Southern Railway will electrify 1,400 route km of lines in three years as per a deadline set by the Union ministry. This will ensure smoother running of trains across all routes without changing locomotives from […]
Southern Railway has identified 300 acres of vacant land and 160 acres of land alongside tracks to set up solar plants under power purchase agreement (PPA). The plants on vacant land will have a capacity […]
Southern Railway used the lockdown period to carry out track works which will allow trains to run at more than 100kmph on the Chennai-Gudur, Pattabhiram-Thiruninravur, Arakkonam-Renigunta, Minjur-Ponneri and a few other stretches. But terminal station […]
The Southern Railway rebuild two waterway bridges in a record time of nine hours, at Karamadai using reinforced cement concrete (RCC) last week on Thursday (10th September 2020), paving the way for Blue Mountain Express […]
Southern Railway aims to complete 148km of doubling, 90km of gauge conversion and 270km of electrification work this financial year. Hoisting the national flag to mark 74th Independence Day on Saturday, Southern Railway general manager […]
Cancellation of trains due to the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in heavy loss in passenger revenue. But, the earnings through operating goods trains have increased to Rs 71.6 crore this fiscal against last year’s Rs 58 […]
Trichy railway division has handled 10.9 tonnes of commodities to various destinations in the financial year 2019-20, an improvement of 9% over the corresponding year, and its highest ever in any financial year, divisional railway […]
Cancellation of trains due to the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in heavy loss in terms of passenger revenue. But, on the brighter side, the earnings through operation of goods trains have increased to Rs.71.56 crore this […]
The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has accorded approval for increasing the speed limit of the trains from 100 to 110 kmph on Chennai – Madurai section. This will reduce the travel time between the […]
Southern Railway has initiated the route preparation works for running private trains. The route preparation work for running the high-speed private trains involve upgradation of tracks and bridges, straightening out curves on platforms and tracks […]
