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On 7 July 2023, the CBI detailed the progress in the case and arrested three railway officials believed to be responsible for the accident. [47] The CBI statement identified them as one technician and two signal engineers employed with Indian Railways, who were charged with culpable homicide and destruction of evidence in the case. [48]
[8] [9] Indian Railways will soon start the upgradation of tracks with high strength rails (R-350).The railways has started the work to increase the design speed limit of the next-generation Vande Bharat sleeper trains to 220 kmph and work has also started to improve the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah lines to allow trains to run at 160 km/h. [10]
Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is an ongoing Indian Railways mission launched in February 2023 by the Ministry of Railways to redevelop 1275 stations nationwide. [3] [4] [5] It is both enabler and beneficiary of other key Government of India schemes, such as BharatNet, One Station One Product, [6] Make in India, Startup India, Standup India, industrial corridors, Bharatmala, Dedicated Freight ...
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a deparmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. [ a ] As of 2024 [update] , it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a track length of 135,207 km (84,014 mi), running track ...
On 17 June 2024, Kanchanjunga Express (Train No. 13174), a passenger train was traveling from Agartala in Tripura to Sealdah in West Bengal.The train had left New Jalpaiguri Junction, crossed Rangapani railway station, a non-stopping station at 8:27 IST and stopped some distance before the Chatterhat railway station on the Katihar–Siliguri line, waiting for clearance to proceed further.
East Indian Railway Company: Class CT: 0-6-4 T, converted to a superheater; EIR class G: 2-2-2 T, first two named Express and Fairy Queen; Built in 1855, the latter is the world's oldest locomotive to be in working order and was rebuilt by ICF; Housed at East Indian Railway (EIR) EIR class P: 4-6-0; Great Indian Peninsula Railway:
According to the Indian newspaper The Hindu, the railway initially tried to prevent news about any casualties from reaching the press. [7] Originally, statements from the railway only said some passengers had been rushed to the hospital. [7] Furthermore, press was not allowed to enter the hospital which received victims from the crush. [14]
The Silver Line is a proposed higher-speed rail line in India that would connect Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city, and Kasaragod, in Kerala state.It will have an operating speed of 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph), Maximum Design Speed: 220 km/h (140 mph), structures designed for 250 km/h (160 mph) allowing trains to cover the 532-kilometre (331 mi) distance in less than four hours ...