Indian Railways mulls private freight trains after private passenger trains
Private freight trains will run on 2800 km of Western and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.
Oct 06, 2020, 18:12 PM IST
Indian Railways registers more than 10% jump in freight loading compared to last year
On mission mode, Indian Railways Freight loading for the month of September 2020 till September 6, 2020, crossed last year’s loading and earnings for the same period.
Sep 07, 2020, 17:25 PM IST
Dedicated Freight Corridor: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal for strict monitoring of work, suggests incentives for contractors
The Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) is one of the largest rail infrastructure projects (total length of 3360 route km) undertaken by the government. The overall cost is pegged at Rs 81,459 crores.
Sep 01, 2020, 16:33 PM IST
Indian Railways to cancel Chinese firm's contract in Dedicated Freight Corridor amid India-China faceoff
The issues cited for cancellation of the contract are due to "reluctance of the company to furnish technical documents, as per contract agreement, such as logic design of electronic interlocking."
Jun 18, 2020, 15:27 PM IST
Govt signs $650 mn pact with World Bank for eastern corridor project
Multilateral lending agency World Bank and India on Friday signed a USD 650-million loan agreement for the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC).
Oct 21, 2016, 19:46 PM IST
GMR Infra-led consortium bags Rs 5,080-cr railway project
A GMR Infrastructure-led consortium has bagged an order for construction of 417 km-long eastern dedicated freight corridor railway project which is estimated to cost Rs 5,080 crore.
Apr 06, 2015, 14:17 PM IST
