Podanur, March 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually inaugurated several new railway services and infrastructure projects from Tiruchirappalli, including the flagship Podanur-Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express. The weekly train will connect Podanur Junction in Coimbatore with Dhanbad in Jharkhand, linking South India’s industrial hubs directly with Eastern India’s coal and mineral regions.PM Modi, present in Tichy, also inaugurated two other Amrit Bharat Express trains, two…
Latest LHB coaches News & Updates
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The number of modern Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches manufactured in India for Indian Railways in 2014-25 increase more than 18 times to 42,677 compared to 2,337 such coaches produced in the country during 2004-2014, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday.Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches are modern, stainless steel passenger coaches, made with German technology, that are designed for higher speeds of 160–200 km/h. They provide improved safety and better passenger co…
Guwahati, Jan 4 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has set new benchmarks in railway workshop modernisation with the upgradation of its New Bongaigaon workshop in western Assam, railway officials said on Sunday. NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that the railway zone achieved notable infrastructure and operational milestones at the New Bongaigaon workshop during December 2025. He said that the New Bongaigaon workshop reaffirmed its continued focu…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) As many as 42 projects of the Indian Railways, including innovation, indigenisation, track renewals, electrification works, and “airport-like facilities” at redeveloped stations to redefine rail travel, worth over Rs 25,000 crore, were commissioned in 2025 to make passenger and freight trains safer and faster in the country, an official statement said on Sunday. The New Year is all set to offer comfortable sleeper journeys in long-distance travels through Vande Bharat &a…