Pankaj Malviya describes the first ever PPP project with the Indian Railways—the Pipavav Railway—connecting the privately owned Pipavav port by rail to its biggest hinterland, the North. Predictably, this route is the epitome of modern practices and profitability.
Tag: Indian Railways
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Solutions that stare Railways in the eye
Modernisation and technology go hand-in-hand, and clearly Indian Railways understands that. Its technology division, CRIS, has created several modules and technologies, many of which the Railways has not implemented in a standardised way.
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Railways mull industrial corridor
In order to improve transportation of minerals from Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to other parts of the country, Indian Railways plans to lay a dedicated industrial rail corridor at an estimated cost of Rs 40,000 crore.At a high level meeting to review progress of rail infrastructure, the Rail Minister, Dinesh Trivedi approved the project.
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Why ICDs and CFSs in India need to consolidate
Consider this: At 4.5 mn TEUs last year,Jawaharlal Nehru Port handled over 55 percent of India’s container volumes.Yet it handled less than a fifth of Singapore’s 25 mn TEUs.What ails India’s container trade? In this issue, we focus on the most important piece in the container logistics eco system: dry ports
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Bidar-Gulbarga rail service
The Bidar-Gulbarga train service will become operational by the end of 2015 after the district administrations of both Bidar and Gulbarga have completed the process of acquiring
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Bidar-Gulbarga rail service
The Bidar-Gulbarga train service will become operational by the end of 2015 after the district administrations of both Bidar and Gulbarga have completed the process of acquiring
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LIP gets SCR notification
The Logistics Interface Park (LIP), developed by Continental Multimodal Terminals Limited (CMTL), near Hyderabad has been notified as a private freight terminal by South Central Railway (SCR).
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IT in Rail Safety: Far from autopilot
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.
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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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Creating a smarter railway
Technology leaps have never been the Indian Railways' forte, yet has transformed the way this behemoth network works. Sameer Batra describes how a transition can be effected through applications.