INDIA: A July service widely billed before launch as India’s second Vande Bharat Sleeper entered operation as a mixed-class express, while official records still listed only Howrah–Kamakhya as the sleeper network.
BANGLADESH: A 19-coach rake built in India for Bangladesh Railway is set to be dispatched with a redesigned crashworthy car body compliant with EN 15227 and an electrical system configured for 415 V operation.
INDIA: Five infrastructure groups have bid for a Bengaluru suburban rail package centred on Mathikere’s double-decker station, where suburban tracks are planned above a road flyover within Corridor 2.
INDIA: A specially modified 20-car Vande Bharat fitted with Automatic Emergency Braking has begun trials on the Sakleshpur–Subrahmanya Road ghat, a key step toward the proposed Bengaluru–Mangaluru service.
INDIA: A ₹3,103.69 crore EPC tender covers 110.5 km of new broad-gauge double line between Kharsia and Balodabazar, including Jharadih Y-connectivity plus civil, track, electrification and signalling works.
INDIA: The Sabarmati–Veraval Vande Bharat Express is scheduled to move to the Gandhigram–Botad corridor on August 17, adding a permanent stop at Chital in Amreli district.
INDIA: South Western Railway has commissioned two Vande Bharat Sleeper trainsets for the planned Bengaluru–Mumbai overnight service, which officials expect to cover the route in about 16 hours.
INDIA: South Western Railway is advancing platform-capacity plans at KSR Bengaluru and Yeshwantpur, with two additional platforms planned at KSR and four proposed at Yeshwantpur Junction.
INDIA: NHSRCL has signed a contract with the KCS-AVADH Consortium for specialized rolling stock maintenance machinery for the 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project as its depot infrastructure develops.
INDIA: India’s hydrogen-powered train remains a pilot on the Jind–Sonipat route, with any wider deployment dependent on resources, operational feasibility and other requirements, according to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
INDIA: Indian Railways plans 112 special train trips for the Onam travel period, adding temporary passenger capacity as festival demand rises on routes serving Kerala this season.
INDIA: Vadodara bullet train station has completed slab casting at its concourse, platform and track levels as steel structural work advances above the existing railway complex.
