Gandhinagar: The installation of cross-metal barriers along the Vande Bharat train on the Ahmedabad - Mumbai route is expected to be completed by June 2023, the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Jitendra Kumar informed the media persons. The project to increase the speed of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Vande Bharat train from 130 km/h to 160 km/h is scheduled to be completed by April 2024, he added. The installation of cross-metal barriers is being carried out to prevent accidents involving trains ...Read More

Surat: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi is likely to visit Surat on June 5th. Though there is no official announcement about his visit, it is learned through the local sources that the Prime Minister will visit Antroli in Surat to monitor and review the ongoing works of the Mumbai - Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project (bullet train project). Antroli on the outskirts of the city of Surat, the second largest city of Gujarat will have a bullet train station, construction of which is underway at prese...Read More

Gandhinagar: Under “Operation  Amanat”, Western Railway’s Security department and Railway Protection Force (RPF)  personnel help in securing such belongings and restore them to the rightful owners. In 2023 (up to May till date), under Operation ‘Amanat’, RPF has retrieved luggage in 1437 cases valued at about Rs. 3.16 Cr. Out of these, 838 bags, 53 purses, 12 laptops, 30 mobile phones, 14 gold chains and 160 other items worth Rs.3,15,99,576/- were handed over to passengers. The left-...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off the inaugural run of Vande Bharat Express from Dehradun to Delhi via video conferencing today. He also dedicated to the nation, newly electrified rail sections and declared Uttarakhand a 100% electric traction state. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister congratulated everyone from Uttarakhand for the inaugural Vande Bharat  Express between Dehradun and Delhi and said the train will connect the nation’s capital to the Dev...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested a Senior Instructor of Diesel Shed Sabarmati, Western Railway, Ahmedabad for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 25,000/- from the Complainant. A case was registered on complaint against a Senior Instructor, T.R. Meena. It was alleged that the accused had demanded a bribe of Rs. 50,000/- for getting the Mutual Transfer Application of the Complainant forwarded to the DRM Office, Western Railway, Ahmedabad. It was further al...Read More

Surat: The western railways and postal department sent as much as 1200 tons of parcels of textile industries of Surat within a year through Gatishakti Cargo express trains from Surat. The railways, post, and insurance companies had a revenue of Rs 1.47 crore through the transportation of as many as 20,563 parcels from Surat in Gati Shakti express trains. Gati Shakti cargo express service was launched for the export of goods to the centers such as Varanasi, Gorakhpur, and Muzaffarpur from Sur...Read More

New Delhi: The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Ministry of Railways jointly signed an MoU with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for ‘Station Area Development along Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail’ (Project-SMART). Project-SMART envisages to develop surrounding areas of Mumbai - Ahmedabad High Speed Railway (MAHSR) Stations to enhance accessibility and convenience of commuters & other stakeholders and to promote economic activities in the vicinity of stat...Read More

Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Railways jointly started a mega demolition in Ashok Nagar and Utkal Nagar slums in Varachha area of Surat on Wednesday. Ashok Nagar and Utkal Nagar slums are considered to be hubs of illegal narcotics selling. The demolition was started on Wednesday with a police bandobast of 350 cops including Surat city police and Surat Vadodara railway police. Total 448 out of 576 slums were demolished with bulldozers. Railway announcement department issued a wa...Read More

Himmatnagar: Asarwa - Himmatnagar railway track will witness electrification work soon. A tender for this task has been issued according to which it will involve over Rs. 4 crore cost. The Ahmedabad Division of Western Railway has estimated Rs. 4,01,56,664 expenditure for 25 KVAC sub-sectioning and parallel post design, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of the railway line connecting Asarwa in Ahmedabad and Himmatnagar in North Gujarat on Ahmedabad - Udaipur railway route. Once the...Read More

Gandhinagar: The training of Indian engineers and work leaders has started for High-Speed Rail Track system for Mumbai Ahmedabad HSR corridor (MAHSR), for T-2 Package (covering 237 km between Vapi and Vadodara). It is envisaged that only trained and certified engineers/work leaders are to work at site for track construction works. This will also help in ‘Transfer of Technology’ of Japanese HSR track system. The ballast-less Slab Track system (popularly known as J Slab track system) as ...Read More