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Railways gets a record Rs1.48 trillion in Union Budget 2018

At Rs14.6 trillion, almost all of the railway budget is capital expenditure for capacity creation, including track doubling, gauge conversion and third and fourth line works and redevelopment of 600 railway stations

3 min read2 Feb 2018
Politics

Railways planning a 200 kmph Delhi-Chandigarh train

The 245-km long Delhi-Chandigarh corridor is slated to be first semi high-speed train project being taken up by Railways to run at maximum speed of 200 kmph

1 min read16 Apr 2017
Industry

Humsafar Express flagged off from Gorakhpur

Railway minister Suresh Prabhu said that at the time of budget the government had decided to launch four new trainsHumsafar, Antyodaya, UDAY and Tejas

1 min read16 Dec 2016
Politics

Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh to get 9 more trains shortly

550 specials passing through Uttar Pradesh are being pressed into service to clear extra rush due to various festivals such as Diwali and Chhat in the current fiscal

1 min read23 Oct 2016
Politics

Railways adds Tejas, Hamsafar, Antodaya Express trains to new timetable

Railways to add 30 new services in its new timetable

1 min read26 Sep 2016
Industry

Cabinet clears railway projects worth over Rs24,000 crore

Railway tracks of a total length of around 1,938 km will be laid by the Indian Railways under the projects

3 min read25 Aug 2016
Politics

Rail Budget 2016 | Present tense, future hopeful

Admitting the current financial year is a washout, railway minister Suresh Prabhu sets an ambitious medium-term goal

4 min read26 Feb 2016
Opinion

Rail budget has promises to keep and miles to go

Railway minister Sadanand Gowda's first rail budget has positives while not being a populist one

3 min read9 Jul 2014
Specials

Growing productive capacity, the Gowda way

The rail budget has taken decisive steps towards increasing track capacity in sectors that contribute substantially to the revenue

4 min read9 Jul 2014
Specials

Railway minister underlines limits to populism

Sadananda Gowda refrains from announcing many new projects, says govt will first focus on setting things in order

2 min read9 Jul 2014
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