Railways opens Rs12,000-crore worth projects for Private, Foreign Investment

The Railways is opening up for investment by foreign and domestic players sanctioned projects worth Rs 12,000 crore. This amount would go up if one were to add the high-speed rail link projects costing almost Rs 77,000 crore which are yet to be sanctioned and some projects - such as the North-South freight corridor and passenger terminal development of several stations - whose costs are yet to be worked