rail transport

Nearly 3.98 crore passengers travelled on Vande Bharat Express trains during the 2025-26 financial year, representing a significant increase in passenger usage on the network. This reflects a year-on-year growth of almost 34% compared to the 2.97 crore passengers who travelled in the 2024-25...

Mumbai, April 7 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the first phase of Mumbai Metro Line 9 from Dahisar East to Kashigaon on Tuesday, linking the city with neighboring Mira Bhayandar in Thane district.The services will be open to the public on Wednesday.Fadnavis flagged...

The newly created Jammu railway division of Northern Railway is now functioning as a fully operational division, with most of its operational and financial systems fully transferred, and it will focus on enhancing passenger amenities, ensuring safety, and increasing freight logistics in the...

Bhubaneswar, April 5 The East Coast Railway (ECoR) said on Sunday that its revenue generation will remain unaffected even after the transfer of the Palasa-Ichchapuram section to the South Coast Railway (SCoR).ECoR issued this clarification after all opposition political parties in Odisha...

Jammu, April 4 – In a major effort to link Kashmir Valley's fruit industry and parcel trade with national markets, the Northern Railway held a stakeholder meeting to boost rail-based parcel movement from the Valley, officials said on Saturday.Railway officials said that in order to improve the...

New Delhi, April 1 Two women members of Parliament raised railway connectivity demands in the Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour on Wednesday, seeking a stop for the Neelanchal Express at a station in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district and the expansion of rail infrastructure in Chhattisgarh's tribal...

New Delhi, March 31 Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd announced on Tuesday that it had secured a contract worth over ₹421 crore from JSW Group companies for the supply of freight wagon rakes.The order also reflects the growing participation of private players in rail logistics, driven by Indian...

Panna/Dhar (MP), March 26 The railways conducted trial runs on the Panna-Dhar route in Madhya Pradesh before the launch of full services that will connect the two stations to the vast network of the public transporter, an official said on Thursday.The trial runs, held in Dhar on Monday and in...

Surat, March 25 – The railway station in Surat, Gujarat, is undergoing redevelopment into a multi-modal transport hub (MMTH) with a long-term capacity plan. Approximately 50% of the first phase of the ₹1,500 crore project has been completed, with completion targeted for December 2027.The...

Dhaka, March 22 – At least 12 people were killed and 20 others were injured early Sunday when a mail train collided with a bus at the Padua Bazar level crossing in Comilla, in one of the deadliest rail-road collisions in recent times, according to The Dhaka Tribune.The tragedy unfolded around...

Madurai, March 19 – Rail safety in Tamil Nadu is set for a major boost as Southern Railway moves forward with the implementation of the Kavach Train Collision Avoidance System on the Tiruchy-Tirunelveli corridor.The project, aimed at preventing accidents through advanced automatic protection...

New Delhi, March 19 A subsidiary of Coal India, BCCL, announced on Thursday that it had achieved a record single-day booking of approximately 2.37 lakh tonnes of coal under its special discount scheme, aimed at clearing existing stockpiles.Under the scheme, discounts ranging from ₹100 to ₹600...

Guwahati, March 17 – The newly launched Furkating-New Tinsukia railway doubling project is set to significantly enhance rail capacity, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen connectivity across eastern Assam and adjoining regions, officials said on Tuesday.The Chief Public Relations...

Karur, (Tamil Nadu), March 15 The Southern Railway on Sunday said that the collision between a goods train and a college bus on March 14 was caused by the bus driver attempting to cross an unmanned level crossing, without observing the movement of the oncoming train.According to an SR press...

Kolkata, March 13 Some EMU local trains were delayed by approximately 30 minutes on Friday due to a signal malfunction at the Belghoria station in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, according to an official.Train movement was operational on two of the four lines at Belghoria within...

New Delhi, March 12 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam and West Bengal over the next two days – Friday and Saturday – to attend various programmes and launch major development initiatives aimed at strengthening connectivity and infrastructure in the region, government officials said...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Kerala and Tamil Nadu today. In Kerala, the Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for several development projects worth approximately 10,800 crore rupees in Ernakulum this afternoon. The Prime Minister will also address a...

Kochi, March 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and dedicate several key development projects in Kerala to the nation on Wednesday during his visit to the state.According to an official release here on Tuesday, the Prime Minister will launch projects of various central ministries...

New Delhi, March 10: In an effort to significantly improve mobility and operational efficiency, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved two multi-tracking projects of the Ministry of Railways on Tuesday, with a total cost of ₹4,474...

New Delhi, March 8 The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation commenced train services at 3 pm on Sunday on two newly inaugurated corridors following their opening by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The services will operate on the Majlis Park-Maujpur Badarpur and Deepali Chowk-Majlis Park sections...