INDIAN RAILWAY VISION 2020

CAPACITY CREATION BY 2020

1. More than 30,000 kms of route would be double / multiple lines (compare to around 18,000 kms today). Of this, more than 6,000 kms would be quadrupled lines with segregation of passenger and freight services into separate double-line corridors. This shall include Delhi-Kolkata, Delhi-Mumbai, Kolkata-Mumbai and Delhi-Chennai routes on which Dedicated Freight Corridors would come.

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CAPACITY CREATION BY 2020

2. Maximum speed of passenger trains would be raised from 110 or 130 kmph at present to 160-200 kmph on these segregated routes and, similarly, maximum speed of freight trains would be raised from 60-70 kmph to over 100 kmph. The gap between maximum and average speeds of both passenger and freight trains will be minimized.

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CAPACITY CREATION BY 2020

3. Gauge conversion programme would be completed. The entire network (barring the hill and heritage railways) would be in Broad Gauge.

4. 33,000 kms of routes would be electrified (i.e. additional electrification of 14,000 kms in 10 years).

HIGH SPEED RAIL TRAVEL

1. The vision aims at raising the speed of regular passenger trains to 160-200 kmph on segregated routes, which will bring about a major transformation in train travel.

2. At least 4 high speed rail projects to provide bullet train services at 250-300 kmph.

HIGH SPEED RAIL TRAVEL

3. Six corridors have already been identified for technical studies on setting up High Speed Rail Corridors. These are:

i. Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar;ii. Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad;iii. Hyderabad-Dronakal-Vijaywada-Chennai;iv. Howrah-Haldia;v. Chennai-Banglore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam;vi. Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna

WORLD CLASS STATIONS & DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE

STATIONS

• 50 stations will be developed as World Class Station.

• In addition, at least 200 large stations would be developed to provide multifarious facilities like offices, retail, entertainment, restaurants, theatres, hotels and health and educational services.

METHODOLOGY OF ACHIEVING INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOPMENT

• High Speed Rail Corridor (Bullet Train), World Class Station and Multifarious facilities will be achieved through PPP.

• Other Project / Works to be done by Railways.

INVESTMENT FOR VISION - 2020

• Total investment will be Rs. 14 Lacs Crore. Out of which Rs. 8.23 Lacs Crore will be on Civil Engineering Infrastructure.

• Rs. 9 Lacs Crore will be mobilized by Railway through surpluses from high growth in freight & passenger traffic, supported by borrowing and use of PPP.

• Central Govt. to set up an Accelerated Rail Development Fund (ARDF) to finance remaining Rs. 5 Lacs Crore.

PROPOSED INVESTMENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE

1. Bottleneck removal works – Traffic facility, Bypass, Terminal Works, Speed Raising

48,000

2. New Line, Doubling, Tripling, Quadrupling (Including DFC), Gauge Conversion, MTP

4,05,450

3. World Class Stations & MFCs, Adarsh Stations 91,000

4. Track Renewal & 25 t Axle Load and Bridges 79,405

5. High Speed Corridor 2,00,000

Total 8,23,855

6. Cost to complete 109 New Lines, 51 Gauge Conversion & 126 Doubling ongoing projects.

79,462

(Cr. of Rs.)

PROPOSED DOUBLING, GAUGE CONVERSION & NEW LINE

PROJECTS

Plan Head

Short Term Targets

(upto 2012)

Long Term

Targets

Total Targets

Doubling 1000 kms 11000 kms 12000 kms

Gauge Conversion

2500 kms 9500 kms 12000 kms

New Line 1000 kms 24000 kms 25000 kms

Total 4500 kms 44500 kms 49000 kms

RESOURCES REQUIREMENT IN FUTURE

Item Present availability Future Requirement

Rails 60 Kg 7 Lacs MT 12 Lacs MT

PRC sleepers 91 Lacs sleepers 150 Lacs sleepers

Track Fastenings, Switches, Crossings etc

Enhance capacity by 70-80 % over and above the present.

Ballast 150 Lacs cum 250 Lacs cum

Track Machines

578 Track Machines2284 track machines + 3732 complimentary rolling stock

Supervisors17299 (with 4044

vacancies) for Engineering only

31500

Officers90 SAG in

construction

80+90=170 SAG for Const. units and Authorities

160 JAG/SS for Authorities

• Annual increase is slated to increase from the present levels of Rs. 20,000 Crores to approx Rs. 50,000 Crores.

• Role of Finance: The role of finance in a project organization should be redefined. Rigorous financial examination is required while approving the project and sanctioning the detailed estimate. Thereafter expenditure will be done by executives as per provision in the detailed estimate.

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PROJECT EXECUTION METHODOLOGY

• Tender Evaluation System: This will be modified to a system in which the price is not the only consideration, but the technical competence and capability of the tenderer is given due weightage.

PROJECT EXECUTION METHODOLOGY

• Independent authority headed by engineering officer (reporting to ME) will be set up in 4 metropolitan cities i.e. Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai & Mumbai .

• The authority will be headed by a Chairman and supported by Members below him and other SAG level official under them, with 8-10 field units.

• A total of 40 officers would be required to man the HQ of the 4 Authorities proposed, with another about 200-250 officers in SAG and JAG/Senior Scale working in the PIUs.

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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

• The thin team of Authority would have not more than 3 tiers and, would be supported by outsourced staff in the areas required for the projects. The Project Implementation Units (PIU) would be spread over the geographical beat of the Authority to supervise the execution of the projects. PIUs will have officials in 2-3 tiers for supervising the projects. For closer monitoring and supervision, each SAG officer would have a work load of approximately 200-300 kms to oversee.

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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

• For coordinating between the Authorities and assisting the Board (ME) in overseeing the working of the Authorities, the post of an Additional Member (Projects) would be revived in the Railway Board.

• The Authorities would be allowed to evolve and develop their own procedures and delegations of powers founded on efficiency, speed of decision making, transparency, accountability and financial discipline. Timely execution of projects in the allowed time would be the mission of the Authority.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

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