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19,000 Km Railway Tracks to be Modernized.
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....9,000 Km Railway Tracks to be Modernized. <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 14-3-2012<br><BR>Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Railways 14-March-2012 14:37 IST 19,000 Km....
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.... Railway Tracks to be Modernized During the next five years Ministry of Railways plans to modernize nearly 19000 km track through renewal, upgradation of track, replacement and strengthening of 11,25....
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....0 bridges to run heavier freight trains of 25 tonne axle load and to achieve passenger train speed of 160 kmph and over, with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 63, 212 crore. The Minister of Railways Sh....
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....ri Dinesh Trivedi introducing the Railway Budget for 2012-13 in Parliament today said, an allocation of Rs. 6,467 crore has been made in the Annual Plan 2012-13, which forms about 11% of the total pla....
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....n outlay. The Minister said, with almost 80% of the traffic carried on 40% of the rail network, the high density network (HDN) routes are over-saturated and there is a crying need to upgrade and expa....
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....nd capacity to reduce congestion, provide time for maintenance and improve productivity and safety. This would include progressive shift to flash butt technology for welding of rails, progressive use ....
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....of 60kg rails instead of 52 kg, provision of thick web switches at points & crossings, mechanized maintenance with the latest track machines and increased frequency of ultrasonic testing of tracks. *....
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....*** MKP/AD/DB<BR> News - Press release - PIB....