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In a notable development, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with RailTel Corporation of India Limited, for installation of Intrusion Detection System (IDS).

Indian Railways has set a target is to commission 100 Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals (GCTs) in three financial years i.e.  2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Indian Railways is working on a mission mode to become the largest Green Railways in the world and is moving towards becoming a “net zero carbon emitter” before 2030.

Reportedly, Indian Railways (IR) plans to adopt artificial intelligence and quantum computing technology for its rapid transformation.

Indian Railways (IR) is planning to develop dedicated corridors for cement transportation.

Reportedly, Indian Railways (IR) is planning to introduce a smart one-time-password (OTP) based digital locking system in freight and parcel trains.

The Visakhapatnam railway station of East Coast Railway has been awarded the ‘Green Railway Station Certification with highest rating of Platinum’ by the Indian Green Building Council.

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has made savings to the tune of Rs 1.18 billion on diesel costs by deploying head on generation (HOG) technology in trains between April and November 2022.

Indian Railways (IR) is planning to modernise another 1,000 stations under the “Amrit Bharat Station Scheme”.

In a bid to prevent pilferages on the rail system, Indian Railways (IR) is ready to initiate global position system (GPS) tracking of nearly 300,000 wagons.

Indian Railways (IR) has been working towards technology development for railway modernisation.

As of December 12, 2022, Indian Railways (IR) has completed 2,022 track kms (tkm) of new line, gauge conversion and multi-track projects.

In order to minimise carbon footprint of the railways, Konkan Railways has installed solar panels at 10 railway stations. 

As on April 1, 2022, across Indian Railways (IR), 452 railway projects (183 new line, 42-gauge conversion and 227 doubling) of total length 49,323 km are in different stages of planning/sanction/execution.

According to government information, nearly 285 important railways projects are currently pending.

Western Railways has installed 6.6 MW of solar power projects across 97 railway stations and 92 MW of solar power projects at 46 railway office building.

Reportedly, Indian Railways (IR) is planning to construct 1,000 kms of boundary barriers in select areas of its network.

Ministry of Railways (MoR) has decided to extend the facility to book unreserved tickets on UTSONMOBILE application.

In a bid to strengthen the rail network in the northeastern region of the country, Indian Railways is planning to lay railway tracks right upto the China border in Arunachal Pradesh.

Indian Railways has decided to switch from stony ballasted tracks to ballastless tracks at important stations including those identified for redevelopment.