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June 16, 2020 | Main line

Pune - Nashik broad-gauge mainline approved

THE Indian government has approved the 235.15km, Rupee 160.39 trillion ($US 2.1bn) Pune - Nashik broad-gauge main line project, a 200km/h double-track line through the Maharashtra region.

June 16, 2020 | Freight

Indian Railways launches electric double-stack container operation

INDIAN Railways have begun operation of the world’s first overhead electric (OHE) double-stack intermodal trains. Services began on June 10 on a section of the country’s Western Railway, between Palanpur and Botad stations in Gujarat state.

June 15, 2020 | Asia

Hospital coaches sent to Delhi as part of Covid-19 strategy

THE Indian government is sending 500 converted coaches to Delhi to be used as hospital wards for Covid-19 patients.

May 20, 2020 | Fleet

First Alstom Prima electric locomotive enters service in India

INDIAN Railways (IR) has put into service the first of 800 WAG-12 or Prima T8 electric two-section locomotives supplied by Alstom.

May 7, 2020 | Fleet

Bombardier to supply trains for Delhi - Meerut project

INDIA’s National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has awarded Bombardier a Rs 25.77bn ($US 340m) contract for 40 trains for the Delhi - Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project.

April 30, 2020 | Commuter Rail

Delhi commuter rail network takes shape

Vinay Kumar Singh, managing director of the National Capital Region Transport Corporation, talks to Srinand Jha about the project to build a 349km network of 160km/h commuter rail lines connecting Delhi with cities in the neighbouring states of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

April 28, 2020 | Commuter Rail

Delhi - Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System contract awarded

INDIA’s National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has awarded L&T Construction’s Heavy Civil Infrastructure subsidiary two contracts to construct part of the 82km Delhi - Gaziabad - Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) line in Uttar Pradesh.

March 23, 2020 | Asia

India shuts down passenger rail network until March 31

ALL passenger rail services operated by Indian Railways and Konkan Railway ceased operation at midnight on March 22.

February 28, 2020 | Main line

Controversy over Indian project

DOUBTS have emerged over plans to build a 577km standard-gauge 200km/h mainline in the southern Indian state of Kerala following discrepancies in two back-to-back preliminary survey reports submitted by Systra, France in 2019.

February 26, 2020 | Commuter Rail

India’s 160km/h Regional Rapid Transit System launched

INDIA has officially launched the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project, which aims to offer 160km/h services between New Delhi and Tier-2 cities in adjoining states.

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