In a recent development, the Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) has entered into a tripartite agreement with French National Railways SNCF and French Development Agency AFD. As per the agreement, the Corporation will receive funds up to 7 lakh euros to pump the capacity building for the government’s railway station development program. The agreement was signed in the presence ...
The Railways has recently decided to go ahead with manufacturing on its own trainsets that can run at a maximum speed of 160kmph. Named ‘Train-2018’, the first trainset – a rake without a separate locomotive – is expected to be ready by March next year and likely to be pressed into service in Delhi-Lucknow or Delhi- Chandigarh sector. The trainset ...
The Ministry of Railways has entered a memorandum of understanding with the Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane (FS Italian Railways) to address safety issues with the help of technology Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has directed the Railway Board to collaborate with the international experts on this subject and identify the best practices in this field. Currently, the company is working on ...
The Indian Railways is planning to introduce high speed trains on important corridors. The corridors will be constructed on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. While pre-feasibility studies will be conducted to run trains at 350kmph, another study will be conducted on the Delhi-Mumbai route to increase the speed from 160kmph to 200 kmph. Along with this, the Railways is ...
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