NAME:Ansari Adnan Salahuddin

BRANCH:CE4G(A)

SERIAL NO:20

TOPIC:CLASSIFICATION OF INDIAN RAILWAYGUIDANCE:NALBAND IRFAN SIR..

Topic:- classification to Indian Railways

Introduction to Railway

The simplest introduction to railway may be define as the

way which is made up of rails .It is the permanent way.

Railway is the speed mode of transport

The different zones of Indian Railways

Eastern Railways (E.R.) South Eastern Railways (S.E.R.) Northern Railways (N.R.) North Eastern Railways (N.E.R.) Southern Railways (S.R.) Central Railways (C.R.) Western Railways (W.R.) North Eastern Frontier Railways (N.F.R.) South Central Railways (S.C.R.)

CLASSIFICATION OF INDIAN RAILWAYS

Based on routes Based on speed criteria

Based on routes

(1)Trunk route.(2) Main line.

(3) Branch line.

Trunk route The following six routes in broad gauge

and three routes are classified in trunk route.

Broad gauge(1) Delhi-Howrah(2) Delhi-Mumbai(3) Delhi-Chennai(4) Howrah-Mumbai(5) Howrah-Chennai(6) Mumbai-Chennai

Meter gauge(1) Lucknow-Gorakpur-Gohati(2) Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Ahmedabad(3) Chennai-Madhurai-Trivandrum

Main lines All lines other than trunk routes carrying

10 G.M.T. or more per year for B.G. and max permissible speed 100 kmph for B.G. comes under main lines.

Track relaying period is 20 years for B.G. and 30 years for M.G.

All lines other than trunk routes carrying 2.5 G.M.T. or more per year for M.G. and max permissible speed is 75 kmph for M.G. comes under main lines.

Branch lines All routes carrying less than 10 G.M.T. per

year for B.G. and max permissible speed is less than 100 kmph for B.G. comes under branch lines.

All routes carrying less than 2.5 G.M.T. per year for M.G. and max permissible speed is less than 75 kmph for M.G. comes under branch lines.

All B.G. and the M.G. locomotive engines would be permitted to operate on all branch lines at reasonable speed.

Based on speed criteria

(1) Group A(2) Group B(3) Group C(4) Group D(5) Group E

Group A usually trunk routes on which the

speed of train should be kept at 160 kmph or more are classified in this group.

(1) Delhi to Howrah route.(2) Howrah to Mumbai (C.S.T.) via

Nagpur.

Group B Under this group those routes have

been classified on which the maximum permissible speed is 130 kmph allowed.

At present 13 routes comes under the group B

(1) kalyan-Raichur-Chennai(2) kharagpur.(3) Baroda-Ahemdabad

Group C

All surburban routes of mumbai and kolkata comes under this group.

Group D All routes where maximum

sanctioned speed is 100 kmph comes under this group.

Group E

The branch lines where maximum speed is less than 100 kmph.

Reference•Arora •Rangwala•Wikipedia

Conclusion•Classification of indian railways•Based on routes •Based on speed criteria

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