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Railway Probe After 50-Coach Runaway Train's 70-km Journey Without Driver
- Monday February 26, 2024
- India News | Agence France-Presse
Indian Railways said Monday it had ordered an investigation after a runaway freight train loaded with gravel travelled 70 km (43 miles) without a driver.
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Railways Shares Video Of India's Most Powerful Electric Locomotive: ''Beast Of...''
- Monday December 4, 2023
- Offbeat | Edited by Ritu Singh
Named 'Wag12B', these electric locomotives of12,000 horsepower (HP) are the country's most powerful indigenous locomotives, and are used for freight service.
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Siemens To Make 1,200 Electric Freight Locomotives For Railways
- Saturday December 24, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Siemens, India will manufacture 1,200 electric freight locomotives of 9,000 HP each for the railways, according to the terms of a contract valued at Rs 26,000 crore, the national transporter said on Saturday.
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Vande Bharat-Based Freight Services Soon, 1st Train On Delhi-Mumbai Route
- Thursday October 13, 2022
- India News | Asian News International
Indian Railways is planning to introduce super-fast parcel services keeping in mind the objective of capturing additional high-value and time-sensitive cargoes.
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Indian Railways Said to Consider Withdrawing Tender for Consultant to Monetise Customer Data
- Saturday August 20, 2022
- Press Trust of India
The Indian Railways is said to be considering the withdrawal of a tender issued for the appointment of a consultant to monetise its passenger and freight customer data. The IRCTC aims to generate revenue up to Rs 1,000 crore by monetising the data, but the tender could be withdrawn over privacy concerns.
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IRCTC Floats Tender to Appoint Consultant to Monetise Digital Data, Digital Liberties Group Flags Risks
- Friday August 19, 2022
- David Delima
The IRCTC has floated a tender as part of a project aimed at ‘digital data monetisation’, according to the public sector undertaking, which is looking to hire a consultant to monetise data from the railway’s passenger, freight, parcel, catering, tourism, and other operations. Meanwhile, digital liberties group Internet Freedom Foundation has ...
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'Super Vasuki': 5 Points On India's Longest Train With 295 Wagons
- Wednesday August 17, 2022
- India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
The Indian Railways tested India's longest and heaviest freight train called 'Super Vasuki' on Independence Day and its video is now going viral. The train was operated as part of central government's Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
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Indian Railways Conducts Test Run Of Its Longest Freight Train Carrying 27,000 Tonnes Of Coal
- Tuesday August 16, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Railways conducted a test run of the 3.5-km-long freight train, Super Vasuki, with 295 loaded wagons carrying over 27,000 tonnes of coal between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Rajnandgao in Nagpur on August 15.
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World Bank Okays $245 Million Loan For Railway Modernisation
- Thursday June 23, 2022
- Business | Press Trust of India
Indian Railways is the fourth-largest rail network in the world having transported 1.2 billion tonnes of freight in the fiscal ending March 2020
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One Elephant Killed, Another Injured After Being Hit By Speeding Train In Assam
- Thursday January 27, 2022
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury
A wild elephant was killed and another was injured on Wednesday after a freight train going from Guwahati to Delhi hit them at Gosaihat in Palasbari in Assam's Kamrup district.
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Railways Freight Loading Saw 3.6% Jump in September
- Thursday October 7, 2021
- Business | Edited by Animesh Singh
Railways freight loading saw a 3.6 per cent rise in September 2021 as it stood at 106 million tonnes against 102.3 million tonnes of September 2020
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High Localisation, Job Creation: Here's How Alstom Contributed To India's Economy
- Thursday September 30, 2021
- Business | Edited by Nikita Prasad
With its sustainable mobility solutions, Alstom helped in reducing carbon-di-oxide emissions by over 10 times compared to other modes of passenger and freight transport.
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Railway Freight Loading Touched 110 Million Tonnes In August 2021 Despite Covid Impact
- Thursday September 2, 2021
- Business | Edited by Animesh Singh
Freight loading for Indian Railways in August 2021 touched 110.55 million tonnes, which was 16.8 per cent higher than it was in August 2020.
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This Indian Railway Zone Registered Highest Ever Freight Revenue In June Quarter
- Tuesday July 6, 2021
- Business | Edited by Nikita Prasad (With inputs from Agencies)
During the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the originating freight loading stood at4.32 million tonnes, compared to 3.24 million tonnes in the corresponding period of last year, marking a growth of 33.3 per cent year-on-year for the north-central zone.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Railway Probe After 50-Coach Runaway Train's 70-km Journey Without Driver
- Monday February 26, 2024
- India News | Agence France-Presse
Indian Railways said Monday it had ordered an investigation after a runaway freight train loaded with gravel travelled 70 km (43 miles) without a driver.
