Indian Railways
How Railway Capex Is Being Spent in 2026-27: Projects and State-wise Allocations
The Union Budget 2026-27 has placed a strong emphasis on strengthening Indian Railways through sustained capital expenditure, with a sharp focus on safety upgrades, capacity expansion, and asset modernisation. In...
High Speed Rail Projects
Bullet Train Project Achieves 2nd Mountain Tunnel Breakthrough in Maharashtra
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project achieved a major milestone with the successful breakthrough of the second mountain tunnel...
Press Release
Dr. M (Mundayat) Ramachandran , Former Secretary, MoUD Joins Editorial Advisory Board of Metro Rail News
NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Metro Rail News is pleased to welcome Dr. M (Mundayat) Ramachandran, Former IAS...
Latest News
Industry’s Response to Record Rail Allocations in Union Budget 2026-27
Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the Union Budget 2026 on February 1. The Union Budget 2026-27 has...
Indian Railways
Railway Minister Announces Expansion of Vande Bharat, Amrit Bharat and Namo Bharat Trains in 2026-27
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on 1 February, during a press conference at Rail Bhawan that the Ministry...
The Future of Traffic Management is ‘Intelligent’
Technology has gradually permeated across domains over the years, however, inventions have been comparatively less visible in the field of traffic management and control....
Meet Hyperloop One product engineer, Gurneet Kaur
In the face of it, Gurneet Kaur seems intimidating. You only have to glance at her educational accomplishments. With an undergraduate degree in physics...
Opinion: Race to acquire Metro rail is both futile and expensive
Currently in India, 10 cities have a operational Metro rail system and five are under construction. A Metro signifies that a city has arrived....
Top Five Trends that will Shape the Global Rail Industry in 2019
Amidst growing liberalization,
competition, and changing passenger expectations guided by the rise of digital
technologies, global rail companies and OEMs must have a clear view of...
Urban Mobility Development in India needs to look beyond costs
‘A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars, it’s where the rich ride public transportation.’ – Gustavo Francisco Petro UrregoPublic
transport...
Opinion: Failure of Mumbai Monorail holds lessons for Urban Planners
On December 14, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) abruptly terminated its contract with the Indo-Malaysian consortium L&T-Scomi Engineering Bhd to manage the city’s monorail....





