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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$690 billion in 2023) to upgrade the railways by 2030. [1] Upgrades include 100% electrification of ...
Criteria for categorization of stations based on commercial importance (1995–2017) [12] Category. Criteria. A1. Non-Suburban stations with an annual passenger earning of more than Rs. 60 crores. A. Non-suburban stations with an annual passenger earnings of Rs. 8 crores and up to Rs 60 crores. B.
Railway budget of India was the Annual Financial Statement of the state-owned Indian Railways, which handles rail transport in India. It was presented every year by the Minister of Railways, representing the Ministry of Railways, in the Parliament . The Railway Budget was presented every year, a few days before the Union budget, till 2016.
Indian Railways. Indian Railways 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 mi ...
The Rajdhani Express ( lit. 'Capital Express') is a series of passenger train services in India operated by Indian Railways connecting the national capital New Delhi with the capitals or the largest cities of various states. Rajdhani, derived from the Sanskrit means "capital". Introduced in 1969, the trains are amongst the premium services ...
In 1957, Indian Railways adopted 25 kV AC traction with the first trial runs operating with the WAM-1 locomotives in 1959 and commercial services beginning in August 1960. In 1960, the Railway Board of India commissioned a study to increase the speed of passenger trains to 160 km/h (99 mph) with an intermediate stage of 120 km/h (75 mph).
List of Indian Railways stations whose names start with 'J' Station name Station code State Railway zone Elevation Map Jabalpur: JBP: Madhya Pradesh: West central: 417 m:
See Categorization of Indian Railway stations by commercial importance for new categorisation system. Pages in category "Indian Railway A1 Category Stations" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.