INDIAN RAILWAY IS ALL SET TO INVEST INR 20 LAKH CRORE WHICH SEEMS TO BE A BRIGHT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG ENGINEERS IN 2018 !

INDIAN RAILWAY IS PLANNING TO DEVELOPE HI-SPEED RAILWAY CORRIDORS WITH DESIGN SPEED OF 150KMPH - 200 KMPH

The major outcome of this project is to connect major cities with this new network and National Capital Region (NCR), Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Vijayawada, Kolkata.

This type of development includes the following construction activities:

1. Permanent way 
2. New bridges along the corridor
3. Station development 
4. Overhead electrification work (OEW)
5. Signalling and Telecommunications

This creates a unique opportunity for young civil engineer graduates to reinforce their career in the infrastructure projects like these and with employability chances in the following:- 

1. Site engineering 
2. Design engineer
3. Quantity surveying engineer 
4. Estimation and Costing engineer 
5. Project planning engineer
6. Project scheduling engineer 
7. Project management engineer 
8. Construction management professionals
9. QA/QC engineer 
10. Signalling and telecommunications engineer 
11. Operations and maintenance engineer 

Depending on the role and responsibilities in the railway engineering discipline, an engineer can be employed in the design, construction, maintenance and operations of the trains and rail systems which includes monitoring and controlling the rail network and the trains. 

Its a boom for engineers to grab the opportunity so it is suggested to engineers to get railway engineering training program so that the career is achieved in the respective field.

SOURCES: - 

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)
2. http://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/tag/railways/
3. http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/