For Indian Railways, October proved to be a bad month in freight loading. There was a drop of 1.67 million tonne during the month. The reason was major freight loading zonal railways were hit by the inclement weather, particularly cyclone Phailin.
Category: Railways & Metro Rail
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No cracks on metro train route: DMRC
There are no cracks on Dwarka-Noida City Centre (Line 3) Metro train route, The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has stated on November 14. It also denied all media reports on the cracks. DMRC made it clear that they were signs of epoxy used in repairing work.
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Now improved headlights for locomotives
For brighter visibility of tracks, especially at locations with bends, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has designed, developed and provided 'Four Beam Headlights' on its locomotives. The headlights are first of its kind in Indian Railways. Generally, the locomotives run on Indian Railways are fitted with Twin Beam Headlights where the focus is on a straight line.
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Railways nod for launching SCLR girders in Mumbai
To start launching girders for the delayed Santa Cruz Chembur Link Road (SCLR) project in Mumbai, the Central Railway (CR) has finally given permission to the two infrastructure agencies. The nodal agency Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and the implementing agency Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRTC) have been waiting for issue of blocks (time for work) by the CR since March this year.
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Penalty on overloaded trucks to help h’way developers
The Union government has proposed to impose hefty penalty on overloaded vehicles on toll roads. More and more roads are coming under toll collection. However, the governmentÂ’s proposal to impose the penalty on overloaded trucks is likely to benefit highway developers.
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Bharat Forge bags crank shaft order from IR
Indian Railways (IR) has always imported its crankshaft, but recently for the first time has placed an order with Bharat Forge. According to the company, Bharat Forge is the only crankshaft manufacturer in India which caters to the industrial sector. Bharat Forge has been already supplying a range of equipment to major rail network in the US and Europe.
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MoU for high speed railway system
India and Japan have signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) to undertake a joint feasibility study of high speed railway system on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.
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Lucknow Metro rail work to start in Dec
In Lucknow, the first phase of metro rail project would commence in December. The registrar of companies approved the name of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC).
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Eastern Railway earnings up
Earning a revenue of Rs 717.84 crore, Eastern Railway (ER) in last September loaded 5,270 million tonne (mt) of freight up by 16.67 per cent over 4.517 mt loaded in the same month last year.
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IR freight in Apr-Sept 2013
Indian Railways (IR) has carried 511 million tonne (mt) of revenue earning freight traffic during the first half of fiscal 2013.