Railways
China launches world's fastest train
26 Dec 2009
At 350 km an hour, the train beats the current average for high-speed trains in Japan of 243 km per hour 277 km per hour in France
Delhi metro surpasses billion-passenger mark
28 Nov 2009
Qatar to spend $25 billion on rail network
23 Nov 2009
The gas-rich gulf state of Qatar plans to build a rail network linking its cities with nearby countries of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
India to invest Rs2 lakh crore in metro projects over 10 years
12 Sep 2009
In addition to Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai, metro projects will be launched in Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Kochi, Indore and Chandigarh
RITES turnover rises to Rs672 crore, profit dips
31 Aug 2009
Reliance Infra bags Rs11,000-crore Mumbai Metro-II project as well
04 Aug 2009
A consortium of Anil Ambani group company Reliance Infrastructure and Canada's SNC Lavolin has bagged the Rs11,000-crore Mumbai Metro-II project.
Mamata Banerjee's railway factory at Singur stumps CPM
03 Aug 2009
Railway minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a package for Singur, the biggest of which could be a railway coach manufacturing unit provided the Tata Nano factory land is handed over to the railways.
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