- www.ndtv.com
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Railways Shares Video Of India's Most Powerful Electric Locomotive: ''Beast Of...''
- Monday December 4, 2023
- Offbeat | Edited by Ritu Singh
Named 'Wag12B', these electric locomotives of12,000 horsepower (HP) are the country's most powerful indigenous locomotives, and are used for freight service.
- www.ndtv.com
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Siemens To Make 1,200 Electric Freight Locomotives For Railways
- Saturday December 24, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Siemens, India will manufacture 1,200 electric freight locomotives of 9,000 HP each for the railways, according to the terms of a contract valued at Rs 26,000 crore, the national transporter said on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Vande Bharat-Based Freight Services Soon, 1st Train On Delhi-Mumbai Route
- Thursday October 13, 2022
- India News | Asian News International
Indian Railways is planning to introduce super-fast parcel services keeping in mind the objective of capturing additional high-value and time-sensitive cargoes.
- www.ndtv.com
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Indian Railways Said to Consider Withdrawing Tender for Consultant to Monetise Customer Data
- Saturday August 20, 2022
- Press Trust of India
The Indian Railways is said to be considering the withdrawal of a tender issued for the appointment of a consultant to monetise its passenger and freight customer data. The IRCTC aims to generate revenue up to Rs 1,000 crore by monetising the data, but the tender could be withdrawn over privacy concerns.
- www.gadgets360.com
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IRCTC Floats Tender to Appoint Consultant to Monetise Digital Data, Digital Liberties Group Flags Risks
- Friday August 19, 2022
- David Delima
The IRCTC has floated a tender as part of a project aimed at ‘digital data monetisation’, according to the public sector undertaking, which is looking to hire a consultant to monetise data from the railway’s passenger, freight, parcel, catering, tourism, and other operations. Meanwhile, digital liberties group Internet Freedom Foundation has ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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'Super Vasuki': 5 Points On India's Longest Train With 295 Wagons
- Wednesday August 17, 2022
- India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
The Indian Railways tested India's longest and heaviest freight train called 'Super Vasuki' on Independence Day and its video is now going viral. The train was operated as part of central government's Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
- www.ndtv.com
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Indian Railways Conducts Test Run Of Its Longest Freight Train Carrying 27,000 Tonnes Of Coal
- Tuesday August 16, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Railways conducted a test run of the 3.5-km-long freight train, Super Vasuki, with 295 loaded wagons carrying over 27,000 tonnes of coal between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Rajnandgao in Nagpur on August 15.
- www.ndtv.com
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World Bank Okays $245 Million Loan For Railway Modernisation
- Thursday June 23, 2022
- Business | Press Trust of India
Indian Railways is the fourth-largest rail network in the world having transported 1.2 billion tonnes of freight in the fiscal ending March 2020
- www.ndtv.com/business
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One Elephant Killed, Another Injured After Being Hit By Speeding Train In Assam
- Thursday January 27, 2022
- India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury
A wild elephant was killed and another was injured on Wednesday after a freight train going from Guwahati to Delhi hit them at Gosaihat in Palasbari in Assam's Kamrup district.
- www.ndtv.com
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Railways Freight Loading Saw 3.6% Jump in September
- Thursday October 7, 2021
- Business | Edited by Animesh Singh
Railways freight loading saw a 3.6 per cent rise in September 2021 as it stood at 106 million tonnes against 102.3 million tonnes of September 2020
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
High Localisation, Job Creation: Here's How Alstom Contributed To India's Economy
- Thursday September 30, 2021
- Business | Edited by Nikita Prasad
With its sustainable mobility solutions, Alstom helped in reducing carbon-di-oxide emissions by over 10 times compared to other modes of passenger and freight transport.
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
Railway Freight Loading Touched 110 Million Tonnes In August 2021 Despite Covid Impact
- Thursday September 2, 2021
- Business | Edited by Animesh Singh
Freight loading for Indian Railways in August 2021 touched 110.55 million tonnes, which was 16.8 per cent higher than it was in August 2020.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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This Indian Railway Zone Registered Highest Ever Freight Revenue In June Quarter
- Tuesday July 6, 2021
- Business | Edited by Nikita Prasad (With inputs from Agencies)
During the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the originating freight loading stood at4.32 million tonnes, compared to 3.24 million tonnes in the corresponding period of last year, marking a growth of 33.3 per cent year-on-year for the north-central zone.
- www.ndtv.com/business