Tag: Railway

Indian Railways will be the largest Railway in the world to have 100 percent electrification by 2030

July 14, 2020

• Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said that Indian Railways will be the largest Railway in the world to have 100 percent electrification replacing diesel at the India Global Week-2020.
• It will be the world’s first Green Railways running on 100 percent clean energy by 2030.
• The government has opened up for bidding for additional 151 trains inviting private participation so the passengers can enjoy world-class facilities and high-speed journeys.

Private players to start rail passenger services by April 2023

July 8, 2020

• Private players will start rail passenger services by April 2023, and they will operate only five percent of the Railways’ total mail and express trains. The remaining 95 percent of the trains in India will be operated by Railways.

Railways, BHEL pair up for solar power generation

July 7, 2020

• Indian Railway paired up with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has established a 1.7 Megawatt solar power plant at Bina, Madhya Pradesh.

Modi govt plays first move to privatize Railways, invites private players to run 151 trains

July 3, 2020

• In a notable push to privatization in the Indian Railways, Railways Board chairman VK Yadav stated that by 2023, about 5 percent of traveler train operations will be carried out by the private players, so as to start a jump towards technological advancements and enhanced speeds in the Railway operations.

Indian Railways inks MoU with RailTel for VSS work at 6049 stations

June 26, 2020

• Indian Railways has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RailTel, a miniratna PSU under Ministry of Railways, for providing Video Surveillance System (VSS) work at 6049 stations of Category A1, A, B, C , D& E of Indian Railways.

Central Railways starts robotic ‘Captain Arjun’ for the screening of passengers for COVID-19

June 15, 2020

• Central Railways has started a robot called ‘Captain Arjun” for the screening of travelers for COVID-19 infection and monitoring on railway premises in Pune.

Indian Railways makes new world record by successfully running first Double-Stack Container Train in OHE electrified territory

June 15, 2020

• Indian Railways has made a new world record by successfully running the first Double-Stack Container Train in a high-rise in Over Head Equipment(OHE) electrified territory on Western Railway.

Indian Railways operationalized its 1st 12,000 hp electric Locomotive- WAG12

May 23, 2020

• Indian Railways has operationalized its 1st 12,000 hp electric Locomotive- WAG12. The loco is named WAG12 with Number 60027. This Locomotive has produced by Madhepura Electric Loco Factory in Bihar.

‘Rail-Bot’ revealed by SCR to provide better health care to COVID-19 patients

May 20, 2020

• South Central Railway zone has prepared a robotic device named as “RAIL-BOT” (R-BOT) to support in the functions of hospital management to give better health care to the coronavirus patients.

Ahmedabad station to be 1st station to get sanitizing tunnel

April 13, 2020

• Ahmedabad railway station at Kalupur, Gujarat becomes the 1st station of Indian Railways (IR) to set up a “Walk Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel”.
• This Walk Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel is set up to make sure the safety of staff and passengers in the view of the COVID-19.