India’s first Underwater Metro Facility
The underwater tunnel below the bed of Hooghly River connect two iconic Indian Railways stations – Howrah Junction and Sealdah which is a result of […]
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Google Maps launch special feature
Google Maps has launched “Stay Safer”, an Indian feature that would alert Android users travelling in public vehicles like taxis or auto rickshaws if their […]
Bogibeel Rail-cum-Road Bridge: An engineering marvel across the Brahmaputra
Bridging River Brahmaputra has always been a daunting task, the river has been traditionally considered extremely difficult for bridging due to various reasons including its […]
IR’s first high-speed Electric Locomotive
Indian Railways’ all new 12,000 horsepower electric locomotive — being produced at Bihar’s Madhepura plant in collaboration with Alstom of France — is to be […]
Tejas Express will have WiFi, LCDs and automatic doors
From June this year, the Indian Railways will launch a 20-coach luxury train on the Mumbai-Goa route that will have chair cars and executive class. […]
Alstom’s electric engines for Indian Railways
French company Alstom has received a three billion euro contract from Indian Railways to supply 800 electric locomotives with a long-term associated maintenance.This project includes […]
Mumbai Metro trial runs begin
The Mumbai Metro recently conducted its first trial run of the train ? a 3km run from the Versova metro station to the Azad Nagar […]
Railways launch solar powered gate signals
Implementing the resolution in the 2013-14 Railway budget, the Thiruvananthapuram railway division moved closer to running about 384 level crossing gates on solar power. The […]
Railways to develop land for revenue
The Railways plans to commercially develop land owned by it in Mumbai to augment its revenue. Revenue has been under considerable strain on the one […]
Double-decker Bangalore-Chennai train
The Railways will shortly introduce a new double-decker train service between Bangalore and Chennai. A trial run of the train was conducted recently and services […]