ER develops Indian Railways’ 1st Dual Voltage Green Tower Car – ‘Navonmesh’

The Tower Car will be able to run continuously under battery power for 2.5 hours and intermittently for 5 hours. Read more

SCR: Nallapadu-Perecherla Doubling, Electrification Commissioned

Doubling of the line was sanctioned in the year 2016-17 with an estimated cost of Rs 3,887 crore for a distance of 404 Km Read more

No Extra Fares Being Charged For Regular Trains, Zero Base TT Rollout Timeline Not Yet Decided: CRB

Production units to be corporatized after consultations with employees and unions, DFC to be commissioned by March 2022 due to Maharashtra land acquisition issues, said CRB Yadav Read more

IR Celebrates BLW’s Highest Monthly Output, CRB Flags Off 40th Electric Loco of November 2020

BLW has equalled the production of electric locomotives on YoY basis till and including November 2020 Read more

Railway Board Changes Classification of ‘High Speed’ For Loco Pilots to Higher Than 130 km/h

Railway Board has redefined what high-speed operation means for the purpose of loco pilot allocations. Read more

73 Years Ago: Part III – First Post-Independence Indian Railways Budget Dealt With Stressed Finances

The first railway budget of independent India had to contend with issues caused by the partition and increases prices of coal Read more

73 Years Ago, First Interim Railway Budget Dealt With Employee Issues, Capacity Expansion, Board Rejig

Replacing European employees, managing labour unrest and expansion of capacity were key parts of the first interim Railway Budget of Independent India Read more

This Day 73 Years Ago, Independent India’s First Interim Railway Budget Was Presented by John Mathai

Longer wagon turnaround, shortages of crew and locomotives were among the key issues mentioned in the railway budget. Read more

102 applications for private trains qualify the 1st stage: Railway Board

102 out of 120 applications for private trains qualify the 1st stage: Railway Board Read more

A first on Indian Railways: MoU signed for construction of Road Over Bridges (ROBs)

The work for these ROBs has been assigned to TCIL by Railway Board and TCIL will be paid management fee @ 3.64 % over the project cost. Read more