The Bailout Plan

October 2018

Is the Indian Railways chugging towards a gargantuan bailout? Startling as it may sound, the question is within the realms of plausibility given the ...

Tags: Indian Railways, CAGR, Seventh Pay Commission, IRFC, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Asian Development Bank, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory, Infrastructure, Technology, IT systems, Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, RITES, Jagannarayan Padmanabhan

Digitalisation of the Rail Industry

October 2018

India is investing heavily to scale up the current legacy systems to the new generation technologies, whether it is digitalisation initiatives, TCAS ...

Tags: TCAS, ETCS, IoT, AR, UNIFE, Internet of Trains, Beatrice Lippus, Rail Transportation Business Unit, Cyient

Connecting India

October 2018

Trains and the national railway network are meant not only for the physical movement of people and goods but also to enhance the overall quality of l...

Tags: Railway, Narendra Modi, Vigyan Bhavan, Indian Railways, ATVM, Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra, Integrated Transport E-Ticketing System, Integrated Transport E-Ticketing Smart Cards, Mangal Dev, Hitachi Rail Systems-India

India would require a few hundred kilometres of tunneling every year

October 2018

Today, images and news of under construction infrastructure projects compete for popularity with politics, cinema and cricket in the popular discours...

Tags: Construction, Infrastructure, Kapil Bhati, Robbins Tunneling and Trenching Technology India, TBM, Parvati Valley, CEC, Rail Vikas Nigam, Make in India, California systems

Opportunity Foreseen, Albeit Challenges

October 2018

The metro rail network in India has sharply expanded over the last decade from about 116 km of operational and under implementation network in 2006 t...

Tags: Metro rail network, Abhishek Gupta, ICRA, PPP, EIB, JICA, AFD, Government of India, Gurugram Rapid Metro

Traction Ahead!

March 2018

The Railways has sizeable capex plans for the five year period 2015-19 involving a capital outlay of Rs.8.56 trillion. The annual capital outlay for ...

Tags: Railways, NITI Aayog, DFC, HSR, PPP, IRFC, LIC, JICA, WDFC, EDFC, EPC, Tata Group, GMR Group, IRSDC, NHSRC

PPPs Get Rolling in Railways

March 2018

Investment opportunity stems from efforts of making rolling stock safer, faster and more efficient. The thrust on electrification is expected to give...

Tags: Investment opportunity, Electrification, Railway, CRISIL Research, DFCs, Electric locomotives, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Diesel Locomotive Works, GE, Alstom, LHB, Talgo coaches, Infrastructure, Technology, Titagarh Wagons

Opening the funds tap

October 2015

A stronger thrust on PPP projects, greater FDI and steady government support can help Indian Railways, one of the world´s largest rail networks, emer...

Tags: PPP projects, FDI, Indian Railways, Highway Projects, Roads, Power, Steel, Cement, Make in India, Konkan Railway Corporation, Pipavav Railway Corporation, Pipavav Port, Hassan-Mangalore Rail Development Company, JSW Group, Japan International Cooperation Agency