Presenting the Interim Railway Budget for 2014-15, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday announced that new trains will be introduced.
Crossrail, the largest infrastructure project in Europe which will ease the burden on London's crowded underground rail network, has reached the half-way stage.
China plans to build a 540-kilometre strategic high-speed rail link between Tibet and Nepal passing through a tunnel under Mount Everest, a move that could raise alarm in India about the Communist giant's growing influence in its neighbourhood.
'Kavach', which literally means armour, is being promoted by the railways as the world's cheapest automatic train collision protection system.
Despite public-private partnership projects announced in several rail budgets, the investment since 2000 has been merely Rs 3,000 crore.
Future, even present, wars -- at least those involving such tech giants as China -- include hi-tech battlefields, which a Pakistan-obsessed India has not sufficiently prioritised. Today's generals plan on how to disrupt an enemy city's power supplies, rail networks, airports, ports, and government departments, not just by bombing or torpedoing them; they also examine the option of tripping up the computer networks that run these, notes David Devadas.
Workers of SNCF will be on strike for two days out of five every week for three months.
Barclays' assessment of 35 major cities on various socio-economic parameters suggests that mass transit rail systems should be a high priority in 12 cities with bus rapid transit systems acting as feeder services.
There's a 13 per cent increase over last year, in an effort to put its flagging revenues back on track.
'The new trains should be fast, but the roll-out of the privatisation plan should be slow and well-considered,' recommends T N Ninan.
Shiv Sena has so far expressed concerns over car shed for the city's planned metro network, the bullet train and the West Coast refinery projects.
The Railway ministry has been allocated budgetary support of Rs 140367.13 crore in the Union Budget on Tuesday - Rs 20,311 crore more than the revised figures of the previous fiscal. Overall, the national transporter is set to get a capital expenditure (CapEx) push of Rs 2.45 lakh crore in the financial year 2022-23, 14 per cent higher than the budgeted capital expenditure of Rs 2.15 lakh crore for the current financial year. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech for 2022-23 said that India will manufacture 400 new, energy-efficient Vande Bharat trains in the next three years.
'Historically, Qatar has done wonders as I don't think this will ever be possible with the new format of the World Cup.'
Railway passengers would soon have access to movies, television content, music videos and audio tracks as RailTel and media group Eros International have come together for providing entertainment services to travellers.
Indian Railways plans Rs 39,000 crores non-fare revenue. Via: Branding of trains. Vinyl-wrapping of Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Garib Raths. Moving billboards.
The Rail Land Development Authority has invited online bids from private players to redevelop the station into an integrated commercial, retail, and hospitality hub.
There would be a marginal 3% increase in freight rates.
Gas Authority of India, PowerGrid and RailTel on Friday joined hands to pool in telecom infrastructure to become India's second largest broadband service provider with plans to venture into STD and ISD services in future.\n\n
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her third Budget on February 1.
Mumbai, India's financial capital, is set for a mega transformation with a massive patch of land opening up for redevelopment; a new metro railway ready to start services by the year-end; and the country's oldest railway station, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, going for modernisation with private sector participation. Work on Mumbai's second airport will start from next month, while construction of the sea link connecting central Mumbai to Navi Mumbai has already moved into a fast lane despite Covid-induced lockdowns. Also, a coastal road project, connecting Nariman Point to Worli, is under way and will help decongest the city to quite an extent. Of all these mega infrastructure projects, the one that has a huge potential to change the city's skyline is the Eastern Waterfront project - to be built on the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) land.
The system has passed preliminary examination by national railway test authorities and has been installed on a new bullet train produced by CSR Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd in Shandong Province.
One of the world's oldest and most beautiful metro networks in the world, Moscow Metro has 190 stations.
Even if some of those projects remain on paper, the potential for manufacturers and engineering firms is too big to ignore
China has sharply reacted to India's plans to construct a road network along the McMohan line in Arunachal Pradesh and expressed hope that India will not take any action which may complicate the situation before a final settlement is reached to end the boundary dispute.
In Tripura, the challenge for the chief minister is less from the alliance partners and more from his own party, the BJP.
Parks would cut transport cost by 10% for industries, allow freight movement on larger trucks and rail.
Metro rail services may be allowed from September 1 when the 'Unlock 4' phase in the graded reopening from the coronavirus-induced lockdown begins, but schools and colleges will not reopen immediately, an official said.
A video surfaced on the social media on Saturday purportedly showing the monkey roaming around and then climbing onto the handrail bar before traipsing to the neighbouring coach.
Two projects in Iran, which India is to execute involving major financial commitments on its part, are of particular significance for Indian steel.
According to the guidelines approved by the government, 100 per cent FDI can be utilised in facilities like cleaning up trains and installation of bio-toilets in passenger coaches and setting up of mechanised laundry services.
A new leadership is needed to replace the present culture of indifference.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation till Sunday was running trains with 50 per cent seating capacity, after the services had resumed after a long hiatus on June 7.
The President said low cost airports would be developed to promote air connectivity to smaller towns.
As a bonanza to southern states, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is expected to allocate funds worth Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) for Chennai and Bangalore Metro rail systems in the forthcoming Budget.
PlanCom makes presentation with secretaries of key ministries in tow.
'Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the decisions taken by my government in the national interest,' President Droupadi Murmu said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.
Water, mats and chairs, among others things, have been arranged for commuters at these schools which are located close to railway stations, he said.
RailYatri offers a host of travel-related services to a 4.5 million user base. Shine Jacob finds out what's next for the app.
The manifesto proposes to launch a Sagar Mala project to set up new ports and upgrading the existing ones and "stringing them together".
Unwilling to take chances after two mishaps in consecutive days, Delhi Metro authorities on Monday ordered a "complete re-check" of structures built in the second phase of the rail project by independent structural experts from the safety and quality angle. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation also announced a probe into Monday's mishap during clearance of the debris that remained after an under-construction bridge collapsed in Jamrudpur in South Delhi.
