As India’s first bullet train line between Mumbai and Ahmedabad approaches full commissioning by 2029, momentum is building to accelerate the rollout of additional high-speed corridors nationwide, writes Manish Pant. In June 2022, high humidity, frequent rainfall, and oppressive monsoon temperatures were matched by intense backroom politics in Maharashtra’s capital, Mumbai. Nearly 40 dissident lawmakers...
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DFCCIL Champions Predictive Maintenance and Sustainable Freight at Global Heavy Haul Seminar
With a clear vision to redefine the future of freight logistics, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp. of India Ltd (DFCCIL), under the aegis of the Ministry of Railways, organised the Global Heavy Haul Seminar 2025 from June 20-21 in New Delhi. Centred on the theme ‘Beyond Construction: Sustaining Heavy Haul Networks with Predictive Maintenance’, the event...
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train to Launch with Japan’s Next-Gen Shinkansen Technology
The under-construction bullet train project has crossed a major milestone with the breakthrough on the 21 km undersea tunnel between Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) and Thane, bringing India’s first high-speed rail corridor a step closer to completion. India’s first bullet train service on the upcoming Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor will operate with next-generation Shinkansen...
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HSR Needs Fast Tracking
A new report from The Infravision Foundation calls for the accelerated development of High-Speed Rail (HSR) to address India’s growing transport challenges. With every kilometre of High-Speed Rail (HSR) providing about five times the capacity of conventional rail, developing HSR on the Golden Quadrilateral and its diagonals—about 10,000 km—is expected to significantly boost rail capacity...
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PM GatiShakti’s NPG recommends six infrastructure projects
Six infrastructure projects have been suggested by the Network Planning Group (NPG) under PM GatiShakti. The six projects, one from MNRE, three from the Ministry of Railways, and two from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, were assessed by NPG during a meeting, which then recommended them. The comprehensive development of these projects would...
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project picks ups pace
This is the first-ever Bullet Train project of the Indian Railways
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MoU signed btwn Railways and C-DoT for better telecom services
Partnership to work of modernisation of telecom services
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Jardosh helds meeting for smooth Centre-state coordination
Jardosh conducts meeting for govt coordination on Railways projects
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India’s power sector seeks increased coal transports
Coal transport slowed down due to shortage in availability of rakes
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Indian Railways ropes in RDSO to solve waterlogging problem
RDSO to solve the problem of waterlogging on the RUBs or LHS