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Prime minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the 351 km New Khurja- New Bhaupur section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor on December 29, 2020.

90+ kmph speed attained on newly inaugurated section of Eastern DFC

5 Jan 2021 1:12 PM IST
January 5, 2021: Indian Railways announced that freight trains have started to attain top speeds of above 90 kmph on the newly inaugurated New Khurja-...
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National Geographic India%u2019s upcoming documentary, %u2018Extreme Tech: The Freight Corridor%u2019 will premiere on December 19, 2020, at 7.00 pm on National Geographic Channel India.

National Geographic to feature making of dedicated freight corridors

18 Dec 2020 12:58 PM IST
December 18, 2020: The latest edition of National Geographic India’s Extreme Tech is set to feature the extreme engineering feat of building India’s...
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In this period Indian Railways earned %u20B9 10657.66 crore from freight loading which is also %u20B9449.79 crore (4 percent) higher compared to last year%u2019s earnings for the same period (%u20B9 10207.87 crore).

Railways in November records highest freight loading of 2020

4 Dec 2020 3:36 PM IST
December 4, 2020: In the month of November 2020, Indian Railways loaded 109.68 million tonnes of freight, 9 percent higher compared to last year’s...
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Ministry of Railways has held meetings with the top leadership of iron & steel, cement, power, coal, automobiles and logistics service providers to strengthen and further boost the freight business.

Indian Railways reports 15% freight, 9% earnings YoY surge in Oct 2020

2 Nov 2020 11:52 AM IST
November 2, 2020: In the month of October 2020, Indian Railways loaded 108.16 million tonnes of freight which is 15 percent higher compared to last...
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Railway minister Piyush Goyal shared the pictures and videos of moving the automobiles on to railways rakes at Maharashtra

Anand Mahindra thanks Railways for moving Boleros, tractors to Bangladesh

27 Oct 2020 9:57 PM IST
October 27, 2020: Anand Mahindra, chairman, Mahindra Group, thanked Indian railways for moving its 87 Bolero pick up vans and 108 tractors from Navi...
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Planned to be deployed for operations on even the Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs), they are expected to increase the average speed of freight trains in India by at least 20-25 kmph.

Alstom's WAG 12B, India's first freight locos approved for 120 kmph speed

15 Oct 2020 10:44 AM IST
October 15, 2020: Ministry of railways and RDSO have officially approved the Alstom-built WAG 12B 12000 HP electric locomotives to run as freight...
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Indian Railways has recently developed a Freight Business Development portal to help potential freight customers to seek assistance in transporting goods by rail.

Western Railway reports 290% surge in automobile loading; moves 39 rakes in Sept

3 Oct 2020 2:35 PM IST
October 3, 2020:  Western Railway announced that it has handled 39 rakes full of automobiles in September 2020, registering an increase of 290 percent...
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This also includes a record of 124 double stack train compared to the previous record of 111 trains.

Concor at Mundra moved 265 rakes in Sept, an all-time record

3 Oct 2020 11:56 AM IST
October 3, 2020: Container Corporation of India (Concor) at Mundra has registered an all- record of moving 265 rakes in September 2020 compared to the...
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Railways earned %u20B99896 crore from loading 102 million tonnes of freight in September 2020.

Indian Railways reports 15% freight surge in Sept; revenue increased 13%

3 Oct 2020 11:21 AM IST
October 3, 2020: Indian Railways, in September 2020, earned ₹9896 crore revenue from freight loading compared to ₹8716 crore for the same period of...
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Bombardier Transportation is the global rail solutions division of Bombardier.

CCI approves Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier Transportation

21 Sept 2020 11:02 AM IST
September 21, 2020: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the acquisition of sole control over Bombardier Transportation’s (Bombardier...
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The AE19 service complements Maersk%u2019s regular Asia-Europe product offering based on conventional ocean services and offers highly competitive transit times from Asia to major ports in Europe.

Maersk makes Asia-Europe AE19 ocean-rail service permanent

8 Sept 2020 2:05 PM IST
September 8, 2020: Just over a year after its launch in August 2019, Maersk’s AE19 ocean-rail product from Asia to Europe becomes a permanent weekly...
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CR will also increase the frequency of Link Kisan Rail between Sangola and Manmad from bi-weekly to tri-weekly which will be attached/detached to Devlali-Muzaffarpur Kisan Rail at Manmad.

Railways ups frequency of Devlali-Muzaffarpur Kisan Rail to tri-weekly

7 Sept 2020 1:58 PM IST
September 7, 2020:  Due to overwhelming demand, the Central Railway has increased the frequency of Devlali-Muzaffarpur bi-weekly Kisan Rail as...
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