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Three Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry of Railways and Three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) Kanpur, Madras and Roorkee for setting up of Centres for Railway Research It is well known that almost all rail operations in India … Continued
Agartala to Akhaura (15 Km) project has been sanctioned for providing additional rail connectivity between India & Bangladesh with funding of Indian portion of project (5 Km) by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and of the Bangladesh portion … Continued
Station development on Indian Railways is a continuous exercise. Works pertaining to modernization/upgradation of station are undertaken depending upon identified need, availability of funds, etc. Accordingly, New Delhi station has been developed in various phases. With a view to make … Continued
Against huge requirement of resources for expansion and modernisation, Railways’ revenue earning system does not leave much surplus for investment and modernisation in Railways. Railways’ internal resource generation for plan investment in 2013-14 and 2014-15 was ` 11,668 crore and … Continued
One MoU is on cooperation and assistance in the Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project Two more comprehensive technological cooperation agreements signed for modernization and upgradation of Indian Railways India and Japan have signed an MoU on 12th December, 2015 on cooperation … Continued
Various measures taken by Indian Railways to prevent accidents at level crossings are as under: Progressive elimination of unmanned level crossings by (i) closing unmanned crossings having NIL/negligible Train Vehicle Units (TVUs), (ii) merger of unmanned level crossing with nearby … Continued
Approximately a total of 8350 hectares of land has been acquired by Railways in the last three years and the current year. Railways have vacant land and most of the vacant land is in the form of narrow strips along … Continued
Ministry of Railways issued Sectoral guidelines in November, 2014 for Domestic/Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in rail sector in the following identified areas: (i) Suburban corridors through Public Private Partnership (PPP); (ii) High speed train projects; (iii) Dedicated freight lines; (iv) … Continued
Station development on Indian Railways is a continuous exercise. Works pertaining to modernization/upgradation of station are undertaken depending upon identified need, availability of funds, etc. Accordingly, New Delhi station has been developed in various phases. With a view to make … Continued
Railways Measures Towards Technology Upgradation and Development Rail Transport In The country The Operating Ratio of the Indian Railways for 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 was 90.2%, 93.6% and 91.3%(Provisional) respectively. Budget Estimates 2015-16 envisage an Operating Ratio of 88.5%. Improvement … Continued