Digital Rail Corridors Planned Along IR Network for Safety, Security and Passenger Services

Indian Railways plans to seek approval of the Union Cabinet for a digital rail corridor across its network, earmarking 10 megahertz (10 MHz) spectrum in the 700 MHz frequency band Read more

Indian Railways to Spend Rs 50k Crores, Eliminate Level Crossings on the Golden Quadrilateral

To enhance safety along its tracks, Indian Railways (IR) plans to eliminate all the 2568 level crossings along the golden quadrilateral and its diagonals in the next four years. Read more

After IT and Customs, Indian Railways Officials in Govt Crosshairs

The Indian Railways' organisational hierarchy is set to go under the microscope to identify non-performers as part of larger restructuring plans Read more

IR to Explore Hiving Off Production Units into Separate Entity

Indian Railways (IR) has decided, as part of its 100 Day Plan, to conduct a detailed study on the hiving off and corporatization of its production units into a separate… Read more

IR to Launch ‘Give It Up’ Campaign to Reduce Passenger Fare Subsidy

As part of its 100-day plan, IR plans to provide passengers with an option to purchase rail tickets without subsidy using a ‘Give it up’ campaign, to run private passenger… Read more

IR to Test Mobile Train Radio Communication in 500 locos

Indian Railways has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth Rs 1609 crore with Railtel Enterprises to implement mobile train communication on its network Read more

Colonial Era protocols and practices: the bane of Indian Railways

Pre-independence colonial-era customs followed by the British are still prevalent on IR which is hampering the behemoth’s progress. Read more

IR’s Future Roadmap – Part 2: Capacity Enhancement

In this part, we take a look at IR’s infrastructure enhancement plans in its roadmap for the future. Read more

Prudent Financial Decisions: An Urgent Need for Indian Railways

IR has been consistently spending over 90 per cent of what it earned. This left little room for investing in capital expenditure Read more

IR’s Future Roadmap – Part 1: Big Push on Speed, 160 kph on GQ

Ministry of Railways has drawn up an ambitious, timeline-bound plan for the next five years, according to information received from senior sources. If things go according to this plan, the… Read more