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With the number of trains run by the Indian Railways exceeding 10,000 trains per day, the Indian Railways has switched over to a new 5-digit scheme for numbering the trains. According to the Railways, the new scheme will enable it to monitor trains more effectively and also make the system more scientific, computer friendly and logical. The migration to the ...

Mumbai’s much harassed suburban train commuters will soon get new, faster trains if plans by the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) work out as per schedule. The new trains will have a top speed of 130km/hr. The present trains can run at 110km/hr though practically the maximum speed they achieve is 90km/hr. The trains are being manufactured at the Integral ...

According to the Texas Safety Culture Survey, in Texas, USA, drivers have agreed that texting while driving is a major concern as there has been an 81% rise in the usage of mobile phones. The survey, conducted by the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas Transportation Institute in the last quarter of 2010, shows that out of the 1167 ...

KMC Construction Limited, a leading infrastructure company at Hyderabad which has a portfolio of 10 road concessions, has received equity participation from SNC-Lavalin Mauritius Limited (an affiliate of SNC-Lavalin) for Rayalseema Expressway Limited (REL). REL is a special-purpose vehicle of KMC to build and operate National Highway 18 (NH 18) connecting Cuddappah and Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh.  

For major overhauling of Karnataka’s highway system, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $315m to the state. This is part of the $463m state highway improvement project which includes the upgrading of 600km of the state’s highways. It is also for support for betterment of road planning, maintenance, safety and operation. Under the project to be ...

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) is working on a diesel engine for its mid size sedans. MSI engineers working on the project are expected to complete it by mid 2011. Three of Maruti’s current models Switft, DZiRE and Ritz use Fiat diesel engines. MSI will first use the new diesel engine for the diesel version of its premium sedan SX4. The ...

MMRDA’s Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR) project connecting the Western and Eastern Express highways is nearing completion and the agency expects to open it to the public quite soon. The link road, as it exists today, is a two-lane carriageway which is inadequate for commuting. MMRDA is widening it to a six-lane divided carriageway with a right-of-way of about 35 metres. ...

The fifth regional conference of International Road Federation (IRF), India held at New Delhi in November arrived at many far-reaching recommendations on road safety. The significance of these recommendations can be gauged from the fact that these were called for by the Parliament of India within three days of the conclusion of the conference. Some of the recommendations finalised at ...

A recent study has found that having good quality tyres could greatly reduce the high percentage of fatal road accidents in India. The study, by Professor Horst Wildemann of the Technical University of Munich and Bridge to India, a consultancy that specialises in environmental technologies, points out that tyre quality has a significant effect on the optimum distance required for ...

Vizhinjam, a coastal town 16km south of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, is proposed to be developed as a future state-of-the-art greenfield deepwater port. The Government of Kerala is re-launching the project as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) project. It has set up Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL) as a special purpose company fully owned by the government with a mandate to ...