) unlike before when i-tickets could only be collected at the journey originating station. The i-ticket now can be collected from any PRS counter by the defence personnel on showing one of the ten prescribed proofs ...

3 city-based colleges have decided to adopt Matunga railway station here in a bid to covert it into a ‘world class station with the most modern facilities’. WeSchool Group Director Dr Uday Salunkhe said the aim of the project is to go beyond the basics and use thinking and intelligence ...