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    • Budget@10: Four ministers and 10 yrs later Indian Railways still running late and is unsafe

      Budget@10: Four ministers and 10 yrs later Indian Railways still running late and is unsafe

      However, orders for new electric freight locomotives and Vande Bharat trains and the commissioning of 66.27% and 57.3% of the planned eastern and western dedicated freight corridors, respectively, are positives

    • Average speed of goods trains on DFCs increases to 40 km/hour: Anil Saini, MD, Alstom India Rolling Stock

      Average speed of goods trains on DFCs increases to 40 km/hour: Anil Saini, MD, Alstom India Rolling Stock

      While the increasing speed of locomotives on the Western and Eastern DFCs has helped lower cargo movement time, a lot still needs to be done to reach the average speed goals of 75 km/hour, he said.

    • Siemens will continue to invest, hire more in India to increase market share: Global CEO

      Siemens will continue to invest, hire more in India to increase market share: Global CEO

      Roland Busch says there is a war for talent in India as companies across the world are scouting for skilled manpower.

    • Indian Railways gets its 300th high-speed freight locomotive from Alstom

      Indian Railways gets its 300th high-speed freight locomotive from Alstom

      The locomotives are part of a massive order of 800 WAG-12B engines signed by the Indian Railways and Alstom in 2018 valued at Rs 40,000 crore, spread over 10 years.

    • Alstom India to supply trains for two more metro projects in India: Alain Spohr

      Alstom India to supply trains for two more metro projects in India: Alain Spohr

      Alstom is also making freight locomotives for the Indian Railways, setting up rail tracks and supplying components.

    • December 2018 deadline to link locomotives via satellite: Railways

      December 2018 deadline to link locomotives via satellite: Railways

      By year-end, all 10,800 locos of the railways will have antennas fixed on them and they will be monitored inside the driver's cabin, senior officials of the national transporter told PTI.

    • Train derailments: Prabhu asks officers to act or relinquish

      Train derailments: Prabhu asks officers to act or relinquish

      Cracking the whip, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today asked the zonal heads and Board Members to "act or relinquish the responsibility" after two train derailments in two consecutive days and knocked at the doors of Japan and Korea for technical solutions to put an end to such mishaps.

    • Trying to stabilise operations after growth: Texmaco Rail

      Trying to stabilise operations after growth: Texmaco Rail

      In an interview to CNBC-TV18, AK Vijay, ED of Texmaco Rail spoke about the results and his outlook for the company.

    • NY's tax-free business plan is bold but uncertain

      NY's tax-free business plan is bold but uncertain

      Under the plan, people who already live in New York would foot the bill for services for new companies that will enjoy no taxes for 10 years.

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