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Rameswaram-Dhanushkodi railway line destroyed in 1964, to be restored

The railways plan to redevelop this station and connect it with the new broad gauge and electric line

Char Dham railway line: An uphill task in face of geological challenges

RVNL ready to build a curtailed link: that would mean the Indian Army will have to cover a longer distance to the China border by road.

JSPL may produce rail wheelsets; to set up manufacturing unit in Raigarh

The plant will have an initial capacity of producing 25,000 wheelsets per year

India's first semi-high speed freight train likely to run by December

Replicating the concept of Vande Bharat trains, the 16-coach 'Gati Shakti' train can clock 160 kmph and will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.

Eastern Railway achieves 100% electrification of 2,848 km network

The total electrification will help reduce carbon emission significantly and support the Indian Railway in achieving its target of making the country's railway network carbon neutral by 2030

Char Dham rail: A train to the Kedarnath shrine may not run anytime soon

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd says 'no purpose' in building Kedarnath leg of Char Dham rail

RITES hits pre-Covid revenue levels in FY22 with 21% jump on strong export

RITES Q4 results 2022: Operating revenue, excluding other income, went up by 21.5 per cent to Rs 744 crore in Q4 FY22

Railways may scrap new dedicated freight corridors, enhance existing ones

Railways new assessment will delay DPR of new corridors by 5 months

Quomodocunquize: Tharoor takes dig at Railway Ministry with head-scratcher

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday took a dig at the Ministry of Railways with a difficult-to-pronounce head-scratcher -- quomodocunquize.

IRFC records 38% growth in profit after tax at Rs 6,090 crore in FY22

Revenue from operations for FY22 grew by 28.71 per cent and stood at Rs 20,298.27 crore this fiscal as against Rs 15,770.22 crore a year ago

Parl panel holds meeting for discussing railway connectivity to ports

Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture is scheduled to convene a meeting on the subject of 'Railway Safety and Rail Connectivity to Ports'.

Top headlines: Railways-coal sector rift continues, 5G phones for Rs 10,000

Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour.

Railways-coal sector rift continues amid ongoing power crisis in India

Daily shortage of 25 rakes from May 1-7, says an insider; Railways refutes charge

Power crisis: Railways missed coal train provision targets for over a year

In April, state-run Indian Railways supplied 261 trains per day to Coal India for the power industry, the lowest in three months

Railways missed CIL train provision targets for over a year: Govt data

Inventories at Indian power plants fell 13% in April despite a 27.6% growth in Coal India's production, as a heatwave sent power demand soaring to a record high.

Explained: Why railway project costs go off track across various lines

A Business Stand­ard analysis found that cost escalation or overruns are common in all railway zones

Railways without a separate budget

Recent neglect of the Indian Railways' finances is worrying and public policy debate on this must be revived

Technical snag delays Mumbai local trains, office-goers walk along tracks

The fast locals were delayed by 15 minutes, while expressing regret over the inconvenience caused to commuters.

Railways cancels more passenger trains as power crisis worsens in country

The total number of trips called off across northern railway and south east central railway has reached 1081.

Coal crisis: Railways cancels 42 passenger trains; some to be restored soon

The Railways has cancelled 42 passenger trains in order to prioritise coal rake movement across country to deal with a shortage of vital input at thermal power plants, the national transporter said