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Cabinet approves three multitracking projects covering 19 districts across states, Indian Railway network expanded by 90

Cabinet approves three multitracking projects covering 19 districts across states, Indian Railway network expanded by 90

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New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved 03 (Three) projects of the Ministry of Railways with a total cost of Rs. 23,437 crore (approx.). These projects include Nagda – Mathura 3rd and 4th Line, Guntakal – Wadi 3rd and 4th Line and Burhwal – Sitapur 3rd and 4th Line. The proposed multi-tracking project will enhance connectivity to approx 4,161 villages. (REUTERS) “The increased line capacity will significantly enhance mobility, resulting in improved operational efficiency and service reliability for Indian Railways. These multi-tracking proposals are poised to streamline operations and alleviate congestion. The projects are in line with PM Narendra Modiji’s vision of a new India which will make people of the region ‘Atmanirbhar’ by way of comprehensive development in the area, which will enhance their employment/ self-employment opportunities,” a press release issued by the CCEA said. The projects are planned on the PM-Gati Shakti National Master Plan with a focus on enhancing multi-modal connectivity and logistic efficiency through integrated planning and stakeholder consultations. These …

Bullet train project to start operations with Bharat-made trainsets: House panel report | Business News

Bullet train project to start operations with Bharat-made trainsets: House panel report | Business News

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4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Mar 10, 2026 08:52 PM IST The ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Line — India’s first bullet train project — will begin its operations with Bharat-made Bullet trainset (B28), according to the report of the Standing Committee on Railways tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. The report noted that the first section of the 508-km project from Surat to Vapi (97 km) is likely to be made operational in August 2027 with India-made high-speed trains. The design speed of the Indian bullet train is 280 kmph and two sets are currently being developed by BEML in Bengaluru. Until now, there was an uncertainty whether Japan’s bullet train or India-made one would run on the first completed stretch of the project. The report also states that the development of Japan’s E10 Series Shinkansen bullet train is currently underway. However, it does not specify when the Japanese train will be deployed in the project, suggesting that challenges in procuring rolling stock from Japan still remain. “…there are challenges in getting rolling stock from Japan. You …

Railway Board approves re-routing of Kalaburagi–SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat train from Jan 1 – check new route, stoppages, timings, ticket price | India News

Railway Board approves re-routing of Kalaburagi–SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat train from Jan 1 – check new route, stoppages, timings, ticket price | India News

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Vande Bharat train: Indian Railways (IR) has revised the schedule of Kalaburagi–SMVT Bengaluru–Kalaburagi Vande Bharat Express train from January 1. Flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 12, 2024, this semi-high-speed train is being maintained and operated by the South Western Railway (SWR) zone. Kalaburagi-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express: Train Numbers, Distance, Travel Time Train number 22231 Kalaburagi–SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express train runs on all days of the week except Friday. On the other hand, train number 22232 SMVT Bengaluru-Kalaburagi Vande Bharat Express train runs on all days of the week except Thursday. The Kalaburagi–SMVT Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express train covers a distance of 550 km in 08:45 hrs. Kalaburagi to Bengaluru Vande Bharat train: Stoppages During its journey between Kalaburagi and Bengaluru, this Vande Bharat train stops at six stations. These are: Yadgir, Raichur, Manthralayam Rd, Guntakal, Anantapur and Yelahanka Junction. However, the Railway Board has now approved the re-routing of Train number 22231/22232 Kalaburagi–SMVT Bengaluru–Kalaburagi Vande Bharat Express via Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam. With this change, the train will have …

Railways cracks down on fake IDs: 3.03 crore accounts deactivated, 2.7 crore more under scanner | India News

Railways cracks down on fake IDs: 3.03 crore accounts deactivated, 2.7 crore more under scanner | India News

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Indian Railways train ticket booking, Indian Railways fake user IDs: The Ministry of Railways has taken multiple measures to crack down on fake user IDs to ensure smooth and seamless train ticket booking. The initiative aims to reform the ticketing system so that all passengers can easily book tickets using genuine and verified user IDs. (This is a developing story)   Expand Anish Mondal is a business journalist with over nine years of experience. He writes on diverse subjects such as Infrastructure, Railways, Roadways, Aviation, Politics, Market, Parliamentary affairs, Corporate earnings, General and International news etc. … Read More Stay updated with the latest – Click here to follow us on Instagram © IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Vande Bharat Sleeper train: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shares latest update | check details | India News

Vande Bharat Sleeper train: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shares latest update | check details | India News

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Vande Bharat Sleeper train latest update: Indian Railways (IR) is set to transform long-distance travel experience for passengers with the introduction of the Vande Bharat Sleeper train. Designed for overnight journeys, the new variant of Vande Bharat Express aims to offer enhanced comfort, speed and a premium travel experience. Vande Bharat train Presently, 164 services of Vande Bharat trains with Chair Car are operational across the vast network. Developed by Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF), these semi-high-speed trains have been running with full occupancies. Vande Bharat Sleeper train status In a written reply in the Lok Sabha on December 3, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared the latest updates on the Vande Bharat Sleeper trains while responding to queries raised by Lok Sabha MP PC Mohan. The Railway Minister said: “To cater to long and medium distance overnight travel, the Sleeper variant of Vande Bharat train has been indigenously designed. Two such rakes have been manufactured and are under trial/ commissioning. The Vande Bharat Sleeper variant is having faster acceleration and deceleration.” Vande Bharat Sleeper train …

