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Southern Railway Registers 35% Rise in Cargo Traffic During April-August 2018

8 September, 20188 September, 2018 by Team - Rail Analysis India

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Date of Post: 08 Sep, 2018 Chennai: Southern Railway (SR) loaded 35% more cargo during April-August 2018 compared to the same period last year, touching 14.85 MT (Million Tonnes) and surpassing the target set by the Railway Board. In the same period last year, the southern railway handled 11.01 Million…

13 Firms Bid To Supply 21,758 Wagons To Indian Railways Through Reverse Auction Method

30 August, 201831 August, 2018 by Rohit Kumar

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Date of Post: 30 Aug, 2018 New Delhi: In a first, Railways is set to opt for the reverse auction method to decide on its wagon tender as 13 players have entered the race to manufacture 21,758 wagons at an estimated cost of Rs 5,600 crore. The order includes about…

Railways To Set Up Over 100 ‘Specially Designed’ Railway Stations & Terminals Along 3,360km Long Dedicated Freight Corridors

27 August, 201829 August, 2018 by Team - Rail Analysis India

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Date of Post: 27 Aug, 2018 New Delhi: The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCCIL) is gearing up to set up more than 100 'specially designed' railway stations & terminals along the 3,360km long network linking the eastern and western seaboards to the northern heartland. Besides, the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)…

India’s 3rd Dedicated Freight Corridor Likely To Come Up Between Kharagpur and Vijayawada at Rs 44,000 Crore

18 August, 201830 August, 2018 by Team - Rail Analysis India

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Date of Post: 18 Aug, 2018 New Delhi: India's 3rd freight corridor is likely to come up next year at a cost of about Rs 44,000 crore between Kharagpur and Vijayawada, DFCCIL Managing Director A K Sachan said. The DFCCIL (Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd) has sent a…

Western DFC Update: 1st Trial On Ateli-Phulera Section of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor To Be Conducted On ‘Independence Day’

14 August, 201830 August, 2018 by Team - Rail Analysis India

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Date of Post: 14 Aug, 2018 New Delhi: First Trial On Ateli-Phulera Section of Western DFC To Be Conducted On ‘Independence Day’. A freight train with containers will run on the 192 km long Ateli-Phulera section of the Western DFC on August 15. About The Ateli-Phulera Section: The distance between…

SER Earned Rs 4, 086.88 Crores from Originating Freight Traffic During First 4 Months of FY 2018-19

8 August, 201831 August, 2018 by Team - Rail Analysis India

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Date of Post: 08 Aug, 2018 Kolkata: During the first four months i.e. April-July of current financial year (2018-19), South Eastern Railway has earned Rs. 4086.88 crores from originating freight traffic which is Rs. 286.53 crores more than the corresponding period of last year i.e. 2017-18 thus registering a growth…

First rake of BLL wagons fitted with Twin pipe Air Brake system and RFID tag flagged off

6 August, 201831 August, 2018 by Team - Rail Analysis India

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Date of Post: 06 Aug, 2018 The Golden Rock Workshop, Trichy is a pioneer workshop in wagon production in Indian Railways, which has manufactured more than 40,000 wagons with 55 varieties from the year 1962. This workshop is one of the 5 major Railway Workshops in Indian Railways (Jamalpur, Amritsar,…

Can dedicated freight corridor be a game changer for India?

3 August, 201811 September, 2018 by Team - Rail Analysis India

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Ever wondered, why despite being world’s fastest growing economy, India is currently facing a massive unemployment challenge? One possible reason is that the Indian economic growth has been a Jobless growth due to poor exports capacity of the country. Indian economy is growing due to larger consumer market, but it…

Kolkata Metro Update: General Manager Kolkata Metro Railway Assesses Construction Work of Bimanbandar Metro Station Yard

28 July, 20185 September, 2018 by Rohit Kumar

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Date of Post: 28 July, 2018 Kolkata: Mr. Ajay Vijayvargiya, General Manager (GM), Kolkata Metro Railway, on Friday made an on the spot assessment of construction work of Bimanbandar metro station yard, the largest such underground facility in the country. Reviewing the construction work of the underground Bimanbandar station yard,…

Indian Railways To Have 100% Bio-Toilets On Entire Rail Network By Next Year

21 July, 20185 September, 2018 by Rohit Kumar

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Date of Post: 21 July, 2018 New Delhi: Indian Railways will have 100% bio-toilets by next year that will make tracks safe and eliminate defecation on the rail lines, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said. Bio-toilets were one of the most successful stories of the Railways as 60% of the coaches…

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