Railways
Train 18 breaches 180 kmph speeds during trials
03 Dec 2018
The Rs100 crore indigenously designed train breached speeds of 180 kmph during a trial run on the Kota-Sawai Madhopur section on Sunday, becoming the country's fastest train
UAE weighs Dubai -Mumbai underwater rail link plan: report
30 Nov 2018
Apart from the rail network for passenger transit, there are plans to facilitate the exchange of goods from India to UAE and export of oil through a pipeline, according to a Khaleej Times report
First Train 18 to run on Delhi-Bhopal-Habibganj route in January
15 Oct 2018
Habibganj will also usher in the public private partnership model for development of railway stations, with the Bansal Group and ISRDC partnering in the Rs450-crore project that will spent Rs100 crore on station redevelopment and Rs350 crore on commercial development
Tea, coffee served on trains to cost Rs10 now
20 Sep 2018
Bullet train project faces hurdles over acquisition of Goderj Group's land
10 Jul 2018
The ambitious trillion-rupee bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, being funded by the Japanese, is facing a major hurdle over land acquisition
Sreedharan panel to lay down metro rail standards
25 Jun 2018
The government on Sunday approved the setting up of a committee headed by 'metro man' E Sreedharan to lay down standards for metro rail systems in the country
Modi, Putin discuss north-south transport corridor at Sochi summit
22 May 2018
The International North-South Transport Corridor is a 7,200-km-long multi-modal network of ship, rail, and road route for moving freight among India, Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia and Europe
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