The Railway Board decided to run the indigenously built high speed train between Delhi and Katra, the base for the Vaishno Devi shrine, after the success of the train now plying between New Delhi and Varanasi which has completed over 1.5 lakh running km in five months. Here are some interesting things to know about Vande … Read more
The world’s highest railway bridge is gradually taking shape. It could be ready earlier than your expections. The bridge, enough to be considered an engineering marvel in the world, is 35 metre taller than the Eiffel Tower. Trains would be able to run with speeds as high as 100 kmph. Here are some more facts … Read more
Bilaspur–Manali–Leh line is a proposed high-elevation all-weather 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge railway track that is planned to connect Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. In a few years’ time, tourists in India can visit Leh all-year-round all thanks to the Indian railways plan of … Read more
It was Maharaja Pratap Singh, of the Dogra dynasty, who first explored the possibility of a railway line connecting Jammu with Srinagar in 1898 but the idea was put on hold because of complications involved in laying the track over a hilly terrain. However, in 1905, the maharaja approved a railway line between Jammu and Srinagar … Read more
On 16 August, 2018 the nation lost a statesman of independent India. An iconic leader on the world stage, Atal Bihari Vajpayee led India with great wisdom, foresight and love for the country. Former prime minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee was admitted to the hospital on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary … Read more