Page 49 - Railways

Reverse auction in play as firms bid to supply 21,758 wagons to Railways

In a reverse auction, the sellers compete to obtain business and prices typically decrease as the sellers underbid each other after the lowest price is made public

Railways set to do away with level crossings in all upcoming new lines

The Railways is currently working on around 223 new lines, which are under various stages of execution

Railways See Rise In Coal Freight Demand

Railways See Rise In Coal Freight Demand

Railways to accept digital versions of Aadhaar, driving license as ID proof

DigiLocker, a digital storage service operated by the government, can currently store digital driving licences and Aadhaar

First waste-to-energy plant at Jaipur railway station faces GST hurdles

Though the process began two years back and the successful bidder has brought in the required machinery and technology, the procurement process is yet to be GST-compliant

Punctuality problem: What is stretching the waiting time for trains

The railways also factor in a 15 per cent chance of locomotive or wagon failure, signal problems and electrical defects during a train journey

The existence of railway hospitals

In a way, Indian Railways already allows for competition. In addition to 125 railway hospitals, 133 private hospitals are recognised for treatment

Railways eyes 2 bn tonnes in freight movement of coal loading by 2023-2024

As of now, coal loading is around 555 million tonnes (MT), which is 22 MT more than the previous year's

Track renewal picks pace: Goyal effect or renewed focus on safety?

2,075 km of tracks underwent upgrade since January, with the month of March seeing the highest ever track renewal numbers, at 642 km

Letter to BS: Why unmanned crossing is reality of life in many countries?

The only people who deserve our sympathy are the innocents who become a victim of collateral damage due to the foolishness of one person

The strange case of Katni-Damoh rail heist

How could 1.6 km of rail lying alongside an active - and busy - railway track between the two towns be stolen and sold off as scrap?

In rare case, New Delhi bound train loses track, reaches Old Delhi

Once the mistake was realised, the train was immediately diverted back to New Delhi station

Railways won't accept work above Rs 500 mn without DPRs as projects pile up

Several Railways projects are stuck with issues like forest clearances, land acquisition, coastal zone regulation, other local issues

Railways installed over 100,000 bio-toilets in trains at Rs 5.13 bn: Govt

Government said the expenditure booked for installation of bio-toilets by zonal railways from 2015 till December 2017 was Rs 5.13 billion

GE's Make in India plan to kick off with remote monitoring centre in UP

In line with govt's Make in India push, the company is importing only 40 locomotives, as against 100 earlier planned with Railways

Railways collected over Rs 8.5 billion in ticket-related fines, says govt

Rajen Gohain told the Rajya Sabha that during the financial year 2017-18 1.8 million checks were conducted by Zonal Railways

Films, rucksacks, cycles, rods: New safety tools for Railways to save lives

The rod, called Coach Window Rod Snapper Tool, made with high-speed steel, can cut through in 30 to 40 seconds

Revenue from passenger fare up by 5%, freight by 8%, says Railways

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal recently said that the railways had set a target to triple its freight traffic to three billion tonnes by 2030 from the existing 1.1 billion tonnes

Soon, all trains to have 22 coaches, to be able to run on any routes

The changes in the number of trains operating on a route and their timings will reflect in the new time-table, to be published in July

A story of two buildings

Both Baroda House, headquarters of Northern Railways, and Rail Bhavan, headquarters of Indian Railways, were acquired through adverse possession, indelicately referred to as squatter's rights