Posted 6 hours ago by bevans
Currently, the Railways recovers only 57 per cent of the cost in passenger services and around 37 per cent in suburban services. Class-wise, only the AC III tier fetches it a profit, but that is neutralised by the losses from other classes.
Posted yesterday by bevans
The Railways will kick off the final location survey of the 498 km long Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line at Leh in Jammu and Kashmir this week.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
CRRC Tangshan has been awarded a contract to supply 24 double-deck hauled coaches to operate on commuter services serving Montréal.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
Remote conditioning monitoring specialist Perpetuum has signed a memorandum of understanding for China High Speed Railway Technology Co subsidiary Beijing Sheenline Group Co to support its entry into the Chinese market.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Trial services on the 40·7 km Ningbo – Yuyao Intercity Railway in Zhejiang province began on June 10. Services are operated by a fleet of eight-car CRH6F Cinova trainsets supplied by CRRC Nanjing Puzhen.
Posted one week ago by bevans
All eyes will be on Namma Metro from Sunday as it connects the four corners of the city. Some 4 lakh people are expected to take the Metro and experts say traffic will come down by around 15-20 per cent. This is really great news for Bengaluru. And there’s more.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
A 10-car variant of JR East’s Series E5 Shinkansen trainset has been selected to operate the country’s first high speed line between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, according to the Ministry of Railways. Indian Railways is expected to order an initial build of 25 trains at an estimated cost Rs50bn.
Posted one week ago by VicRailNews
Passing law (section 44) to break your own law & throw caution to the wind, not advisable. Slowness & caution to-date because benefits of rail projects uncertain.
Posted one week ago by VicRailNews
Hong Kong’s negotiation with Beijing over a controversial joint checkpoint for a high-speed rail link to Guangzhou has reached its final stage, local officials claim, with sufficient time for the city to clear all legal hurdles before the project’s completion next year.
Posted one week ago by VicRailNews
The Centre has given the nod to connect Amaravati with Vijayawada and Guntur by laying a circular railway line at a cost of ₹2,680 crore, Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu said here on Thursday.
Posted one week ago by bevans
The Railway Board has cancelled 19 trains and diverted routes of seven after a mine fire reached tracks in the Dhanbad-Chandrapura segment, making it unsafe for use.
Posted one week ago by bevans
A lot of people are starting to get suspicious at the sudden “eagerness” of some people at the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) to ditch the existing narrow gauge rail system and shift to standard gauge for the North-South Railway Project (NSRP).
Posted one week ago by bevans
The government's plan to use Section 44 to allow Chinese engineers to speed up the construction of the Thai-Sino railway project has drawn a mixed response, with some critics claiming the move discriminates against Thai workers.
Posted one week ago by bevans
The 41-km Dhanbad-Chandrapura line will close on Wednesday midnight and authorities have geared up to deal with any eventuality.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
PAKISTAN: GE Transportation announced an agreement to supply 20 FDL C20EMP diesel locomotives to Pakistan Railways on June 7.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
China Gezhouba Group Co Ltd has entered into a non-binding agreement to co-operate with Aspire Mining subsidiary Northern Railways to plan and source financing for the proposed 549 km Erdenet – Ovoot line.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
‘Nurly Zhol station is unique, there is no such station in the entire post-Soviet area’, said President Nursultan Nazarbayev when he officially opened the new passenger hub in Astana on May 31.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Ministry of Transportation & Communications’ Railway Reconstruction Bureau has awarded Nippon Signal and Shihlin Electric & Engineering Corp a contract to electrify the final non-electrified section of the route circling the island.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The first of 1 000 Evolution Series diesel locomotives which GE Transportation is to supply to Indian Railways over 10 years was unveiled at the manufacturer’s plant at Erie in the USA on June 1.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Next year will see the roll-out of an HSG-metro self-propelled grinding train being developed specifically for the Chinese market, the Managing Director of Vossloh Rail Services Marcel Taubert told Railway Gazette at the IAF fair in Münster.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
A rail fracture between Dockyard Road and Reay Road stations on Central Railway's Harbour line on Tuesday afternoon, led to thirty services being cancelled and 40 being delayed.
Posted 4 weeks ago by bevans
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday requested Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to improve rail connectivity between Odisha and Mumbai by introducing new trains and increasing frequency.
Posted 4 weeks ago by bevans
TI Cycles, a division of Murugappa Group, will soon station some of their specially customised bicycles in stations of underground stretch of Chennai Metro Rail.
Posted 4 weeks ago by bevans
Maoists began their day-long bandh in Jharkhand on Monday by blowing up a railway track on the Howrah-New Delhi Grand Chord section, disrupting movement of several trains, including the Rajdhani Express.
Posted last month by bevans
The cabinet will be asked to approve the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project, linking Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima, next month, kickstarting its construction as soon as August this year.
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