India waved goodbye to its fifth railway minister in four years last month following allegations of corruption that shook the nation. Raghav Thakur considers the prospects for Indian Railway following the cash for jobs scandal.

FOLLOWING an international tender, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) has issued a provisional notification of contract award to a consortium of Sojitz, Japan, and Larsen & Toubro, India, for Packages 1 and 2 of the Rewari – Iqbalgarh section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.

JUST six months after taking the job, India's railways minister Mr Pawan Bansal resigned on Friday amidst a bribery and corruption scandal brought about by the arrest of his nephew Mr Vijay Singla and Indian Railway board member, staff, Mr Mahesh Kumar on May 3.

INDIA's Ministry of Railways has invited requests for qualification (RFQ) to establish a new diesel locomotive factory at Marhowra, in the Saran district of Bihar province.

ALSTOM has unveiled the first completed Metropolis train for Chennai metro at its Lapa plant in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

DELHI Metro Rail Corporation, which is responsible for implementing the new two-line metro under construction in Jaipur, has awarded a contract to Thales for a passenger information system for the first line.

DELHI Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded Bombardier a contract worth around Rs 2.5bn ($US 47m) to supply its Cityflo 350 integrated train control and signalling system for two metro extensions in the Indian capital.

THE PCM Group, India, has acquired Rail.One, Germany, bringing to an end the latter's search for a strategic investor.