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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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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We want to ‘Make in India’ for India’s railway industry
Subrat Nath, Area Director, Asia-Pacific, Talgo, a privately-held rolling stock and maintenance equipment manufacturer headquartered at Madrid, says that the firm is keen to not only change the way railway journeys are undertaken in India, but also make the country a major manufacturing hub for its products.
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Railway projects are gathering pace
Tilak Raj Seth, Executive Vice President, Mobility, Siemens, feels implementation of PPP will provide a fillip to railway projects in India. However, given the size and rapid growth in the country's rail sector, availability of trained manpower will remain a primary challenge.
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Our contribution to IRE has doubled in 2 years
Cyient is a global rail engineering solutions provider with over 25 years of rich engineering heritage. We partner with rolling stock original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and rail signalling providers, enabling them to effectively design, build and maintain assets and efficiently realise projects for the Indian Railways.
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JSW Infrastructure enhances capacity at Jaigarh Port
JSW Infrastructure Limited (JSWIL), one of the nationÂ’s leading private sector infrastructure companies, has taken multiple steps to enhance western coastal connectivity by strengthening last mile access through road and railways, mechanising the coastal berth to enhance handling capacity and by increasing draft depth to accept larger vessels at its Jaigarh Port.
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Railways to focus on renewable energy to attain cost-efficiency
In a bid to adopt green technology, the Indian Railways is giving a big push to renewable energy to attain cost efficiency, Minister Suresh Prabhu has said.
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Indian Railways in partnership with Impact India Foundation
Indian Railways, in partnership with Impact India Foundation, will augment two additional coaches for cancer & family health Services to the Lifeline Express - the world´s first state-of-the-art Hospital Train, Suresh Prabhu, Minister for Railways
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ABB wins order to supply 1600 transformers to Indian Railways
ABB has won an order from Alstom to supply 1600 traction transformers for 800 new electric freight locomotives in India.