Indian Railways bags Rs.680 cr export order from Sri Lanka
The Dollar Business Bureau Indian Railways will export to Sri Lanka train sets and modern locomotives worth around Rs.680 crore, in the largest shipment order for the Railways. Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES), the export arm of Railways, has got its biggest order from the Sri Lankan Railways for exporting 6 diesel multiple units (DMU) train sets and 10 broad gauge diesel locomotives. The separate locomotive is not required in DMU train sets as the engines are integrated into one or more than one of its coaches. All the train sets and locomotives would be installed with the cutting-edge technology and are manufactured in Chennai and Varanasi, according to a senior official from Railway Ministry. The supply contract ...
China's train maker to supply coaches for Nagpur metro
PTI China's largest high speed train maker CRRC Corporation has acquired an order to supply coaches to Nagpur Metro, the company said on Sunday. A total of 69 train coaches will be produced by state-run CRRC Dalian for subway operations in Nagpur, according to an agreement signed by the company and a local subway company. The trains are for two urban rails in the city with a total length of 38 km. The agreement, signed on March 27, also includes a 10-year train maintenance project, stat-run Xinhua news agency said quoting the company's statement. CRRC Dalian received its first train order in May 2015, providing 112 train coaches for Kolkata metro. With more cities planning to ...
Japan Consortium keen to take up Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project
The Dollar Business Bureau At the recently concluded 21st Indian Engineering & Technology Fair (IETF) 2015 organized by industry body the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Japan highlighted the capabilities of its “Shinkansen” bullet train technology in a detailed presentation to India The Japanese consortium led by East Japan Railway Company is keen to take up the contract for constructing the 500 km railway high speed network that will link Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The projected cost of railway linking Mumbai and Ahmedabad is approximately between US$ 12.2 billion to US$ 13.9 billion. Twelve stations will be built along the route, with the high speed train covering the distance in two-and-half hours as against the current eight hours. India will have ...
