Tag: Railway

Current Chairman of the Railway Board VK Yadav to be the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

September 3, 2020

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of the current chairman of the Railway Board VK Yadav as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

First RORO Train flagged off from Bengaluru to Solapur

September 1, 2020

• The first ever Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO-RO) train between Bengaluru (Nelamangala) to Solapur (Maharashtra) flagged off by the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. It will cover a distance of 682 km.

Indian Railways develop medical trolley named ‘MEDBOT’

September 1, 2020

• To help deliver food and medicines to COVID-19 patients, Indian Railways has developed a remote-controlled medical trolley named ‘MEDBOT’.

Indian Railways Set to Meet All its Energy Need of Over 33 Billion Units by 2030

August 29, 2020

• Indian Railways is set to meet its energy consumption which will be over 33 billion units by 2030. Indian Railways has developed a mega plan to install solar power plants of capacity 20 Gigawatt(GW) by utilising vacant lands by 2030.

Indian Railways: World’s tallest Pier Bridge in Manipur

August 18, 2020

• The Indian Railways is constructing the world’s tallest pier bridge in Manipur, across river Ijai. The height of the bridge will be 141 meters and its estimated outlay is Rs 280 crore. The bridge is being built at Marangching village and will be completed by March 2022.

Indian Railways started 1st Kisan Rail Sewa

August 8, 2020

• First of its kind ‘Kisan Rail’ sewa was started by Indian Railways with an aim to transport agricultural products like vegetables, fruits to the market in a short period of time. This train is flagged off by Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal via videoconferencing.

Robot ‘Rakshak’ developed by Mumbai Central Railway

August 7, 2020

• A health assistant robot ‘Rakshak’ developed by Mumbai Central Railway that can remotely communicate between doctor and patient to fight against the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.

World’s first-ever Electrified Rail Tunnel capable of running Double Stack Container Trains to come up in Haryana

July 28, 2020

• The Indian Railways is in the process of building the world’s first electrified tunnel which is capable of running double stacked container trains.
• The tunnel when complete will be around 1 kilometre long and is situated near Rewari and Dadri in Haryana

International Union of Railways nominated Arun Kumar as its Vice-Chairman

July 23, 2020

• UIC (International Union of Railways), Security Platform nominated  the Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF), Arun Kumar as its Vice-Chairman from July 2020 to July 2022.

Indian Railways to launch 1st set of private trains by 2023.

July 21, 2020

• According to the initial timeline of Indian railways to launch 151 private trains by 2027, the first set of 12 private trains will start operation in 2023 followed by 45 more trains that will be in service next year.
• In a formal kick-start to its plans to allow private entities to operate passenger trains on its network. The project would require a private sector investment of about ₹30,000 crores.