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Construction of world's tallest railway bridge begins in Manipur   G uwahati: Construction of the world's tallest railway bridge from the point of pillar height has begun in Manipur by the Northeast Frontier Railway Construction Organisation.   The proposed bridge near Noney with pillar height up to 141 metres is slated to become the tallest in the world from the point of pillar height surpassing the existing tallest of Mala-Rijeka viaduct on Belgrade-Bar railway line in Europe where the height of pillars is 139 metre, said an N-F Railway spokesman.
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Railways need Rs 5 lakh crore to complete sanctioned projects Saturday, August 02, 2014 New Delhi: Railways need nearly Rs 5 lakh crore to complete all sanctioned projects for which it is mobilizing additional resources including private investment, FDI and private-public partnership.
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Cleanliness drive: Disposable bed linen in Rajdhani Express! Jyoti Mukul in New Delhi               I f you are on board an Indian Railways coach and get bed linen never used by anyone, your chances of getting a good night's sleep increase manifold, especially if the compartment is pest-free. You might get this happy surprise when you next board a train. The Railways is planning to soon try disposable bed linen, on an experimental basis, in the Bangalore Rajdhani Express. Among other initiatives that the Railways is planning for giving you a "clean experience" are bio-toilets, pest-free train coaches and setting up of more cleaning stations. All of this with a mere Rs 940 crore in pocket? It seems the country's biggest transporter has a very daunting task at hand. But the Railway Board is in a mission mode to make these possible, especially because cleanliness is among the three priority areas Prime Minister Narendra Modi h...
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Telangana: Train collides with bus; 18 school children killed, 12 severely injured Thursday, July 24, 2014 Hyderabad: Eleven school children, including a bus driver were killed when a bus carrying 40 students collided with Nanded Express at an unmanned railway crossing near Medak in Telangana.   Confirming the incident, DIG N Suryanarayana said that 12 people including 11 children were killed in Telangana's Medak district in train-school bus collision.   The DIG said that 16 others have been grievously injured. The injured school children have been rushed to Hyderabad for medical treatment.   The children were the students of Kakatiya Techno School.   Reports say that it was the first time the school bus driver took the particular route to reach the school in a hurry.   Meanwhile, a Railway official source said that there might be a possibility that the accident happened as the bus driver was in ...
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AILRSA കൊല്ലം   ബ്രാഞ്ച്  BGM നു 26-04-14 നു കൊല്ലത്ത്   വച്ച് വർണാഭമായ   ചടങ്ങുകളോടെ   തുടക്കമായി . കൊല്ലം   റെയിൽവേ നഗരിയെ പ്രകമ്പനം   കൊള്ളിച്ച ശക്തി പ്രകടനവും തുടർന്ന് നടന്ന പൊതു സമ്മേളനവും .   ചിത്രങ്ങൾ ചുവടെ  
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Source Rail News Southern-most tip of India urge for Urgent Doubling of 276 Km Madurai-Kanyakumari Section Kanyakumari (CAPE): The Chennai-Trichy-Madurai-Kanyakumari main line (738 km) is the most important route of the Southern Railway (SR) of Indian Railways, as it connects the entire part of Tamil Nadu, particularly the central and southern parts of the state with State capital Chennai in general and the other parts of India in particular. This line is also considered to be the back bone of the state as well as the Southern Railway, as this route generates maximum revenue to the SR
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RAIL NEWS NIT, Rourkela conferred Honorary Degree to Mr. E. Sreedharan   R ourkela (ROU): Padma Vibhushan Engineer Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, popularly known as Metro Man, was conferred with honorary degree of D.Sc. by NIT, Rourkela (NITR) at a special convocation held in Bangalore.