Indian Railway
Imphal, 4th capital city in NE, to come on railway map within 27 months
NFR Chief Public Relations Officer Guneet Kaur said that the NFR organisation is executing the Jiribam-Imphal new broad gauge railway line project at an estimated cost of Rs 12,264.15 crore and the target date for completion of the project is December 2023. "Eight new station buildings, 11 major bridges, 134 minor bridges, four road overbridges, 12 road underbridges & a record length of over 71,066 meter of tunnelling are being constructed," she told IANS.
Indian Railway starts Oxygen Expresses to meet demands in hospitals
"First Oxygen Express with liquid medical oxygen (LMO) tankers is going to start its journey for Mumbai from Visakhapatnam tonight," the Railways said in a statement. Tankers filled with LMO at Visakhapatnam are being transported through roll on-roll off service.
10 RFQ applications come for CSMT Railway Station redevelopment
The ten companies are GMR Enterprises Pvt Ltd, ISQ Asia Infrastructure Investments, Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd, Anchorage Infrastructure Investments Holdings Ltd, Adani Railways Transport Ltd, Brookfield Infrastructure Fund IV, Moribus Holdings Pte Ltd, Godrej Properties Ltd, Keystone Realtors Pvt Ltd, and Oberoi Realty Ltd.
Railways kept Khadi going with Rs 49-cr order during lockdown
A KVIC official privy to the development told IANS, "Khadi activities received a major push during 2020 that largely remained affected due to the Covid-19 lockdown."
Railways to run trains from Bengaluru city to airport
Two pairs of trains will operate from Monday between Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (KSR) station in the city and the Kempegowda international Airport Devanahalli halt station. The fare is Rs 15 for one-way trip, a zonal official told IANS. The Bengaluru international airport is about 40km northeast of the city. The first train will depart from KSR at 4.45 a.m. and reach the airport station at 5.50 a.m.
Jammu and Kashmir's aspirations to be fulfilled by completing Railway project: Goyal
Besides Goyal, Railway Board Chairman and CEO V.K. Yadav, Northern Railway General Manager Ashutosh Gangal and Chief Administrative Officer of USBRL project Vijay Sharma were also present during the meeting. Sharma apprised Goyal about the latest status of work on the last leg of the project between Katra-Banihal.
Railways in talks with govt for transportation of Covid-19 vaccine
A senior railway ministry official, wishing anonymity, said that once the decision is taken for transporting the vaccine, they will announce. He said that there are several "technical issues" with implications as to the temperature required for the transportation of the vaccine and others.
Railways operating 1,089 mail, express trains as compared to 1,768 trains during normal time
Addressing a virtual press conference here, Railway Board Chairman and CEO V. K. Yadav said, "As of now we are operating 1,089 mail and express trains as compared to 1,768 trains." He said that the railways is operating 264 Kolkata metro trains and 3,936 suburban services.
Policy of reserved tickets on express trains to stay for now: Railways
The Indian Railways on Sunday refuted claims about the issuance of unreserved tickets, saying that there has been no change in policy to run all Express trains, including festival specials and clone specials, as fully reserved trains only, by issuing reserved tickets for second class coaches and passenger portion of SLRs coach.
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