Indian Railways (IR) depends extensively on manual systems to monitor passenger and freight train services, train signalling and communications. Consequently, IR figures among the worst in the world in safety.
Category: Railways & Metro Rail
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Towards automation of freight operation
What started as a non-profit freight operations information system is now Indian Railways' IT arm, having provided solutions from freight receipts to wagon movement and e-procurement-all pressure points for the user.
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MRVC to have equipment from Bombardier
Bombardier Inc's train unit received a contract to make railway equipment for Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp (MRVC). The project, funded equally by the World Bank and the Government of India,
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Look beyond codes and standards
Bangalore's much-awaited metro rail was flagged off on 20 October. Like its counterpart in Delhi, its swanky stations include modern facilities of safety at par with international standards.
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8 inter-city rail lines to NCR
Eight inter-city rail corriÂdÂors in National Capital Region (NCR) are required to facilitate commuters as per a study report. The total cost of the rail link covering a distance of 640 km has been estimated at Rs 1,41,470 million.
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HCC, associates secure mega order
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in a joint venture with DSD Brouckenbau GmbH, Germany and VNR Infrastructures, has bagÂged a Rs 987-crore order from the Northeast Frontier Railway to construct a rail-cum-road briÂdge
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Unity Infra bags orders
Unity Infraprojects has bagged orders worth Rs 403 crore. These include Rs 135.28 order from Rail Vikas Nigam Kolkata, Rs 83.81-crore contract from Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam, Gujarat,
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Rail freight rate hike
The Railways' decision for a more than 15 per cent across-the-board hike in freight rates hit hard on the industry at the time of high inflation.
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2 underpasses on Noida Extn route
The Noida Authority will soon begin construction of two underpasses on the Captain Shashikant Marg, which runs from the Noida City Centre towards Noida Extension.
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Bangalore Metro inaugurated
The first section of the Bangalore metro, now branded Namma Metro, was opened by Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath on October 20.