Page 24 - Railways

Raillways asks WB govt to take charge of all ongoing and new projects

Railways says that they incurred losses of around to Rs 15,000 crore due to delay in projects

Now, Railways to issue fog alert to inform travellers of delays

More than 90 runs of trains between Delhi and Patna were delayed due to fog last week

Railways to form joint venture with Maharashtra to fast-track 20 projects

These include work on 3 major corridors -Bandra-Virar, Virar-Vasai-Panvel, CSTM-Panvel

Indian Railways introduces French security system for trains

In September 2014, Southern Railway had awarded this signalling contract to Thales

Railways to offer 10% discount on seat left after chart preparation

Discount would be applicable on the surged fare base and not on the original base fare

Railways plan 1,200 Mw of solar, wind energy

In a year, Indian Railways consumes 18.25 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, 1.8% of the country's total

Railways to adopt e-tendering for Rs 1.22 lakh cr capex

Suresh Prabhu termed demonetisation as a good opportunity to move to cashless transactions

Railways tweaks flexi fare system to attract last minute booking

There were 5,871 vacant berths in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains during September 9-October 31 this year

Vision 2030: Indian Railways to execute projects worth Rs 8.56 lakh

According to the plan, IRFC will provide almost the same amount of funds to the Railways as the government through the budget

Indian Railways launch website for National Rail Plan

Railways will be including all the ideas received during recently held Rail Vikas Shivir in the National Rail Plan

16 states respond to share Rs 60,000 cr cost for rail projects

Five states have signed joint venture agreements with the Railways so far; two others have agreed to collaborate

Around 70 north-bound trains delayed due to fog

Departure of around 30 trains were rescheduled due to bad weather conditions

Railways' earnings dips by over 4%

Passenger earnings were up by 3.85% and goods earnings were down by over 9%

Railway undertakes 40 projects worth Rs 60,000 on cost-sharing with states

An outlay of Rs 4,317 crore has been provided in the Rail Budget for 2016-17

Ministry requests separate funds for railway safety

Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain added that of the total of Rs 1,11,683 crore will be funded by the Finance Ministry

Crowdsourcing ideas for improving railways: Govt kickstarts 3-day Rail Vikas Shivir

Exercise will involve all railway employees from gangmen to Railway Board Chairman, cutting across hierarchies

ABB wins order to supply transformers to Indian Railways

As per the order, awarded by Alstom, ABB will supply 1600 underframe traction transformers for the 800 locomotives in the country

Molinari Rail to set up manufacturing unit in India

It will design, manufacture and deliver the auxiliary power units for 1,000 diesel locomotives for Indian Railways

Tales from 'Ramayana', heroic feats to adorn walls of rail stations

28 railway stations will be redeveloped as part of the railways' mega modernisation programme for 400 stations

Four BJP-ruled states agree to allow Railways to purchase power directly

National carrier is also planning to import crude oil directly and refine it at Indian Oil Corporation's Vadodara unit