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Railways trial run of double-stacked dwarf container train successful

Railways has conducted a successful trial run of double stacked dwarf container train from Mehsana in Gujarat to Jawaharlal Nehru Port, a release said on Thursday. The train with five wagons of double-stacked dwarf containers arrived the Port on Thursday at 11:30 am and departed at 1 pm, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust ( (JNPT) said in the release. 'Dwarf' containers provides 67 per cent higher volume when double-stacked and can carry a weight of 71 tons, against 40 tons by an ISO container, it said. The government-run port operator also said that "it is in the process of finalising an operator for 'management, maintenance and operations of a dedicated dwarf container depot (D-Depot) inside the Port area". Indian Railways has given 17 per cent discount on haulage cost for double stack dwarf container trains compared to double stack ISO container trains coupled with additional volume benefit, JNPT said. At the D-Depot ISO containers for exports and imports will be destuffed/restuffed

Railways registers higher cumulative freight loading till Feb 28 than FY20

Freight loading crossed 5 million tonnes on February 28, the ministry said

Kumbh Mela 2021: Railways sets up centralised control room in Haridwar

A centralised hi-tech control room has been set up by Indian Raiways at Haridwar railway station

Railways hiked fares for short distances to deter non-essential travel

Hike covers less than 3% of total trains running; fares fixed in passenger trains at unreserved price of mail or express trains for the same distance

Train service between Kashmir Valley and Jammu to resume after 11 months

"A dry run of 137 km was carried out yesterday (Sunday) between Baramulla and Banihal," the official of the Northern Railways said

Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express skips Andheri halt, WR probe on

The Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express on Sunday skipped its halt at Andheri station, inconveniencing 42 passengers who had to alight there, Western Railway officials said. The train, operated by railway PSU IRCTC, was then given an unscheduled halt at Dadar so that these passengers could alight, and an inquiry has been initiated into the lapse, they said. Andheri is a temporary two-minute halt for the train till March 29.

Goyal encourages railways officials to give suggestions for optimisation

These suggestions could be about anything that can contribute to better passenger services, safety, revenue generation, freight and business development, increasing the speed or anything

Farmers' nationwide 'rail roko' program today, unions appeals for peace

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for a peaceful protest, expecting to get support for the program from across the country

Threat to BSNL, tepid listing gains: Analysts' take on RailTel IPO

Listen to this podcast to know what Ambareesh Baliga, an independent market analyst; and Likhita Chepa, senior research analyst at CapitalVia Global Research have to say about the issue

Indian Railways may choose BOT model for dedicated freight corridors: Rpt

The BOT model will be first implemented on a small stretch of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) between Sonnagar in Bihar and West Bengal's Dankuni

We've had no NPAs, plan to keep it that way: Amitabh Banerjee, CMD, IRFC

In a Q&A, Banerjee says the company is unlikely to change its model of leasing to Indian Railways, but is open to financing private projects that have forward or backward linkages with railways

Indian Railways rolls out its first AC 3-tier economy class coach

These coaches, officials said, will be "economical" and in between the current AC three-tier and non-AC sleeper class

Over 17,000 FIRs lodged in 2020 for incidents of crime on trains

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal informed Parliament on Wednesday.

Railways focussing on international connectivity through N-E region: NFR GM

Indian Railways is focussing on international connectivity through the North East, particularly with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar, Northeast Frontier Railway general manager Anshul Gupta said

BJD criticises centre for lower allocation of Rail funds, BJP trashes claim

BJP leaders asserted that Narendra Modi has all along given priority to the state and provided sufficient money

Railways, Department of Posts, AAI not to be privatised under PSE policy

Public sector enterprises in the nature of development and regulatory authorities, autonomous organisations, trusts, development financing institutions would also be out of the policy

All supercritical railway projects to be completed by March 2022: Goyal

Fund allocation and targets planned for next 4 years, says minister

Covid-19: 512 train passengers in Mumbai fined for not wearing masks

As many as 328 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Mumbai

Indian Railway Finance Corp's IPO will not dent govt support: S&P Global

S & P Global Ratings has said that Indian Railway Finance Corporation's (IRFC's) initial public offering does not alter its view of government support to the company.The government, which has been the sole owner of IRFC since its inception in 1986, holds about 86 per cent shares after the listing. In the IPO exercise, the government sold 5 per cent stake and additional 10 per cent shares were issued to the market."The divestment does not affect our assessment of IRFC's critical link and integral role to the government. The IPO plans were announced as far back as 2017 and we had factored the potential share sale in our ratings on the company since then."S & P said it continues to see an almost certain likelihood of extraordinary government support for IRFC in the event of financial distress. There is no change to the company's business model and it remains the sole financing arm of the Ministry of Railways.IRFC will remain integrally linked to the government. The government ...

Railway Board lauds Rs 1.10 trn Budget allocation, calls it 'path-breaking'

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that the central government is allocating Rs 1,10,055 crores for Railways