Indian Railways Blog

19/08/2016

19/08/2016

            Member, Rolling Stock(earlier called Member Mechanical), Railway Board Shri Hemant Kumar gave details of six initiatives of Indian Railways pertaining to his Directorate at a press conference held in Rail Bhawan today i.e. 09.08.2016. The briefs of these six initiatives are given as belo...

09/08/2016

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/railways-explores-underground-rail-link-to-hyderabad-airport-1441885

Railways will explore the possibility of providing train connectivity to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad in Hyderabad from Umdanagar near here through an underground network.

09/08/2016

http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/indian-railways-to-plug-into-national-power-grid-116080700641_1.html

Will source power directly from the latter to cut costs, improve operations

05/08/2016

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/KePrqYy8wjmK4nh6lxLMWN/Railway-ministry-plans-royalty-for-accessing-railways-inform.html

The newly formed Non-Fare Revenue Directorate of Indian Railways will work on a plan to monetize railways data and implement it this fiscal year

05/08/2016

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/indian-railways-gears-up-for-expansion-plans-in-northeast-116080400382_1.html

Indian Railways has announced mega expansion plans to improve connectivity and infrastructure in other northeastern states apart from Tripura. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu recently launched two different projects in Manipur and

05/08/2016

http://www.financialexpress.com/economy/if-indian-railways-had-its-way-youll-ride-at-500-kmph-on-maglev-trains-heres-how/337696/

Magnetic levitation trains, or maglev trains, are trains which use electromagnetic suspension systems to levitate on steel rails, which essentially reduces friction and allows the train to reach very high speeds.

02/08/2016

http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/indian-railways-for-easier-contract-management-system/336097/

To provide a level-playing field to private players, railways are working to make the contract management system simpler with changes in rules and introduce end-to-end IT-enabled decision making in the tender process.

02/08/2016

http://www.blog.indianrailways.gov.in/35-sportspersons-from-indian-railways-to-participate-in-rio-olympics/

Indian Railways among all sports organization in the country becomes the highest contributor for the Indian Olympic Contingent Almost Entire Indian Women Hockey Team & Weightlifting Team Comprises Of Railways Players With a rich sports heritage, Indian Railways’ sports persons are again set to … Con...

02/08/2016

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/efforts-on-to-modernize-indian-railways-prabhu-116073100652_1.html

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, who inaugurated the much-awaited Agartala-Delhi broad gauge passenger rail service in Agartala, today said this has been possible because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for the development of

02/08/2016

http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/bullet-trains-indian-railways-talgo-gatimaan-express-tejas-suresh-prabhu-indian-railways/333285/

Suresh Prabhu-led Indian Railways has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to implement its high-speed train projects on various routes across India.

28/07/2016