Category: Railways & Metro Rail

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Rise in revenues of Mysore railway divisions

Rise in revenues of Mysore railway divisions

The overall earnings of the Mysore Division of the South Western Railway has risen 11.02 per cent to Rs 527.37 crore over the previous year. It has transported 52.2 million passengers this year, earning 13.52 per cent more at Rs 222.64 crore over 2013-14. Loading has shown a 3.8 per cent increase, 3.455 million tonne as against last year“s loading of 3.33 million tonne.

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LMRC underground work to begin by Dec

LMRC underground work to begin by Dec

The construction of Luckno“s first ever underground Metro corridor from Charbagh to K D Singh Babu Stadium will begin from December this year, said E Sreedharan, Principal Advisor to LMRC (Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation).

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Rs.8.5 lakh crore plan is for decongestion of network

Rs.8.5 lakh crore plan is for decongestion of network

Despite having the largest rail network in Asia, Indian Railways has not been able to make much progress. The reasons for its dismal growth are known. Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has ambitious plans of expansion and capacity building. In this regard, he says that in the high density routes, there has been considerable underinvestment, resulting in congestion.