Rail Network

Vaishnaw to travel in Kavach fitted train for efficiency trial in Rajasthan

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will travel in a Kavach-fitted train on Tuesday afternoon for a trial to check the efficiency of the automatic train protection system at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan. According to railway officials, Vaishnaw will board the Kavach-fitted engine of a train at 4 pm at the Sawai Madhopur railway station and travel for 45 minutes up to Indargarh Railway station. "In these 45 minutes, the train will run in (a) Kavach-equipped section at different speeds to see if it stops on its own at red signals without applying brake by the loco pilot," the official said, adding that a team of media persons will also accompany the minister for the trial. The Kavach system, also known as an Automatic Train Protection System (ATP), has been developed by the Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), and it can apply brakes automatically in an emergency when a train driver fails to act in time. The Railway Ministry has been working on this project for the last .

Canada tells rail companies, union to work harder to avert stoppage

CN Rail and CPKC have already stopped accepting shipments of hazardous goods and have begun phased shutdowns

Canada-wide freight rail stoppage looms as 2 firms issue lockout notices

Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) plan to lock out workers from the early hours of Thursday

PM Modi to inaugurate rail projects worth Rs 6,350 cr in Chhattisgarh today

The rail projects include Chhattisgarh East Rail Project Phase-I, third rail line between Champa to Jamga, and third rail line between Pendra Road to Anuppur

Rlys emerging as modern institution, inaccessible areas being added: Prez

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday spoke of the efforts of the Indian Railways in taking the rail network to regions which were previously inaccessible. In her first address to the joint sitting of Parliament on the first day of the Budget session, Murmu said the Indian Railways has emerged as a modern institution. She also mentioned the government's ambitious Vande Bharat trains and said hundreds of such trains will be launched. With the indigenous trains being deployed across the country, the upcoming budget is likely to announce a new sleeper version of the train. "The Indian Railways is emerging as a modern institution and many inaccessible areas are being added to the rail map of the country. A modern and semi high-speed train has become part of the Indian Railways in the form of Vande Bharat Express. Inaccessible areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the North East are also being connected. Major railway stations of the country are being modernised. "The Indian Railways is fast mov

ADB approves $780 mn loan to expand Chennai's metro rail network

In 2021, ADB committed a record $4.6 billion in sovereign loans to India.

Rail passenger revenue zooms 76% YoY, speeds past pre-Covid levels

Unreserved tickets garner 422% more; bookings still 72% of pre-pandemic period

Railways explores direct leap to 5G to revive outdated train safety systems

Kavach tender expected in two months after the proposal is fine-tuned by the Indian Railways

Rs 3-trillion metro rail projects proposed for the next five years

The projects also include the 90-km RRTS line between Meerut and Delhi

Beijing Subway to use facial recognition technology to enhance security

The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Municipality that has 23 subway lines in operation, with a total length of 678 kms and 394 stations

China can help India upgrade rail network, says Chinese daily

India said it needs to put major investment into railways in coming 30 yrs to catch up with China

India needs China to build high-speed rail network: Chinese media

In the last two years India has worked out a number of cooperative agreements with China

Investment in expansion of rail network is need of the hour, says Prabhu

Currently all major trunk routes are facing heavy congestion, restricting the movement

India to modernise rail network in next 5 years, seeks investment from UAE

India will invest $140 billion to modernise its rail network over the next five years