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Indian Railways

5-Year Action Plan

Indian Railways
5-Year Action Plan

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Indian Railways
an Overview

Network Route Kilometer - 1.16

lakh track km,
66000 route km
No. of Trains per day - 13000
passenger trains,
8000 Freight trains
No. of stations - 8500
No. of employees - 13 lakhs
approx (2nd largest employer in
the country after defence)

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Passengers:
We Move The Nation

Passengers carried - 822.7 crore in 2014/15

(largest passenger carrier in the world)
13,000 passenger trains daily
Connecting over 8,500 stations (approx)

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Freight
Transportation

Freight carried - 1097.5 MT (4th largest in the world)

8,000 freight trains daily
Indian Railways carries
70% of Coal
87% of Fertilizer
81% of Iron Ore
42% of Cement
17% of POL
20% of Foodgrain

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Major Issues
and Challenges

Inability to meet passenger demand in full seat/berth availability on demand

Quality of Service (Passenger)
Speed
Comfort
Cleanliness

Hassle free ticketing and enquiry

Security

Quality of Service (Freight)

Speed
Unpredictable transit time
Occasional / Seasonal shortage of Wagons

Connectivity to remote areas unserved by Railways

Safety - Although comparable to other Railways
overall, accidents due to human error & at unmanned
level crossings cause for concern

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Committed Liabilities
on Revenue Generation
2014/2015

Revenue Expenditure

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Staff with Pension - 25%

Fuel bill - 19%
IRFC payments - 5%
Stores - 3%
Other - 9%

Social Service Obligations

Passenger and other coaching services
Operation of uneconomic branch lines
Concessions
Essential commodities carried below cost

Little surplus for investment in capital

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Under Investment

Under
Investment

Lower
surplus for
investment

Lower
resource
generation

Poor quality
services,
delays

Inability to
increase
fares

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Congested Network

65% trains are passenger carrying,

yielding less than 30% of revenue
35% are freight trains, yielding 70% revenue yet
receive lowest priority in train running
65% of sections on High Density Network on
IR are saturated
492 out of 1219 sections (40%) running at more
than 100% capacity
18% network carrying 56% traffic

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Budget Strategy
5-Year Action Plan

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5-Year Action Plan

4 Goals

Deliver a sustained & measurable improvement

in customer service
Make rail a safer means of travel
Expand IRs capacity substantially
& to modernize infrastructure
Make IR financially sustainable

5 Drivers

Adopting a medium-term perspective

Building partnerships
Leveraging additional resources
Revamping management practices, systems, processes,
& re-tooling of human resources
Setting standards of governance & transparency

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11 Thrust Areas

Indian Railways

5-Year Action Plan

Quality of life in journeys

Station redevelopment
Capacity augmentation
Safety
Technology upgradation
Partnerships for development
Improvements to management processes & systems
Resource mobilization
Human resources
Energy & sustainability
Transparency & governance initiatives

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Improving Operating
Performance

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Gross Traffic
Receipts (Rs Crore)

Ordinary Working
Expenses (Rs Crore)

2008/2009

79,862

54,349

90.5

2009/2010

86,964

65,810

95.3

2010/2011

94,536

68,139

94.6

2011/2012

1,04,110

74,537

94.9

2012/2013

1,23,773

84,012

90.2

2013/2014

1,39,558

97,571

93.6

2014/2015 (RE)

1,59,248

1,08,970

91.8

2015/2016 (BE)

1,83,578

1,19,410

88.5*

*Target set will be the best ever since last eight years

Operationg Ratio

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Investment Focus

High density corridors prioritized based

on revenue generation capacity
Station redevelopment & logistic parks
Passenger Amenity works
Safety works
Track renewal
Signalling
Level crossings

Traffic Facilities
Private Participation
Liberalised Wagon Incentive Scheme
Logistic Parks
Review Private Freight Terminal Operators scheme,
modernisation of existing terminals.
Encouraging development of alternate routes

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Investment Plan

Indian Railways

5-Year Action Plan

Item

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5 Years (Rs. in Cr)

Network Decongestion (including DFC + electrification,

Doubling + electrification & traffic facilities)

199320

Network Expansion (including electrification)

193000

National Projects (North Eastern & Kashmir connectivity

projects)

39000

Safety (Track renewal, bridge works, ROB, RUB and S&T)

127000

Information Technology / Research

Rolling Stock (Locomotives, coaches, wagons production &
maintenance)

5000
102000

Passenger Amenities

12500

High Speed Rail & Elevated corridor

65000

Station redevelopment + logistic parks

Others
Total

100000
13200
856020

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Initiatives
Resource Mobilisation

