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.
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Northeast Frontier Railway to revamp five stations
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will be spending Rs 650 million for the development of five railway stations (Siliguri, Alipurduar, Guwahati, Rangiya and New Tinsukia) that are falling in its zone.
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KMRC to launch trial run
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) is likely to launch a trial run on a 3-km stretch between the Central Park depot and Sector V station.
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Germany to speed up six-car train orders
German firms which supply crucial components for the BangalorÂ’s six-coach metro trains have been asked to expedite their orders.
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Delhi Metro installs 16 new AFCs
Seeking to ensure smooth flow of commuters at new interchange stations of the recently-inaugurated corridor of the Magenta Line