"All Metre Gauge lines will be converted into Broad Gauge phase-wise. We have already taken a decision in this regard," Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour. With ...

Half a century ago, there used to be a vast network of meter gauge trains. This constituted almost half of the total network. Small coaches, having floor level closer to ground, were easy to board and ...

LUCKNOW: It was an emotional moment for loco-pilot Rajkumar Verma, assistant loco-pilot Ganesh Kumar, train guard Raman Kumar Pathak, and several other railway staff, along with around 140 passengers ...

Converting the entire network of rail tracks into broad gauge and installing bio-toilets in all trains are among the ambitious projects being implemented to make the railways a major engine of the ...

As the 09174 Omkareshwar Road – Dr Ambedkar Nagar Special Passenger train completed its journey on Tuesday, the meter gauge track under Ratlam rail division was shut forever. Mhow (Madhya Pradesh): To ...

Enjoy Ross Gibson’s interesting and informative articles. I do take issue with his use of the term “broad gauge.” He has used it poorly in many of his articles. The Southern Pacific and Central ...

As part of the plan, the existing meter gauge line in the country's south-eastern regions will be overhauled first. For this, the railway line from Dhaka to Dohazari in Cox's Bazar will be converted ...

With Indian Railways completely opting for uni-gauge (broad gauge) under its network, it is making efforts to preserve locomotives and coaches used on narrow gauge and meter gauge network so as to ...

MHOW: Mhow railway station is being revamped and being given the shape of Dr Ambedkar memorial. The meter gauge platform built-in 1870 is now being removed and the size of the new broad gauge platform ...