India plans new rail entity

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India’s new Union Government is planning to set up a new organisation that will be charged with improving rail access and rail operations ...

Slow burn for Indian rail

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Liberalisation attracted new investment to India’s container rail sector but the mode’s share of freight movements has declined....

Pipavav doubles up with high cube boxes

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The first double-stack high cube container train left APM Terminals (APMT) Pipavav this month carrying 180 TEU destined for Container Corpor...

IR cleared to draw Japan loan

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The Indian government has approved the terms of an overseas development assistance (ODA) loan from Japan to allow Indian Railways (IR) to st...

DB and IR cooperate

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Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) and Indian Railways (IR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in the development of freight transpor...

IR keeps the upper hand

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Indian Railways (IR) has signed a concession agreement with 14 licensed inland container carriers, but rejected their demand that revisions ...

Indian rail in demand

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Following the recent withdrawal of stateowned Container Corporation of India (Concor)’s monopoly on moving containers by rail from inland ...

Wagons roll

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Indian rail wagon manufacturers have received a boost with Indian Railways (IR), their main customer, announcing it will increase its order ...

Mundra rail plans

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India's Mundra port in the western state of Gujarat has signed a deal with the government-owned Indian Railways (IR) to design, build, finan...

IR freight increase

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Indian Railways' freight loadings in the first half of the current financial year rose 7 percent to 247.87 mill tons compared to 231.62 mill...

IR/Pipavav pact

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Indian Railways and Gujarat Pipavav Port have signed a "traffic delivery" pact under which heavy penalties will have to be paid if either of...

Pipavav on the rails

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Indian Railways (IR) and Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (GPPL), in which PSA Corporation is a major shareholder, have formed a special joint ventu...

IR hikes freight rates

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The Indian Railways (IR) budget for 2001-2002, presented by Railway Minister Ms Mamata Bannerjee, has proposed a 2-3 per cent hike in freigh...

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