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Railways connected the India’s longest tunnel Katra-Banihal section T-49
16 Feb

Railways connected the India’s longest tunnel Katra-Banihal section T-49

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As indicated by the Northern Railways, the fundamental passage of the Katra-Banihal segment T-49 was effectively associated among Sumber and Arpinchala stations. After its finishing the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) super venture will be the longest passage of the Indian Railways. The Northern Railways said in a statement that, "Through this a major milestone has been achieved by the Indian Railways. It is really worthy to mention that line and level of the tunnel is precisely achieved in break-through.” The major highlights are: (a) It is 12.758 km long surpassing the 11.2 km long Pir Panjal Tunnel on the Banihal-Qazigund…
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Railway Ministry to undertake survey, prepare DPRs for High-Speed Rail corridors
12 Feb

Railway Ministry to undertake survey, prepare DPRs for High-Speed Rail corridors

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Indian Railways has decided to undertake a survey and prepare a detailed project report on the construction of a new bullet train corridor between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Howrah in West Bengal. The Varanasi-Howrah bullet train corridor will be besides six other newly identified corridors for which the Railways Ministry will undertake survey and prepare the DPRs or detailed project reports, according to Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The six other bullet train corridors are: Delhi-Varanasi, Mumbai-Nagpur, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Mumbai-Hyderabad, Chennai – Bengaluru – Mysore and Delhi-Amritsar corridors, the Minister informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply on Friday.
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