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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Working Group rejects Plan panel’s rail tariff regulator
In what may leave the Planning Commission red-faced, the Working Group set up by the Commission has shot down the planning body’s suggestion for a tariff regulatory authority in the inter-modal mix of
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Udhampur-Katra rail link by year-end
The Udhampur-Katra rail section will get operational by the year-end, providing a direct link to the pilgrims visiting the Vaishno Devi shrine to the Katra base camp. While the Katra station is almost
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Railways to procure high-speed trains that will reduce travel time by half on Delhi-Mumbai corridor
Going ahead with its ambitious high-speed train proposal, Railways have joined hands with Japan to begin the ground work to reduce travel time by half on the Delhi-Mumbai corridor. Railways will procure
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Private role in metro rail has many disadvantages: experts
Extension of metro up to Nedumbassery under consideration Executing the Kochi Metro Rail project as a Centre-State joint venture scheme has numerous advantages over implementing it as a public-private partnership project. Elaborating on the disadvantages of including private stakeholders in the construction, experts in the mass-rapid transportation sector,
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Up Railways fares 25%, link to inflation
A high-level committee on rail modernisation chaired by Sam Pitroda, advisor to the prime minister, has recommended that the Railways hike passenger fares one time by 25 per cent and index all fares to
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China's rail network to touch India's border
China has announced it will accelerate plans to expand a railway network in Tibet to reach two towns near the border with India and will also consider building a railway line to Nepal, officials said this
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Sreedharan, DMRC to guide Kochi Metro’s construction
The R5,146-crore Kochi Metro project is back on track, as Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) former managing director E Sreedharan and Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy broke ice over the recent global tender issue. If DMRC were to be handed over charge of the project, Kochi Metro will be commissioned within three years, Sreedharan said. And hence Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has dropped its plans to invite global tenders for the project.
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India-Japan group to examine high speed rail corridor issue
NEW DELHI: India and Japan, a pioneer in bullet train operations, have decided to set up a high-level working group to examine various issues related to establishment of high speed rail corridors in the
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Metro-II bridge gets railway approval
MUMBAI: The plans for the second line of the Mumbai Metro on the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd route have got a shot in the arm with the railways granting permission for a Metro bridge across the Central Railway
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Gujarat seeks 25 p.c. Central funding for Metro project
The Gujarat government has approached the Urban Development Ministry seeking 25 per cent Central funding for the Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad Metro Development Project. Though the ministry has generally followed a model as per which it provides 20 per cent of the cost project as financial assistance, it was currently evaluating the Gujarat government report, sources said.