A major milestone in the Indian Railway’s kitty-18-coach trial run carried out successfully in the Katra-Budgam section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL). The practice was done over a Sunday morning and it had been the final leg of testing into this ambitious venture. The train that left the Katra railway station at 8 a.m. reached Budgam, thus successfully completing …
The much-awaited Thane Metro 4A route forming part of the larger Metro corridor connecting CSMT to Mira Road, has been faced with huge delays and cost escalations. What was scheduled earlier to be completed by March 2024 has now been extended till April 2025 with a cost escalation of Rs 63 crore. This has invited criticism from commuters and locals …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently made an exciting announcement regarding the future of bullet trains in India in the near future, saying that India would be expected to try out its first bullet train service. The direct indication of this is his statement referring to the project Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail, for which work is currently in process after the foundation-laying …
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is all set to transform the city’s transportation system with driverless metro trains. The first batch of the innovative three-car trains is to be put to test in the Madhavaram depot by the early part of 2028. The trains are part of the expansion of Chennai Metro in phase 2, which would improve connectivity and …
A huge enhancement of railway stations in India through the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) will open a business opportunity worth approximately Rs 30,000 crore for the EPC companies over the next two years. Such a development would not just alter the country’s infrastructure landscape and provide an extremely opportunistic market for EPC companies that look to diversify in business. …