Railway Ministry inks deal with Tata Steel to provide seating system, panelling for 22 Vande Bharat trains
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The Ministry of Railways has set a production target of 200 Vande Bharat trains over the next two years, besides setting a target to run the first sleeper version of Vande Bharat by the first quarter of 2024. Keeping this in view, an agreement has been signed with Tata Steel to speed up the production work.
Tata Steel to manufacture 22 Vande Bharat trains in next one year
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The Ministry of Railways has set a production target of 200 Vande Bharat trains for the next two years, besides setting a target to run the first sleeper version of Vande Bharat by the first quarter of 2024. Keeping this in view, an agreement has been signed between Indian Railways and Tata Steel on several schemes to speed up the production work.
Russian-Indian consortium TMH-RVNL lowest bidder for Vande Bharat sleeper trains
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The next lowest financial bidder is the consortium of BHEL-Titagarh Wagons. The Indian Railways had invited bids to roll out 200 Vande Bharat sleeper trains. As per the tender conditions, the second lowest bidder can make 80 trains at the price quoted by the lowest bidder.
Railways launch 2 long haul freight trains 'Trishul', 'Garuda'  
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These long haul trains provide a very effective solution to the problem of capacity constraints in critical sections. This train was launched on Thursday from Kondapalli station of Vijayawada division to Khurda division of East Coast Railway.
Railways opens bid to operate 29 private trains
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A railway spokesperson said that after detailed exercise and multiple rounds of discussion with the industry players, the bids for PPP in passenger train operations project were opened on Friday. "This is an entirely new attempt to bring world class trains through PPP in India," he said. "The Ministry of Railways will expeditiously complete the evaluation and decide the bids," he added.
Railways surpasses last year's freight loading
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Addressing a press conference here, Railway Board Chairman and CEO Suneet Sharma said it is a huge achievement given the coronavirus pandemic had disrupted rail movement. Hailing railway employees, he said that the initiatives taken by them at the zonal and divisional levels helped the national transporter to increase its freight basket.
Microsoft Azure helps IRCTC chatbot boost user experience by 70%
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Developed by conversational AI platform CoRover, the virtual assistant uses technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) to answer passenger queries. Following the success of AskDISHA, IRCTC is partnering with CoRover to co-sell and re-sell AI products and services to government and private organisations across industries, the company said in a statement.
L&T lowest bidder for Rishikesh-Karnaprayag railway project, to bag Rs 3,000 crore contract
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The scope of this engineering and construction project includes completing tunnel work by Tunnel Boring Method (TBM) and New Austrian Tunnel Method (NATM) with formation, construction shaft and ancillary works from Chainage 47+360 to 63+117 Km in the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand.
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