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Indian Railways. Indian Railways ( IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system. As of 2023, it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a running track length of 104,647 km (65,025 mi) and route length of 68,426 km (42,518 ...
Vande Bharat Express. Vande Bharat Express is a medium-distance superfast express service operated by Indian Railways. It is a reserved, air-conditioned chair car service connecting cities that are less than 800 km (500 mi) apart or take less than ten hours to travel with existing services. The train entered commercial service on 15 February 2019.
The Indian Government is undertaking several initiatives to upgrade its aging railway infrastructure and enhance its quality of service. The Railway Ministry has announced plans to invest ₹5,400,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 57 trillion or US$720 billion in 2023) to upgrade the railways by 2030. [1] Upgrades include 100% electrification of ...
Amrit Bharat Express. The Amrit Bharat Express is a superfast express service operated by Indian Railways. It is a non-air-conditioned, low-cost, sleeper cum unreserved service connecting cities that are more than 800 km (500 mi) apart or take more than ten hours to travel with existing services. The trainset consists of two locomotives, one on ...
Indian Railways proposes to operate two types of services on the corridor. A "Rapid Train" or express service with only two stops at Surat and Vadodara, and a slower service that stops at all stations. The "Rapid Train" would complete the journey in 2 hours and 7 minutes, while the slower service would take 2 hours and 58 minutes.
Bhanupli–Leh line. The Bhanupli–Leh line is an under-construction electrified railway track connecting Bhanupli, Punjab, [2] to Leh, Ladakh. [3] [4] [5] Once complete, the 489 km (304 mi) long, 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in) wide gauge all-weather track is stipulated to reduce travel time from New Delhi to Leh to 10 hours.
Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail Link (USBRL) The Jammu–Baramulla line [2] is a railway track being laid to connect the Kashmir Valley in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Jammu railway station and thence to the rest of the country. [3] The 338 km railway track will start from Jammu and end at Baramulla. [4]
Project status 2017. December: A consortium of INECO, TYPSA and ICT had submitted the project feasibility project report of the proposed Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor. 2019. December: Ministry of railways had given the task to National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) for preparing the detailed project report (DPR).