Op Sindoor-themed roadshow, inauguration of rail projects on Day 1 of PM’s Gujarat visit | Ahmedabad News

Op Sindoor-themed roadshow, inauguration of rail projects on Day 1 of PM’s Gujarat visit | Ahmedabad News

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On the first day of his two-day visit to Gujarat on May 26 and 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects of the state government worth Rs 24,865 crore. The PM will inaugurate the 9,000 HP Locomotive Rolling Stock Workshop built by the Ministry of Railways at a cost of Rs 21.405 crore in Dahod. Besides, he will inaugurate the doubling work of Anand-Godhra, Mehsana-Palanpur, and Rajkot-Hadmatiya rail lines as well as the electrification of the 107-kilometre Sabarmati-Botad railway line besides the gauge conversion of Kalol-Kadi-Katosan rail line, amounting to a total of Rs 2,287 crore. A government release on Friday said, “The railway production unit has been built in Dahod with the ‘Make in India’ approach… The locomotive engine will have ‘Manufacturing by Dahod’ written on it. The railway production unit built in Dahod will provide employment to 10,000 people and will boost the local economy. The locomotive engine built in Dahod will be able to carry 4,600 tonnes of cargo. A target has been …

Railways sent 7 takedown notices to platforms since Dec | Latest News India

Railways sent 7 takedown notices to platforms since Dec | Latest News India

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The ministry of railways has sent at least seven content takedown notices to social media platforms since gaining direct enforcement powers in December, targeting videos ranging from overcrowded Maha Kumbh Special trains to train vandalism incidents, according to documents reviewed by HT. HT’s random sampling of the targeted content revealed that while some tweets have been removed, others remain accessible. (HT PHOTO) Three of these notices, sent to X (formerly Twitter), YouTube/Google, and Facebook/Instagram, have become part of X’s legal challenge against the government’s use of Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act for content blocking. In its petition, X argued that none of the targeted content meets the restrictions on free speech under Article 19(2) of the Constitution. These three Section 79(3)(b) notices are different from the February 17 directive ordering X to remove 285 links with videos of casualties of the New Delhi Railway Station stampede, which HT previously reported on February 21. All four notices list multiple tweets by news organisations, including Hindustan Times. The ministry initially sent X a list of …

Railways shortens advance reservation period from 120 days to 60 days | Business News

Railways shortens advance reservation period from 120 days to 60 days | Business News

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While reversing a decade old order, the Ministry of Railways Thursday made changes to its reservation rules and reduced the Advance Reservation Period (ARP) from 120 days to 60 days. The Ministry said that the order will be effective from November 01, 2024 and cited the new reservation period as being optimal from a passenger point of view. “With effect from 01.11.2024, the ARP will be of 60 days (excluding the day of journey) and bookings will be done accordingly. However, all the bookings done upto 31.10.2024 under the ARP of 120 days will remain intact,” reads the Railways circular. The ministry further said that the cancellations of the booking made beyond the ARP of 60 days will, however, be permitted. “There will be no change in the case of certain day time express trains like Taj Express, Gomti Express, etc. where lower time limits for advance reservations are, at present, in force,” reads the Ministry circular. Apart from this, there will also be no change in the case of a limit of 365 days …

Modi Cabinet approves new rail-road bridge over river Ganga in Varanasi

Modi Cabinet approves new rail-road bridge over river Ganga in Varanasi

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Image Source : PTI Representative image Rail-road bridge: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet today (October 16)  has approved a new rail-cum-road bridge in Varanasi across the Ganga River. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that this new rail-road bridge will be among the biggest bridges in the world in terms of traffic capacity. To be built at a cost of Rs 2,642 crore The new road bridge in Varanasi will have four railway lines on the lower deck and a six-lane highway on the upper deck. The new bridge will be built at an expense of Rs 2,642 crore. “Malviya Bridge is 137 years old. Now, it has been decided to build a new bridge that will have 4 railway lines on the lower deck and a 6-lane highway on the upper deck. This will be counted among the biggest bridges in the world in terms of traffic capacity. This will be built at an expense of Rs 2,642 Crore,” said Vaishnaw.  According to the Ministry of Railways, the proposed multi-tracking project will ease operations and reduce …

Railways After X User Shares Video Of Overcrowded Train

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A user on X shared a video of the overcrowded Kashi Express New Delhi: A user on the microblogging website X and the Railway Ministry took swipes at each other over a viral video of a crowded 2nd AC sleeper coach in which many people were seen allegedly travelling without a ticket. The user, Kapil, alleged that the crowd had reached “one of the most premium coaches” of Indian trains. “Only First AC is left to be destroyed,” he said on Friday while re-sharing an April 14 video of the overcrowded Kashi Express, which runs between Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur. The video was originally shared by a passenger on the train and showed people blocking the pathway to the washroom and standing at the entry and exit doors. “Due to the open doors, the AC of the train was not working well,” he claimed and tagged Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging him to take necessary action. This is not a General CoachThis is not a Sleeper CoachThis is not a 3AC Coach This is …