Ahmedabad: Western Railway has planned to introduce a new Vande Bharat Express train connecting Ahmedabad to Udaipur. The train may start in later part of January or in February this year. The proposal has been moved to introduce this train as the electrification work on Ahmedabad - Himmatnagar - Udaipur route has been completed. The new train will be operated six days a week, barring Tuesdays. The train will leave Udaipur at 6.10 am and reach Ahmedabad at 10.25 am. The train will have only s...Read More

Ahmedabad: The electrification work on the rail route between Ahmedabad's Asarva and Udaipur in Rajasthan has been completed. Following successful trials with AC electric locomotives by Western Railway and North Western Railway, the railway department has decided to operate passenger trains using electric power. The Asarva-Indore Veerbhumi Express (train no. 19316) ran its last trip with a diesel locomotive on Saturday. It departed from Asarva at 4 pm, passing through Himmatnagar and Udaipur ...Read More

Himmatnagar: Thanks to the completed electrification of railway line between Asarwa (Ahmedabad) and Himmatnagar railway stations, the first electric goods train arrived at Himmatnagar railway station on Monday night at Himmatnagar railway station from Kandla via Asarwa. This was possible due to completion of speed tests and related approvals. It is understood that the trial run of electric train on Himmatnagar - Udaipur railway route will be done on 20th December. After speed trials, and rela...Read More

Peepli: A kilometers-long traffic jam occurred on the Udaipur-Shamlaji section of National Highway 48 near the Peepli area as the highway became inundated and waterlogged due to heavy rains and the overflowing of a lake in Kesariyaji. As a consequence of the waterlogging, approximately 10 kilometers of traffic jam persisted for over 12 hours, with hundreds of trucks stranded while traveling between Gujarat and Rajasthan. Visuals show vehicles submerged in water, with some trucks appearing to ...Read More

Gandhinagar: 'At present 12981/12982 Asarva - Jaipur Express is operating with maximum permissible load of 22 LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coaches including 04 general class coaches. At present, Ahmedabad -Delhi sector is being served by 8 pairs of trains while Udaipur-Mumbai sector is served by 2 pairs of trains. Besides introduction of new train services and augmentation of existing/new train services is an ongoing process on Indian Railways subject to traffic justification, operational feasibili...Read More

Gandhinagar: The electrification on the broad guage railway line in length of 70 km is yet to complete on Ahmedabad - Udaipur route. Due to lack of end-to-end electrification, the railway connectivity is not as much and as fast as it should be on Ahmedabad - Udaipur route. Electrification of railway line is must for operating electric engine run trains. It is important to run some premium trains also. For example, two main requirement to launch Vande Bahrat Express on any railway route are - ...Read More

Vadodara: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced revised toll rates for approximately 1100 toll plazas nationwide, effective from today. The increase in toll rates across the country ranges from 3% to 5%. The user fee at the Kathpur Toll Plaza on the Himmatnagar-Chiloda section of National Highway 48 (formerly NH-8) has also been raised. National Highway 48 (NH 48) is a major highway in India that starts in Delhi and terminates in Chennai, traversing seven states includ...Read More

Gandhinagar: 100 percent electrification of the Ahmedabad-Udaipur railway line is likely to be completed next April. If this target is achieved on time, the Railways will be able to run a lot of long distance trains from Mumbai and elsewhere to Udaipur via Ahmedabad. At present, only diesel run trains can be operated on the Ahmedabad - Udaipur route due to the lack of 100 percent electrification on this stretch. According to sources in the railways, the Dadar-Ahmedabad train, which present...Read More

Gandhinagar/Nathdwara: In a very good news for commuters who travel to Nathdwara Shrinathji from Gujarat, a national highway stretch bypassing Udaipur city has been completed and it is now open for traffic. A 24 km long, 6-lane greenfield bypass, has been constructed at a cost of Rs 900 crore. The bypass provides an easier and smoother route for Shrinathji pilgrims traveling between Gujarat and Nathdwara. The new bypass diverts the traffic traveling from Jaipur to Ahmedabad, and ease the bur...Read More