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Hydrogen-powered train to be ready in India next year: Railway Minister

Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that India is developing hydrogen-powered trains and they will be ready in 2023

IRCTC cancels 214 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 13 here

Indian Railways cancelled 214 trains on Tueday, September 13. Read this report to learn how to check your train's cancellation or rescheduling and the list of affected trains today

Coal India, NTPC, Railways can help meet clean energy goals by 2050: Report

Three of India's biggest central state-owned enterprises, Coal India Limited, NTPC, and Indian Railways can help the country reach its climate goals while seizing a share of the clean energy market

IRCTC cancels 205 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 12 here

Indian Railways cancelled 205 trains on Monday, September 12. Read this report to learn how to check your train's cancellation or rescheduling and the list of affected trains today

Indian Railways revenue up 38% to Rs 95,486.58 crore till August-end

The overall revenue of Indian Railways at the end of August 2022 was Rs 95,486.58 crore, showing an increase of Rs 26,271.29 crore or 38 per cent over the corresponding period of last year, an official statement said on Sunday. The revenue from passenger traffic was Rs 25,276.54 crore, an increase of Rs 13,574.44 crore (116 per cent) year-on-year. Passenger traffic also increased compared to last year in both the segments -- reserved and unreserved. The growth from the long distance reserved mail express trains has been sharper than the same in passenger and suburban trains, the Railways said. The other coaching revenue stood at Rs 2,437.42 crore, higher by Rs 811.82 crore (50 per cent) over the corresponding period of last year. This is being fuelled by robust growth in the parcel segment of Indian Railways, the statement added. Goods revenue climbed by Rs 10,780.03 crore (or 20 per cent) to Rs 65,505.02 crore till August-end this year. This has been achieved through incremental

Railways floats tender to procure 80,000 indigenous forged wheels a year

Invites industry to set up domestic manufacturing facility at estimated cost of Rs 1,000 crore

IRCTC cancels 202 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 9 here

Indian Railways cancelled over 200 trains on Friday, September 9. Read this report to know how to check your train's cancellation or rescheduling, and the list of affected trains

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Railways eyes Rs 30,000-crore revenue with new land licensing fee policy

Sources also indicated that the current policy was causing a lot of leasable Railways land to go idle, notwithstanding the potential for terminal operations

Improving efficiency: New railways land policy

Increasing railway land usage will boost activity

IRCTC cancels 193 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 8 here

Indian Railways cancelled over 190 trains on Thursday, September 8. Read this detailed report to know how to check your train's cancellation or rescheduling status and the list of affected trains

Top Headlines: Rlys' land lease policy, strong festival sales, and more

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CCEA revises Railway's industrial land lease policy; lowers fee to 1.5%

Move likely to pave way for Concor's strategic sale

Union Cabinet approves policy on long-term leasing of Railways' land

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy for long-term leasing of railway land for the PM Gati Shakti programme, which the government said will help set up 300 cargo terminals and generate 1.25 lakh jobs. The new policy will help provide land lease for a longer period of up to 35 years as against five years at present, Union Minister Anurag Thakur told the media after the cabinet meeting. With an employment generation potential of about 1.25 lakh jobs, the policy will also bring more revenue to the Railways; 300 cargo terminals will be developed in five years. The new policy will enable the integrated development of infrastructure and more cargo terminals.

IRCTC cancels 194 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 7 here

Indian Railways cancelled 194 trains today September 7, Wednesday. Over 300 trains have been affected. Read this article to know more

India, Bangladesh sign 2 agreements to deepen railway co-operation

These MoUs were signed and exchanged on September 6, 2022, during the visit of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina to India

IRCTC cancels 161 trains today: Check your train status for Sept 6 here

Indian Railways cancelled 161 trains on September 6, Tuesday. Read this detailed report to know the rescheduled, cancelled, diverted, short-terminated and source-changed trains today

Indian railways earn Rs 844 cr in 3 months from e-auction of assets

The railways has earned Rs 844 crore in the last three months, since it brought its commercial earning and non-fare revenue contracts online, with contracts for advertisement on its premises, for parking lots, leasing parcel space and pay-and-use toilets emerging as the top revenue-generating assets. In a boost for small entrepreneurs and start-ups, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had launched e-auction for commercial earnings in June, a project enabling a quick finalisation of contracts and a quick re-award in case of failure of any contract. With the bidding process being online, there is no geographical restriction on the bidders and applicants for registration and participation in any e-auction throughout the Indian Railways. Also, the Railway Ministry has relaxed the eligibility criteria. "This e-auction portal has increased the railways' earnings and helped in realisation of the true value of the assets. Since the launch of the e-auction portal for commercial assets, auction

Recovery tracker: Workplace visits at record high; air traffic declines

There were around 314,000 air passengers as of Sunday, September 4, based on a rolling seven-day average. It was around 331,000 as of Sunday, August 28

Railways records best ever August freight loading of 119.32 MT this month

Indian Railways on Monday claimed to have recorded the best ever August Monthly freight loading of 119.32 MT in the month