Indian Railways Adopting RFID for Tracking Coaches and Wagons

Indian Railways' CRIS is to implement the Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) project to track wagons and coaches with RFID systems. Read more

Kacheguda – Chengalpattu express to run with ‘Diesel on top of Electric’ arrangement

The Transportation department of South Central Railway has decided to run the 17651/52 Kacheguda - Chengalpattu express with electric traction between Gooty and Chengalpattu, with a unique 'Diesel on top… Read more

India's first dual traction locomotive to be homed at Kazipet

Indian Railways will now have a locomotive which runs on both Diesel and Electric traction, the WDAP-5. This innovative dual traction loco was designed at the Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW)… Read more

Indian Railways to Adopt Safer, Faster and Efficient Predictive Maintenance, Online Monitoring of Rolling Stock

Indian Railways is adopting Condition Based Maintenance, Online Monitoring of Rolling Stock (OMRS) and Predictive Maintenance techniques for Smart Yards on its network to improve safety, reliability and efficiency. Read more

SCR takes 30 trains on electric traction : To save Rs 53 crores

South Central Railway, has taken 30 trains on electric traction during the current fiscal FY20 Read more

SER: 288 locomotives now fitted with RTIS

288 locomotives on SER with RTIS. Trains hauled by RTIS device enabled locomotives can be plotted in train control chart automatically.It gives mid-section location updates and current speed. Read more

IR to procure 44 Vande Bharat train sets: Tender out

IR to procure 44 semi-high speed train sets. These train sets will be procured in multiples of basic Units of four coaches each which can be attached or detached from… Read more

LHB rake for Chennai Coimbatore inter-city

LHB rake for Chennai Coimbatore Inter-city express. Read more

CLW turns out 300th loco for FY20

300 locos produced as on date by CLW. The number of working days for production of 300th loco has reduced from 292 days inFY18 to 249 days in FY19 and… Read more

CR : Conversion of 3rd rake of Mumbai-Nagercoil Express to LHB Rake

Railways have converted the 3rd  rake out of 5 rakes of 16339/16340 Mumbai – Nagercoil Express and 16351/16352 Mumbai-Nagercoil Express into LHB rake on permanent basis as under: The third rake… Read more