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Indian Railways Introduces First Double Stack Dwarf Container Service from Rajkot Division

Indian Railways has introduced Double Stack Dwarf Container Services. This freight train was flagged off on 7th July, 2018 from Western Railway’s Rajkot railway station on its maiden commercial run. This train was booked from the Reliance Rail Siding at Kanalus to Rewari in the state of Haryana; it was loaded with 82 containers polypropylene granules. By running double stacked dwarf container service, Indian Railways has received increased revenue of Rs. 18.50 lakhs. The Double Stacked Container is 6 ft 4 inches in height and can run on electrified tracks. Despite being smaller in size, the dwarf containers can hold a capacity of 30,500 kgs. In comparison with regular containers, these containers are 662 mm short but 162 mm wider. The dwarf containers can hold a volume of approximately 67% more when compared to traditional containers.

Railway line to be constructed along Nagpur-Mumbai Super Expressway.

Indian Railways and MahaMetro (Metro Railway Project Company of Maharashtra) has signed an MoU for linking railway line to Metro coaches on broad gauge network & creating a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) in Nagpur city. The Railway Ministry is also trying to execute a plan for setting up railway line across the national highways. One such proposal is to connect Nagpur –Mumbai Super Express Way (Samriddhi Mahamarg) to Railway line connecting Nagpur-Mumbai. The construction of such a Hi-speed Railway Corridor will make it feasible to cover distance between Nagpur & Mumbai in just 5 hours. Indian Railways has also allocated a record sum of 67 thousand crore rupees for development of Suburban railway network in Mumbai which is used by one-third of total Railway passengers in India.

High Speed Corridor in Railways

Government has identified the routes connecting four major metros and growth centres of the country for feasibility studies for high speed rail. Feasibility studies have been taken up for the following routes. This includes Delhi-Mumbai, DelhiKolkata (via Lucknow), MumbaiChennai, Delhi-Nagpur segment of Delhi-Chennai, Mumbai-Nagpur
segment of Mumbai-Kolkata and Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru. Of the above-mentioned feasibility studies,those for Mumbai-Nagpur, Delhi-Nagpur and ChennaiBangaluru-Mysuru have been taken up under Government to Government cooperation with the Governments of Spain, China and Germany respectively. Presently, only Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project (MAHSR) has been sanctioned with the financial and technical assistance from Government of Japan.

S.N. Agrawal takes over as a New Member Staff Railway Board

S.N. Agrawal has taken over as Member Staff, Railway Board and Ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India on 20.07.2018. Prior to this, Shri Agrawal was General Manager of South Eastern Railway, Kolkata.

Girish Pillai Takes Charge as New Member Traffic, Railway Board

Girish Pillai has taken over as the New Member Traffic, Railway Board on 01st July, 2018. Prior to this, he was General Manager, West Central Railway, Jabalpur from 01st September 2016 to 30th June, 2018.

Adventz’s Texmaco bags INR200-crore AgartalaAkhaura Rail Link Project

EPC project for section of Trans Asia Railway Network to be completed by 2019-end

Adventz Group’s Texmaco Rail & Engineering Limited (NSE: TEXRAIL), India’s total rail solution provider, has been awarded a project (of about INR 200 crores) to construct the 45-km-dual-gauge line between Agartala in Tripura and Akhaura, a sub-district of Chittagong in Bangladesh. This project is scheduled to be completed in 18 months.

Part of India’s $4.5 billion third line of credit extended to Bangladesh for its infrastructure and social sector development, the Agartala-Akhaura rail project will lend full connectivity from east to west of Bangladesh, apart from enabling trade relations and establishing people-topeople connect between the two neighbours. Once completed, the railway link is expected to cut the distance between Agartala and Kolkata by more than 1,000 km. Further, it will enhance India’s access to Chittagong port, considered to the heart of Bangladesh economy.

Texmaco’s specialised engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) unit – Kalindee Railway Nirman (Engineers) Ltd (NSE: KALINDEE) – will execute the Agartala-Akhaura project. Last year, Bangladesh Railways awarded Kalindee the civiland-track project in KulauraShahbazpur Section. The project includes rehabilitation of embankment, bridges, station buildings, platforms and sheds, level crossings and railway track, along with all associated work – supply of labour, materials, equipment, p-way tools and electrification work.