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Arun Kumar Das

November 20, 2019 | Fleet

Nine bids for Indian Railways station CCTV contract

NINE companies have bid for a Rs 10bn ($US 139.2m) Indian Railways (IR) project to install 100,000 CCTV cameras in stations and onboard trains.

November 7, 2019 | Infrastructure

Six bidders vie for Indian Railways ETCS Level 2 pilot project

SIX companies have responded to an Indian Railways (IR) tender to install ETCS Level 2 on 650km of lines at an estimated cost of Rs 15bn ($US 211.4m).

November 5, 2019 | High-speed

India’s first HS line now expected to open in 2023

INDIA’s first high-speed rail project - a 508km line linking Mumbai and Ahmedabad - is facing land acquisition problems and is likely to miss the August 2022 opening target.

October 31, 2019 | Infrastructure

Commissioning underway on Indian Eastern DFC section

THE Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) is commissioning the 194km New Bhadan - Khurja section of the 1318km Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor in Uttar Pradesh.

October 25, 2019 | Fleet

IR to create locomotive and passenger coach subsidiaries

INDIAN Railways (IR) has revised plans announced in June to merge eight of its production units into one corporation and now says it will form two subsidiaries instead.

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