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
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How safe is drinking water at train terminals ?
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NE State capitals to get rail link by 2017
AGARTALA, July 3
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High-speed trains to connect small towns to Capital
Travelling back and forth between the Capital and small towns of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan could soon take just about an hour with high-speed trains connecting these regions under the proposed Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS). The air-conditioned trains will run on dedicated tracks with a combination of elevated, at-grade and underground lines at a maximum speed of 160 km per h
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Monorail project: MOU inked for financial partnership
The proposed 60-km rail link to connect Railway, Metro stations, TTMCs, schools The Scomi Geodesic Consortium (SGC), the proponent of the 60-km Bangalore Monorail project, announced that it has signed an MoU for financial partnership with IERS (ITNL Enso Rail System Ltd), a subsidiary company of IL&FS Transportation Network Limited (ITNL). The MoU provides the consortium with the required fi
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Rail factory bags environment award
The Rail Coach Factory (RCF) in Kapurthala won the prestigious the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award, for the third time in a row, beating 350 other organisations including big corporate houses.
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Switch to public transport boosts Stagecoach
The soaring price of petrol and greater road congestion have encouraged more North American motorists to opt for coach transport, boosting revenue and profit at Stagecoach. The London-listed bus and rail operator, which provides budget coach transport in the US and Canada through its Megabus operations, on Wednesday said revenues from its bus operations in the region rose by 8 per cent in the y
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China Shows Off Latest High-Speed Train
With its fully reclining airline-style business class seats, a strict no-smoking policy and designed top speed of 350 km (220 miles) per hour, the new Beijing-Shanghai express embodies China's race to the future. The new line's launch is coordinated with the 90th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party to highlight the "scientific development" slogan dear to the heart of Chinese president and
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China set to launch Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train
It took Chinese engineers only 39 months to build the country's grandest yet infrastructure project
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Metro in Hyderabad at all costs, says CM Kiran Kumar
The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Thursday said the state government will thwart all the attempts to stall the Hyderabad Metro Rail project.
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High-Speed Rail Poised to Alter China
Even as China prepares to open bullet train service from Beijing to Shanghai by July 1, this nation