Southern Railway is undertaking doubling work at Omalur-Mettur Dam (29 km), gauge conversion works at Pattukottai — Karaikkudi (70 km) and Pattukottai — Tiruvarur (76 km).

The Government of India aims to equip all existing railway stations with fast WiFi service called as ‘RailWire’. As of now the service the service is currently limited to select A1, A and some B listed stations only.

Ministry of Railways / Indian Railways plans to implement Jharia rail bypass project near the 35-km line between Chandrapura and Dhanbad.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd has invited tenders for empanelment of architectural consultants for various kitchen units over IRCTC West zone

Central Railway invites Request for proposal for selection of technical consultant for proposed Thakurli passenger terminus.

Transrail’s has presence across Power Transmission and Distribution, lighting infrastructure, substations and railways. The company has in-house manufacturing facilities for towers, conductors and poles. The company has got new orders worth Rs 904 crore in India and abroad over the six months ending September, 2017. The company’s order book as on September 30, 2017 stood at Rs 3,580 crore (USD 559 million)

The reconstruction work of Jagraon Bridge is expected to start shortly. The project involves the reconstruction of one side of the bridge and is pending for more than a year. The traffic congestiion is likely to ease once the project gets over. Tenders were recently floated by railways and can be submitted by January 19, 2018. The completion of the work is targeted in 10 months.

Ambala division aims to complete the pending projects announced in the last four years. Some of the major projects included disabled-friendly world class Chandigarh railway station, green station, Chandigarh-Baddi rail link line, semi-high speed train between Chandigarh and Delhi, and training centre to impart railway related skills.

New railway route is being laid from Tuticorin to Madurai covering 143.5 km in three sections. Around 24 acre of land is acquired from private land owners and handed over to the Madurai Division of Southern Railways by the Tuticorin District.