Ministry of Railways took steps for introduction of High Speed Bullet Trains in the country on Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor. It is the part of the Ministry’s ambitious plan to...
Over the last 10 years, there has been a substantial rise in the rate of passenger casualties. For the three decades of 1965-96, the number of deaths in...
Over the years, in the absence of any strategic focus, the railways have steadily deteriorated in terms of service quality, safety and financial performance. Any improvement in given...
So far, the private sector’s participation in railways has been very less in India, compared to sectors like ports, telecom, electricity, airports and roads. Several attempts have been...
Indian Railways faces chronic financial problems. The annual rate of increase in cost has overtaken that of revenues during the last few years. There are several reasons of...
Railways is barely able to cover its expenses because of the massive Social Service Obligation imposed by years of populist budgets. Apart from being a commercial organization; in...
The financial health of the railways is determined by its Operating Ratio (OR). Operating Ratio indicates how much railway spends to earn a rupee. An Operating Ratio of...
For years, freight trains suffered second class treatment as express trains and other passenger trains got priority to use the tracks. As a result, goods never reached their...
The Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) are a mega rail transport project being undertaken to increase transportation capacity, reduce unit costs of transportation, and improve service...
