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Indian Railways is constantly looking for methods to reduce fuel expenditure. IR spent about Rs 31,000 crore or 18% of operational expenses for fuel — including electrical traction — in 2015-16. Some measures have been taken to reduce the outgo on diesel purchases … Continued
In line with the Railway Minister Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu’s budget speech for creation of cross functional Directorates to focus on areas like speed enhancement, motive power depicting Mission Raftaar Ministry of Railways has decided to constitute a new Directorate … Continued
Re-designing of coach sub-assemblies and components is continually undertaken by RDSO (Research Designs and Standards Organisation) and Design centers of coach Production Units of Indian Railways. In the recent past, following major projects for redesigning of coaches were undertaken: – … Continued
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project has been sanctioned at total completion cost of ₹ 97,636 crore as per details below (in ₹): Construction cost: 44,621 crore (Track/Station/Depot/Electric/Signalling & Telecom) Rolling Stock: 5,255 crore Land: 9,863 crore Miscellaneous: 27,533 crore … Continued
First Round-Table Meeting Chaired by Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha, convened on 25th April 2016 to discuss the Issue- “Scientific and Technical Collaboration Among Major Government Technical and Scientific Agencies for Development of Special Material and Technologies … Continued
During 2014-15 the Production Units of IR produced Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), Chittaranjan manufactured 250 BG electric locomotives including 145 state-of-the-art 3-phase 6000 HP electric locos (equipped with IGBT technology based propulsion system & auxiliary converters). Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), … Continued
Research and Development RDSO is the sole R&D organisation of Indian Railways(IR) and functions as the technical advisor to Railway Board, Zonal Railways and Production Units. One of the major roles that RDSO has played is that of developing and … Continued
Imperatives of export orientation There exists a significant global opportunity for railway equipment, rolling stock and services. The current market volume for railway products, equipment and services is around EUR 162 billion per year and is said to be … Continued
Shri Suresh Prabhu inspected a Model Rake (a passenger carrying train with 24 coaches) with improved interiors, colour scheme, aesthetics and amenity fittings at Safdarjang Station, New Delhi on 11th January, 2016 Indian Railways is committed with renewed vigour to … Continued
The main business of Indian Railways (IR) is the transportation of freight and passengers. It recently joined the Billion tonnes club alongside the Us, Chinese and Russian Railways. We transported 1054 MT* of freight in 2013-14 and also carried about … Continued