Indian Railways Junction

BHEL has been contracted to build 25 WAG7 tap charger locomotives. A few members on IRFCA said that BHEL had kits for 25 locomotives in their inventory, so to clear it the order has been placed.

We stopped building tap charger P4s and G7s sometime back.
 

Railways marching towards Mission 100% Electrification
● Indian Railways accomplishes electrification of 82% of the total BG network
● 1223 Route Kilometers (RKMs) electrified during April- October 2022
● Electrification to result in better fuel energy usage​

Indian Railways has embarked upon an ambitious plan of electrification of its complete Broad Gauge network which would not only result in a better fuel energy usage resulting in increased throughput, reduced fuel expenditure but also savings in precious foreign exchange.

During the FY 2022-23, till October 2022, Indian Railways has achieved 1223 Route Kilometers (RKMs) of electrification as compared to 895 RKMs during the corresponding period of FY 2021-22. It is 36.64% more than the previous year figures of the corresponding period.

It is worth mentioning that record electrification of 6,366 RKMs was achieved in Indian Railways’ history during 2021-22. Earlier, highest electrification was 6,015 RKM during 2020-21.

As on 31.10.2022, out of 65,141 RKM of BG network of IR (including KRCL), 53,470 BG RKM have been electrified, which is 82.08% of the total BG network.
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Railways marching towards Mission 100% Electrification

Indian Railways has embarked upon an ambitious plan of electrification of its complete Broad Gauge n
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Indian Railways to lay tracks till Manipur’s Moreh along Myanmar border​

Guwahati (Assam) [India], November 14 (ANI): The survey for laying railway lines upto Myanmar borders in Manipur’s Moreh has been completed and the project would be finished in over two years of works being formally sanctioned, Anshul Gupta, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway told ANI.

“As works are being sanctioned, the railway lines till Moreh will be completed in two-to-two-and-a-half years,” Gupta said.

These railways would be part of Indian Railways’ expansion in underserved northeast region which would boost strategic needs, tourism and all-weather connectivity.

Besides, the railway line between Karimganj (India) and Shahbajpur (Bangladesh) will be completed by March 2023. Lines between Agartala (in India) and Akhaura (in Bangladesh) will be completed by 2023, the GM said.

Further, the survey for the first rail connectivity to Bhutan has been initiated and will be completed by March 2023. Once work is sanctioned, the project completion will be done in over two years, Gupta said.

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On connecting railways to state capitals in the northeast India region, he said they had connected the state capitals of Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh by far.

“Projects in another three states are in the advanced stage; in Sikkim, the work will be completed till Rangpo by December 2023. In Mizoram, Sairang railway line project will also be completed by December 2023. In Manipur, we are aiming for the state capital connectivity to complete by December 2023,” he explained.

The railway connectivity in Nagaland’s capital city Kohima is also being taken up on a war footing.

“There were some delays in land acquisitions…and it is expected that the connectivity till capital Kohima will be functional by March 2026,” the GM added.

On Meghalaya, he said the land acquisition is an issue due to protests by local student unions.

“The project (in Meghalaya) will be taken up once issues related to land acquisition are solved,” Gupta said. (ANI)
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Indian Railways to lay tracks till Manipur's Moreh along Myanmar border

Guwahati (Assam) [India], November 14 (ANI): The survey for laying railway lines upto Myanmar borders in Manipur’s Moreh has been completed and the project would be finished in over two years of works being formally sanctioned, Anshul Gupta, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway told...
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