Coal: a heavy burden on the Indian railways
India’s power demand is rising more quickly than its renewable capacity additions, accelerating plans to mine, transport and burn up to 65% more thermal coal for electricity generation by 2030. Several
Rail Transport
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High-speed train on Delhi-Mumbai route on track
The railways on Tuesday expressed optimism over progress in its plans to run passenger trains on busy Delhi-Mumbai corridor at 200 km per hour and launching for the first time train sets services on shorter routes. Maintaining that global crisis is coming in the way from achieving higher growth, it said its earnings have, however, gone up by 20 per cent this fiscal. Chairman Railway Board Vinay Mittal said even though there are several financial hurdles to overcome for materialising the high-speed corridor project, they are working towards achieving the objective of running train at 200 km per hour on Delhi-Mumbai route.
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Qazigund to Banihal in 30 minutes; trial run a success
The first trial run on the 17.5-km rail link from Qazigund in the Kashmir valley to Banihal in Jammu division, which goes through the 11-km-long Pir Panjal tunnel, was successfully held today. The successful
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Green signal for freight corridor through national park in M’rashtra
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has approved the proposal of constructing a stretch of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) paving the
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Freight corridor through SGNP gets forest panel nod
The multi-crore rupees dedicated freight corridor (DFC) has received the environment clearance for the section running through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, in what is possibly the shortest time in
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China launches world’s longest high-speed rail
China launched service on the world’s longest high-speed railway on Wednesday with trains scheduled to run 2,298 kilometres between Beijing and Guangzhou in about eight hours. The first high-speed “bullet” train left the Chinese capital for Guangzhou, a major city in southern China, early Wednesday morning. Travelling at an average speed of about 300 km per hour, the service would cut the journey time from more than 20 hours by conventional trains, state media said.
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China starts world's longest bullet train route
China today inaugurated world's longest high-speed rail route linking its capital Beijing with the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, covering a distance of 2,298 kms. Running at an average speed of
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New eight-coach Metro train can hold 600 more
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) marked 10 years of Metro operations by inducting the city’s first eight-coach Metro train into service on Monday. DMRC officials said according to earlier plans,
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China to open world’s longest high-speed rail line
China will open the world's longest high-speed rail line next week when a link between Beijing and the southern metropolis of Guangzhou is inaugurated, officials said on Saturday, underscoring its commitment
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Metro launches 8-coach trains
The Metro completed 10 years of operations on Monday with the induction of two eight-coach trains on the Jahangirpuri-HUDA City Centre corridor. However, the occasion was marred by the closing down of
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Udhampur-Baramulla rail project fails to meet target
The Centre had announced 17 years ago that people of Kashmir would be provided a cheap and easy mode of transport to Jammu, but the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link is still nowhere near completion.