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Govt to spend Rs 16 lakh cr to develop 7 high-speed rail corridors
By Arun Kumar Das
New Delhi, Feb 1 (BVI): The government will spend Rs 16 lakh crore to develop seven high-speed rail corridors involving about 4000 kms across the country, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said today after presentation…
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Budget 2026: Delhi-Varanasi corridor among 7 high-speed rail routes announced
By Arun Kumar Das
New Delhi, Feb 1 (BVI): Seven high speed rail routes, another Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) and a container manufacturing scheme were proposed in the Budget 2026 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today in…
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Namo Bharat train bookings can be done online
By Arun Kumar Das
New Delhi, Jan 31 (BVI): Namo Bharat commuters can now book train tickets directly by clicking the IRCTC icon available on the Namo Bharat app.
Conversely, IRCTC passengers, after booking a train ticket…
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Railways speeds up Kavach 4.0 safety rollout, 472 km-track done
By Arun Kumar Das
New Delhi, Jan 31 (BVI) :Indian Railways has successfully commissioned Kavach 4.0 on the 35-km Tughlaqabad Junction Cabin–Palwal section of the four-line Delhi–Mumbai route, which spans 152 main line track kilometres,…
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Plans afoot to manufacture bigger Vande Bharat Sleeper train
By Arun Kumar Das
New Delhi, Jan 29 (BVI): After the launch of first Vande Bharat Sleeper train between Howrah in West Bengal and Guwahati in Assam, Indian Railways is now working on manufacturing a similar but bigger…
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Engineering achievement: Longest rail flyover girder installed in Western DFC
By Arun Kumar Das
New Delhi, Jan 27 (BVI): In a yet another engineering milestone, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) has installed the longest Rail Flyover Girder at Kalamboli on Western DFC and completed Radial…
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Kashmir Valley gets railways’ first full-rake delivery of foodgrains
By Arun Kumar Das
New Delhi, Jan 24 (BVI): A consignment of foodgrains has been delivered to Kashmir from Punjab by the railway by a full rake for the first time, marking a boost to the efforts to ensure assured ration supplies to the…
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July-Dec period saw 1698 stone-pelting cases, Railways warns of strict action
By Arun Kumar Das
New Delhi, Jan 23 (BVI) With nearly 1700 incidents of stone-pelting on trains being recorded between July and December last year, the Railways has warned that anybody indulging in such criminal offence would…
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Anand Vihar Namo Bharat Railway Station to have pod hotel
New Delhi, Jan 21 (BVI) Anand Vihar station on the Delhi-Meerut Namo Bharat Rail Corridor will have a Pod hotel designed to meet the needs of new-age commuters by offering short-stay, safe and affordable accommodation at the location which…
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Work on Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project progressing steadily
By Arun Kumar Das
New Delhi, Jan 19 (BVI): Delayed by over four years, the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train project is currently witnessing steady progress with the installation of Overhead Electrification (OHE) masts advancing along the…
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