Railways
PM dumps railway minister's Rs78,000-cr signalling plan
09 Apr 2018
The prime minister is also reported to have turned down Goyal's ambitious plan to convert Mumbai's busy Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSTM) into a museum-cum-railway station
IRCTC tweaks rules for booking `Tatkal’ ticket
05 Apr 2018
Scrapping of train set tender to delay Indian Railways’ engine-less trains
29 Mar 2018
The aluminium-bodied train sets that will run at speeds of 160 kmph and replace the Shatabdi Express trains, will be manufactured in India
DFCCIL awards ?2,864-crore contract for 222km rail link on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
16 Mar 2018
Railways to spend Rs10 lakh cr to connect cities via high-speed corridors
06 Mar 2018
High speed train corridors are new railway lines that will be built over national highways or on railway lands that are parallel to functioning railway routes, capable of running at about 200 kph, up from 55 to 112 km
PM’s economic adviser Debroy questions Railways’ all-electric push
15 Feb 2018
Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council Bibek Debroy has called for a rethink on the government’s plans to electrify the entire Indian Railways network, doing away with diesel engines
Railways looks to triple share in freight traffic to 3 bn tonnes by 2030
03 Jan 2018
From now, Indian Railways will award projects only to bidders from those countries that allow Indian firms to participate in their development projects, railway minister Piyush Goyal has said
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