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INDIAN RAILWAYS

NETWORK AND ITS

ADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGES

NOBLE GEORGE JOSEPH

ROLL NO : 1020320


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INTRODUCTION

Indian Railways is more than 150 year old

It is a lifeline of country

Its the largest railway network in Asia and theworlds second largest under one management

It is biggest civilian employer in the world

Always targeted by public during any rally,agitation etc


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GENERALIndian Railways covers 63028 of route km along length &width of the country

It runs 11000 trains every day

It carries 1.5 crore passengers & 17 lakh tonnes of goodsevery day

It is fuel efficient system


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INFRASTRUCTURE

Railways has 7566 engines,37840 coaches & about 222147wagons

7000 stations

1 lakh km of track

16 lakh employee(10 lakh in Group C) including 10000 officers

Biggest township Kharagpur has 12000 qrs


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ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

Top

Railway Board or Ministry of Railways headed by Chairman

Railway Board

Middle

16 zones headed by General Managers

Bottom

67 divisions headed by Division Railway Managers


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PRODUCTION UNITS

Chitranjan loco works at Chitranjan for Electrical Engine

Diesel loco works,Varanasi for Diesel Engine

Coach factory at Perambur & Kapurthala

Rail wheel factory at Bangalore

Diesel component works at Patiala


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ORGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

1947 post partition 21 railway systems---10 owned by the GOIand balance by princely states.

Total integration of princely state railways completed by firstApril 1950

1951 Southern, Central and Western Railways SR, CR&WRcreated

1952 Northern, Eastern and North Eastern Railways,

NR,ER&NER created

1955 South Eastern Railways, SER created

1958 North East Frontier Railways, NFR created


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1966 South Central Railways, SCR created 2002 East Central& North Western Railways created in October

2003 South Western , West Central, North Central, South

Eastern Central & East Coast Railway, SWR, WCR, NCR, SECRand ECoR created in April 2003

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DEPARTMENTS

Railway has its own cadre & consists of 9 Dept (8 wheel & 1brake)

Technical- 4Engineering,Mechanical, Electrical & Signal

Non technical- 5

Traffic, Personel,Stores, Security& Finance


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BUDGET

Railway earns mainly from goods traffic

Daily expenditure is about Rs 100 cr (42% staff, 18% fuels)

Daily earnings Rs140 cr

Daily loss on uneconomic branch line Rs 8 cr


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PSU

Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Co (IRCTC)

Indian Railway Constn Comp (IRCON)

Rail India Technical Services(RITES)

Container Corporation (CONCOR) Rail Tel Corparation (Rail tel)

Konkan Railway Corpo Ltd (KRCL)

Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC)

Rail Vikash Nigam Ltd (RVNL)

Rail Land Dev Authority(RLDA)

Dedicated Freight Corridor Co Ltd


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PUBLIC CONCERN

Availability of Reservation

PRS irrespective of presence of Railway - cover more than 90%of population including each district HQ etc,(720 no)

Tatkal booking, E booking

PNR enquiry.

It runs additional service in festivals,summer & winter holiday

Information for passengers on internet


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PUBLIC CONCERN

SAFETY & PUNCTUALITY - generally good but adverse publicityis more . Annual deaths in Railways are much lesser than RoadAccidents

CLEANLINESS OF STATIONS ,WAITING HALLS ETCcleanliness of trains , toilets & linen supplied in trains- seriousconcern. Lot of attention is being paid but lot is to be done.depend on civic sense of rail users also

HYGIENIC FOOD now IRCTC is setup to improve catering atstations & trains

All information available in timetable & internet atwww.indianrail.gov.in


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RAILWAYS CONCERN

Not able to fix fare as per cost -

i) loss in suburban service

ii) loss due to increase in cost of diesel

Not able to close uneconomic branch line-yearly loss 2500 cr

Political interference in investment decision

Not able to meet public demand for more seats in few sector&run empty trains in others

Outdated technology of locomotive

Small and inadequate rail networks.


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COMMERCIAL VS SOCIAL

It can not increase fare due to adverse political impact eventhough fuel cost mounting

Railway has social obligation to run transport service for all thearea of country irrespective of profit motive. It can not closeuneconomic lines

It has to generate enough resources for efficient maintenance &replacements of assets on its own


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