Alstom has bagged the prestigious order worth over Rs 36,000 crore for making 100 aluminium bodied Vande Bharat trains with Sleeper facility and a speed of 200 kmph. There were only two major rolling...

Snapshot Maharashtra state government plans to build a 180 km long expressway between Nashik and Pune. The state government has already taken up a semi-high speed railway between Pune and Nashik.  ...

The Indian Railways plans to add four more high-speed rail corridors to the National Rail Plan in addition to the presently planned eight corridors. The proposed eight corridors include Mumbai –...

Moving ahead with the ambitious Sleeper Vande Bharat train project, Russian rolling-stock major TMH on Monday deposited the Rs 200 crore as performance bank guarantee (PBG). Now the Indian Railways...

Snapshot The Chennai Airport-Kilambakkam blue line is an extension of the already operational Corridor 1 (Washermenpet to Chennai Airport) under the Phase-I of Chennai metro. It will be built as an...

Adani Group and IRB Infrastructure will build Uttar Pradesh’s 594-km long Ganga Expressway between Meerut and Prayagraj. The Rs 36,230 crore greenfield expressway project is divided into four...

For the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, since 2014, providing major impetus to infrastructure development has been a key thrust area. Since 2014,...

The comprehensive report based on global standards was approved by the Uttar Pradesh state government during a meeting with the bid evaluation committee. The pod taxi project is planned for complet...

One can feel the morning chill amid the shining Sun as Sanjana, along with a bunch of other young boys and girls, deboards the bus. Pacing towards the entry gate to punch in, she rushes to her...

Indian Railways has issued letter of award (LOA) to TMH, the Russian rolling stock company, to start the necessary preparation for making 120 rakes at Latur. “With the issue of this LOA , the...

Around 65,000 km of national highways projects involving investment of Rs 10.4 lakh crore are under construction in the country as on 30 November this year, the Parliament was told on Thursday (9...

The Mumbai Metro Line-3 project, got a big boost when the ninth train arrived at the Aarey Car Depot in the city on Friday. With this all the nine trains required for the Phase I operation of the...

Ramping up Vande Bharat production, Siemens and Bombardier Transportation will make the semi-high speed trainsets at Modern Coach Factory (MCF) at Raebareli and Rail Coach Factory (RCF) at Kapurtha...

In a boost to India’s ambition to become a global shipping hub, the Udupi Cochin Shipyard Limited (UCSL) has bagged an international shipbuilding order from Wilson ASA, a leading European player in...

With no headway in the proposed Nashik-Pune semi high-speed rail project, the Maharashtra government is exploring its implementation under the metro policy. Earlier in February 2023, the Ministry of...

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) in mainland Mumbai is set to be connected to the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) via a new 35 km Airport Express Metro....

These plants will be built between Mahalaxmi and Nepean Sea Road in the reclaimed areas where the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP) is being built. The STPs aim to prevent disposal of biological...

Snapshot In 2017, Uttar Pradesh had only 15 km of metro rail operational in Ghaziabad and Noida. In less than five years, the metro lines were expanded to 82 km in four cities with Lucknow and...

New Delhi, Jan 23: After 22 months of launching Vande Bharat Express for Katra, Indian Railways has awarded the prestigious contract for manufacturing of 44 more such trains at an estimated cost of...

Snapshot The 701-km, six-lane access-controlled road will reduce the travel time between Nagpur and Mumbai to seven hours. After a long lull, Maharashtra is trying to catch up on infra development....

The Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) is planning to introduce metro services in tourist hotspots of Ayodhya, Varanasi and Mathura. UPMRC MD Sushil Kumar in an interview with Hindustan...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to flag off nine Vande Bharat trains, a record launch in a single day, for various destinations, including poll-bound states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is in talks with a foreign company to construct an electric highway from Delhi to Jaipur. While reviewing the Delhi – Mumbai Expressway (DME) at Dausa in...

Despite Covid-19 induced restrictions on construction and logistics sectors, India recorded the highest ever construction speed of National Highways in 2020-21 with a pace of 36.5 km per day. The...

As of 1 April 2021, 484 Railway projects of 51,165 km length, costing around Rs 7.53 lakh crore, are in different execution stages, out of which 10,638 km length has been commissioned and an expend...

During 2020-21, Indian Railways has electrified 6,015 Route kilometres (RKM) against the target of 6,000 RKM. To expedite the implementation of Railway electrification projects, funds are allocated...

Newly-appointed secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Ministry, Anurag Jain, recently stated that the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is expected to be completed by December 2024. Announced during a...

A Vande Bharat Express is likely to operate between Jammu and Srinagar in the union territory of J&K by the middle of 2024. The semi-high speed train already runs on Delhi-Mata Vaishno Devi, Katra...

Union Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced a new road connectivity between the under-construction Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh and the...

The first trial run of the ongoing Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project between Surat and Bilimora (63 km) is scheduled for August 2026. Work on additional high-speed rail routes is expected to...

Appreciating the rapid pace of completion of the sections since the last two years, Railway Board Chairman and CEO AK Lahoti said 90 per cent of the Dedicated Freight Corridor to be completed by...

In early 2024, Indian Railways is all set to introduce the Vande Metro, a new venture aimed at providing premium short-distance travel. This project was initially unveiled by Railway Minister Ashwini...

Snapshot The 350-kilometre Buxar-Bhagalpur expressway, as an extension to the Purvanchal Expressway, has an east-west alignment and will connect Buxar in west Bihar bordering Uttar Pradesh to...

Nageswaran emphasised that funding for fossil fuels must continue even as India strives towards a balance of renewables in the energy mix. Energy Security and use of fossil fuels will be crucial to...

Currently, technical evaluation of these two companies are underway and by the end of September, financial bids would be opened. Rail Technology International India and Vandhana International, two...

In a positive development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Uttarakhand’s first Vande Bharat Express connecting Dehradun to Delhi on 25 May. The announcement was made by Uttarakhand Chief...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to announce the launch of Vande Bharat trains in Kerala during his visit to the state on 25 April. According to a report in Mathrubhumi, the Vande Bharat train...

Snapshot Eleven leading players, including Alstom, Medha and Siemens, are vying for a contract to manufacture 58 Vande Bharat rakes.   Alstom, Medha and Siemens are among 11 major players who had...

Indian Railways is actively considering to develop a semi-high speed track compatible for running train at 200 kmph speed on the surface level close to the existing track between Bangalore and...