Global players including Alstom, Siemens, Hitachi, Stadler Rail, Wabtec and Arco have evinced interest in developing a new locomotive facility for the Indian Railways at an estimated investment of Rs 20,000 crore in Dahod, Gujarat.

Indian Railways will invest more than Rs 50 crore annually to fund startups, informed Union Ministry. Unlike other such collaborations, the intellectual property rights (IPR) for innovations will remain with the innovator.

The Rs 365 crore Katpadi Railway junction redevelopment project will be implemented on a total area of around 86 acres and a built-up area of 30,000 sq.m. The project aims to give the station a facelift with world-class passenger amenities.

With the aim of speeding up station redevelopment programme, Indian Railways has floated tenders worth Rs 5,000 crore for 14 stations on EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) mode.

The Ministry of Railways has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) for modernisation of telecommunication facilities related to operations and safety

The Indian Railways will soon be installing display screens at foot-over bridges, platforms, waiting rooms, and concourses at railway stations. The display screens referred to as Railway Display Network (RDN) will be installed by RailTel under the RDN Project for the Indian Railways.

With more than 2.2 crore passengers travelling daily by trains from over 7,000 stations in India, the railways has decided to install 65,000 digital display screens at 2,000 stations to ensure round-the-clock display of train timings, running status and other passenger-related information

The Railways is upgrading and modernising 46 railway stations in Odisha to provide enhanced passenger amenities. It has allocated Rs 296.3 crore in the 2021-22 financial year for the purpose. At present, railway stations are upgraded/modernised under the ‘Adarsh Station’ scheme.

The government is planning to strengthen Indian Railways infrastructure and has stressed on commissioning a total of 14 critical coal-evacuation railway projects for faster transportation of fuel, as higher prices of fuel are likely to put pressure on the national transporter for transportation of domestic coal.