New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Indian Railways has electrified 99.6 per cent of its broad gauge network, operates about 25,000 trains daily and has carried 741 crore passengers in 2025–26, the government said on Wednesday.In 2025–26, the total revenue reached approximately Rs 80,000 crore, while freight movement touched a record 1,670 million tonnes (MT), according to an official statement.Only about 20 per cent of India’s railway network was electrified by 2014, limiting operational efficienc…
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New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Engineering giant Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said on Thursday it will invest up to Rs 3,064.46 crore as equity into Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Ltd. (BCGCL), according to an exchange filing.BHEL’s contribution will be spread over four years, into the Joint Venture Company of BHEL and Coal India with equity shareholding of 49 per cent and 51 per cent respectively.The JV’s initial objective is to undertake chemicals business through setting up a…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A plan to manufacture 260 rakes of Vande Bharat Sleeper trainsets has been firmed up for Indian Railways, and these will be inducted into regular passenger service in a phased manner based on demand and operational readiness, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed Parliament on Wednesday.The Vande Bharat Sleeper Train manufacturing programme is being executed in a phased manner through prototype development, trials and series production by BEML & Integral Coach F…
Guwahati, Feb 3 (IANS) The Northeastern region have received a significant boost to rail connectivity and infrastructure development in the Union Budget 2026-27 under the Viksit Bharat vision, with an allocation of Rs 11,486 crore for railway projects, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday. In a post on X, Sarma expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sustained support to railway expansion in the region, stating that the enhanced allocation would accelerate…
Guwahati, Jan 22 (IANS) The much-awaited commercial service of the Semi High Speed Vande Bharat Sleeper started its maiden run on Thursday from the Kamakhya Railway station, near Guwahati, railway officials said. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that the lucky passengers of the first trip from Kamakhya to Howrah (Kolkata) expressed their happiness at being able to undertake the journey through this premium train. At the Kamak…
Guwahati, Jan 20 (IANS) The first commercial run of the Vande Bharat Sleeper train between Kamakhya (Guwahati) and Howrah (Kolkata) has received an overwhelming response from passengers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 17 flagged off the country’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Express Train between Guwahati (Kamakhya) and Kolkata (Howrah), and he also launched the Amrit Bharat Express trains. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharm…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Protests erupted in Beldanga of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Saturday after a migrant worker from the state was allegedly thrashed in Jharkhand.Hundreds of people blocked the Barua More intersection, National Highway 12 and vandalised the railway gate near Beldanga station, disrupting train services.Train services between Krishnanagar and Lalgola are currently suspended.Eastern Railway General Manager (GM) Milind K. Deuskar said that they are sending additional fo…