Hyderabad Metro Rail has the longest metro line in India and would beat Delhi stretch after the completion of Phase 1, informed KT Rama Rao, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister.
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Railway shuts 7 halt stations in Trichy over non-viability
Being commercially unviable, the Southern Railway has shut down the seven halt stations in Trichy railway division. Trichy– Lalgudi and Trichy- Riddhachalam passenger trains will not stop at Mandurai.
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UP becomes first state in India to have rapid rail system
Uttar Pradesh will be the first state in India to have a rapid rail system during the first implementation of RRTS. The first corridor network for the rapid rail will be connecting Delhi and Meerut. The plan was presented by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC).
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MahaMetro to build sub-station in Pimpri
In order to power the Pimpri- Swargate Metro rail corridor, the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) will be building a 25.7 MW traction and sub-station (TSS) in Pimpri.
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Indian Railways plans on expanding bullet train to four metro cities
With an objective of connecting all the four major metro cities in the country, the Indian Railways is planning on setting up high-speed rail network across Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata.
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800 km stretch of dedicated freight corridor to be opened this year
With 50 per cent completion in terms of civil and electrical work, almost 800 km of dedicated rail freight corridor is set to open in the current financial year while the remaining 1,500 km will be commissioned next year.
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Odisha to own Maharaja-styled super luxurious train
Styled in the old Maharaja legacy, Odisha will now have super luxurious tourist trains. The initiative came in after the Indian Railways in an effort to boost tourism proposed the states to have tourist luxury trains.
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Balli logistics park to be fully operational by October
With an increase in the traffic for the past two months, the multi-modal logistics park at Balli station on the Konkan Railway route is most likely to be fully operational by October with state-of-the-art facilities.
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Ludhiana station gets a vertical garden
Income Tax Department, Ludhiana and the Indian Railways, Ferozepur in a joint venture established IndiaÂ’s first railway stationÂ’s vertical garden in Ludhiana.
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Railways to install solar panels in passenger coaches
With the national transport retrofitting its passenger trains with flexible solar panels, the Indian Railways will now run its fans, lights and mobile charging slots on the coaches on solar energy. Due to the slow running of trains, four passenger trains face the problem of running down of batteries.