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).
Category: Railways & Metro Rail
Post
Post
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.
Post
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.
Post
Flyover to connect Nerul east, west
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has recently given its nod to the new flyover project to connect Nerul east to west near the railway station. Tenders and work order for the same is likely to be issued soon. A budget of Rs 28.24 crore has been allocated for the civic project.
Post
CM to evaluate Kochi metro progress on Oct 30
The progress on Kochi Metro rail project will evaluated by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on October 30. The CM's evaluation programme was earlier scheduled on October 26. He will also discuss development plans for Kochi City to be implemented along with the metro construction.
Post
Work on Lucknow Metro rail to start in Dec
In Lucknow, the first phase of Metro rail project would commence in December. The registrar of companies on October 8 approved the name of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC). The first phase would include work on Amausi-Alambagh, Alambagh-Mahanagar and Mahanagar to Munshipulia.
Post
Hyderabd Metro rail Stage 1 to be ready by 2015
Hyderabad is likely to ride on its first Metro rail on Ugadi day in 2015, the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMR) has stated recently. HMR Managing Director NVS Reddy said that stage I of the Rs 14,132-crore Metro Rail comprising a stretch of 8 kilometre, is most likely to be opened for public on Ugadi, the Telugu new year day, in 2015.
Post
Rail freight earnings up 7.75 Percentage
Indian Railways posted 7.75 per cent rise in freight revenue in the first five months of 2013-14 compared to last year. The Railways generated Rs 36,465.59 crore in freight revenue between 1 April and 31 August compared with Rs 33,841.63 crore in the same period last year
Post
Railways produces worlds first 5,500-hp locomotive
Indian Railways has produced the prototype 5,500 hp diesel locomotives (WDG5) which are already running as a pilot project in North Central Railway. This loco is developed by Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi, a production unit of Indian Railways.
Post
Railways to switch over to LNG
Indian Railways' Research Design & Standard Organisation (RDSO) is developing locomotive prototype which will run on LNG