ALSTOM has received a letter of award from India's Ministry of Railways to supply 800 double-unit Prima electric locomotives to Indian Railways (IR) in a deal worth Rs 230bn ($US 4.3bn).
GE Transportation is set to supply at least 1000 diesel locomotives to Indian Railways (IR) after GE Global Sourcing India was selected as preferred bidder for a Rs 220bn ($US 4.2bn) contract to establish a new joint venture production facility at Marhoura in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, which will build 700 3.36MW and 300 4.47MW units over the next decade.
INDIAN Railways (IR) held a pre-bid conference on September 30 for the five shortlisted consortia bidding to supply 17 20-car inter-city EMUs in a contract worth an estimated Rs 25bn ($US 378.8m).
INDIAN Railways (IR) awarded contracts on September 24 to carry out feasibility studies into the construction of three high-speed lines as part of the country's proposed Golden Quadrilateral network.
ALSTOM and GE Transportation have emerged as lowest-price bidders for contracts with a combined value of around Rs 23bn ($US 348m) to establish two new locomotive assembly plants in the Indian state of Bihar.
INDIAN Railways (IR) has received bids from seven parties for a contract worth Rs 25bn ($US 379m) to supply 315 main line EMUs divided into 20 trains of 16 and 20-car sets, which will deployed on IR's existing broad-gauge Rajdhani and Shatabdi express services.
INDIAN Railways (IR) says a Japanese consortium led by Kawasaki Heavy Industries has met the technical requirements for a contract to supply 200 6.7MW electric locomotives for the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.
With a key report from the Japan International Cooperation Agency into the Mumbai - Ahmedabad high-speed project expected this month, Raghav Thakur, looks at the prospects for this project and the country's high-speed ambitions.
INDIAN Railways (IR) has launched a tender for a contract worth around Rs 25bn (390m) to supply 315 EMU cars for inter-city services.
INDIAN Railways' Rs 240bn ($US 4.5bn) project to construct a 63km elevated rail corridor linking Churchgate to Virar in Mumbai has been abandoned following a lack of response from private parties.