Indian Railways (IR) has started the first trial run of a nine-coach semi-high-speed train, imported from Spain and manufactured by Madrid-based Talgo. If successful, it would put India into a select club of nations with operational semi-high speed capacity of 160-200 km per hour.
Category: Railways & Metro Rail
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Fare Fixation Committee for Delhi Metro notified
The Ministry of Urban Development has notified the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) for recommending the passenger fares for Delhi Metro network in Delhi and its extension to NCR.
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Bhopal, Indore to have light Metro rail
Bhopal and Indore will have driver-less light Metro rail instead of the Metro rail which the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to finance, according to officials of the Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Company.
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Construct Mumbai Metro underground, demands group
A group of NGOs and citizen groups (under Apna Mumbai Abhiyaan), wants the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to construct the Mumbai Metro line II underground.
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Special provision for environment
Giving top priority for clean environment, Indian Railways has decided to earmark 1 per cent of estimated cost of any project for environment works.
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Safety First, (High) Speed Later
Our performance in Railway safety has not been very good. Accidents happen with regularity, and fatalities mount. Railways have a very well-oiled system of relief rrains, enquiries and compensations
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Initial outcomes of efforts to modernise Railways overwhelming: Prabhu
The initial outcomes of efforts to modernise the Railways are ¨overwhelmingö but they are just a ¨trailer¨, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has said.
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Contractors for Metro-7 corridor
Simplex Infrastructure, JKumar Infraprojects and NCC have won the contracts
for different packages of the 16.5 km Andheri (East) to Dahisar (East) Metro-7 corridor.
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Hyderabad: L&T, Telengana stare at fresh tussle over metro rail project
Engineering giant Larsen and Toubro and the Telangana government could be headed for yet another face-off over the execution of the Rs.16,375-crore metro rail project in Hyderabad.
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Needed: Project Managers
The Indian Railways, which had a modest beginning in 1853, has since then been an integral part of the nation, a network that has held together a population of one billion