Rail transport in India consists of primarily of passenger and freight shipments along an integrated rail network. Indian Railways (IR),a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India,operates India's national railway system. It is the primary owner and operator of rail operations throughout the country including suburban rail in major metros.
The Union Public Service Commission is a constitutional body of India that conducts direct recruitment of officers to the All India Services and the Central Civil Services through examinations and appoints officers in various Services under the Government of India. The personnel are managed by the Department of Personnel and Training.
The Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering,abbreviated as IRSME,is one of the group 'A' central engineering services of the Indian railways. The officers of this service are responsible for managing the Mechanical Engineering Division of the Indian Railways. Till 2019,IRSME officers were drawn from the Combined Engineering Service Examination (ESE) and Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission. All appointments to the Group 'A' services are made by the president of India.
The Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) is a central engineering services group A cadre of the Indian railways. The officers of this service are responsible for managing the Signal and Telecommunications Engineering Organization of the Indian Railways.
The Indian Railway Traffic Service,abbreviated as IRTS is a Prestigious Group 'A' Central Civil Service Cadre of the Government of India. IRTS in its present form was reconstituted in 1967. The IRTS Cadre functions under the Administrative Control of the Ministry of Railways,Government of India. The civil servants under this service are responsible for Operation and Business Development of Indian Railways in the country. On one hand,IRTS officers co-ordinate among various technical departments of the Indian Railways,while on the other hand,they form the public interface of the Indian Railways. Colloquially called Traffic Officers, they are the primary facilitators of Railway services right from Planning of freight movement,Passenger transport,Passenger amenities to Station Management and Infrastructure Planning.
Dankuni is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is now part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is considered posh area in Hooghly. Positioned strategically near Kolkata,it has emerged as an important industrial and commercial center in the region. The city's landscape is characterized by a mix of residential areas and industrial zones,reflecting its dual identity as a place of habitation and economic activity.
The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) is a public sector undertaking which undertakes planning,development,and mobilisation of financial resources and construction,maintenance and operation of the Dedicated Freight Corridors.
Vivek Sahai is a transportation and management expert in India. He is a 1973 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service officer. He was appointed as Chairman Railway Board from 01-06-2010 to 30-06-2011 and ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India. Additionally,he was the chairman at Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited,and served on the National Transport Development Policy Committee for the Government of India. In the past,he served as a Director of Coal India Limited from July 9,2007,to August 20,2008,and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd until July 26,2011. He has also served as Director at Pipavav Railway Corporation Limited.
The Chairperson and CEO of the Indian Railway Board is the administrative head of the Indian Railways,which functions under the overall control of the Parliament of India through the Minister for railways. The chairperson also serves as ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India for the Ministry of Railways.
Rewari Junction railway station,station code RE,is a major railway station of the Indian Railways serving the city of Rewari in the Indian state of Haryana. It is in the Jaipur Division of the North Western Railway zone and lies on the Delhi–Ajmer–Ahmedabad route. Six railway lines branch out from this railway station. The seventh railway line from Rewari will be laid as a dedicated freight railway line as a part of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is a joint venture company of the Government of India and the states of Haryana,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh,and Delhi. The NCRTC is the owner of RapidX,the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project across the National Capital Region (NCR),inaugurated on 20 October 2023. It is operated by Deutsche Bahn.
The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor or Western DFC is a 1,506 km long,under-construction 1,676 mm freight corridor in India. It will connect Dadri in Uttar Pradesh with Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai,Raigad District,Maharashtra. The corridor is being built by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL),a public-sector unit (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways and would be electrified with double-line operation. The Western DFC entails a new single-line branch from Prithla in Palwal district to Tughlakabad in Delhi,running parallel to the existing New Delhi–Faridabad–Palwal railway line.
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor or Eastern DFC is a broad gauge freight corridor in India. The railway will run between Ludhiana in Punjab and Dankuni in West Bengal via Meerut and Khurja in Uttar Pradesh. This railway line is one of the multiple freight corridors being constructed by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL),a public-sector unit (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways.
The Indian locomotive class WAG-12B is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 2017 by Alstom with technological collaboration with Indian Railways. The model name stands for wide gauge(W),Alternating Current (A),Goods traffic (G) locomotive-12 . They entered trial service in 2019. A total of 370 WAG-12B have been built at Electric Locomotive Factory,Madhepura,Bihar,India.
Dadri railway station is a railway station serving the city of Dadri in Gautam Buddh Nagar district,Uttar Pradesh,India,on the Delhi–Aligarh–Kanpur section,around 50 km east of Delhi. Its station code in Indian Railways terminology is DER. Dadri is a wayside station at which only a few commuter trains stop. The station consists of four platforms which are not well sheltered and lack most facilities including sanitation.
Arvind Saxena is an Indian civil servant and is the former chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). A 1978-batch officer,he served in the Indian Postal Service for 10 years,before joining the Research and Analysis Wing in 1988,and the UPSC in 2015.
Vinod Kumar Yadav is the Administrator of Delhi Gymkhana Club Limited and is the Ex Chairman &Chief Executive Officer,Railway Board,Indian Railways. He previously served as the General Manager for South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways and held various other important assignments in the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited,Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited and in the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. He is from Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) –1980 batch.
Syamal Bhushan Ghosh Dastidar is an ex-Indian Civil Servant,former Member Traffic of the Railway Board and Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India. In 2009,he was awarded the Padma Shri,India's fourth highest civilian award in the civil service category. He was the only one who is felicitated with this honor in 2009 in the Civil Service category.
Arunendra Kumar is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers officer. He served as Chairman of Indian Railways from 2013 to 2014,as Member Mechanical in 2013,and as General Manager of South East Central Railways in 2011–13
The Dedicated freight corridors in India are a network of broad gauge freight railway lines that solely serve freight trains,thus making the freight service in India faster and efficient. The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) is responsible for undertaking planning,development,mobilisation of financial resources and construction,maintenance &operation of these corridors.