JVs with State Governments

Railway & State Governments to be shareholders
Revenue streams from tariff and commercial exploitation of space
rights, institutional structure being developed

JVs with Public Sector Units (PSUs)

For construction/expansion of lines, JVs to be set up with
key customers of IR
PSU companies to provide funds upfront for undertaking projects

Off-Budget debt
IR to tie up long-term fund for projects
IR PSUs to leverage free reserves/ equity for raising debt
IR to tap international low cost pension & insurance funds
for 20/30 year paper

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Initiatives
Resource Mobilisation

Innovative financing including PPP

Areas: Redevelopment of railway stations, Electrification & Signalling
(EPC, PPP-annuity) , Construction of freight lines/elevated corridor
(PPP - BOT or Annuity), Port & Mine connectivity projects (JVs or
PPP - annuity)

Non-Tariff Revenues
Revenues from advertisements, exploiting air rights over stations
& other buildings, land along tracks, OFC, export of products &
services, tap solar energy along tracks, buildings, etc

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Initiatives Efficiency
& Productivity

Efficiency & Productivity

5-Year Action Plan

Review of approval processes; timelines & targets to be set; Global

benchmarking of KPIs.
Delegation , Decentralization and De-regulation
Mechanised maintenance of track
Audit systems, HR, energy, water, operations
Long term PPAs for power procurement

Project Execution
Special Projects: Semi-high speed trains, Elevated rail corridors,
Satellite towns connectivity.
Dedicated Freight Corridor to be completed on war-footing
Project prioritisation; high density networks to be taken up, doubling,
third line, elevated tracks.
EPC form of contracting to be adopted as far as feasible

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Budget Implementation

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Five year Fund

Requirement (tentative)

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Rs. in lakh crore

28%

30%

15%

13%
14%

GBS
Internal Generation
State JVs
PPP
DEBT

Gross Budgetary Support

2.56

Internal Generation

1.00

State JVs

1.20

PPP

1.30

Debt

2.50

Rolling stock lease

1.00

Institutional financing

1.50

Total

8.56

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Resources - envisaged

LIC loan agreement to be effectuated in current month;

MOU for Rs. 1.5 lakh crore in place
Projects worth Rs. 1 lakh crore expected to be executed
through JVs with State Governments; Maharashtra already
committed Rs. 10,000 crore
Tax free bonds - Rs. 6000 crore in current year
Enhanced Gross Budgetary Support
Multilateral agencies
Implementation of projects through Railway PSUs
Station Development
CSR & MPLAD funds for passenger amenites and
cleanliness & waste management

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Performance

2014/2015

5-Year Action Plan

Opera/ng Ra/o (OR)* of 91.3%; an improvement over the Budget

target of 92.5% - for the first /me in the last 7 years
OR has surpassed the Budget target

2015/2016(Q1)
Total earnings up by 14.54% compared to 2014-15
Working expenses growth 4.22% ;lower than targeted growth
of 7.68%
Total projected capital expenditure Rs. 13,231 crore; achieved Rs.
17,734 crore = 134%

*OR refers to the amount Railways spends to earn a Rupee

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Performance (contd.)

2015/2016(Q1)

5-Year Action Plan

108 KMS of New Line from Agra to Etawah commissioned

Tuna port to Gandhidham new line commissioned
23 KM part of Lalitpur- Singrauli project commissioned
122 KM long gauge conversion project from Loharu to Sikar was
commissioned in Rajasthan
150 KM Doubling works to de-congest railway network have also
been commissioned in Q-I.
151 RKMs electrified in Q-I

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Structures & Restructuring

to facilitate investment

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Regulator for tariff

setting, private
participation,
service levels, etc

Empowerment at
functional level

Creation of
strategic business
units for parcels,
and logistics

Accounting
reforms - to
ensure tracking
of expenditure to
desired outcomes

Kayakalp Council

State SPVs

Financial Services
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Steps Taken to Improve

Project Delivery

Doubling/ 3rd Line and Gauge Conversions most important

projects for capacity enhancement
T 7000 Km ongoing doubling/ 3rd line and 4000 Km gauge conversion fast tracked by
providing adequate funds
9400 Km doubling/ 3rd line on identified choked routes sanctioned in 2015-16 Budget at a
cost of Rs 92,000 crore

Creation of new window for funding of capacity

enhancement projects viz. doubling/ 3rd Line through
Institutional Financing to have assured funding
DPRs of newly sanctioned works to be completed
by September 2015
Appraisal & appraisal process involving NITI Ayog and
Finance Ministry expedited
Tenders being floated in advance
Plan to involve Railway PSUs in execution of projects

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About 500-600 km doubling &

100 km gauge conversion
to be commissioned every year
through Railway PSUs

Indian Railways

2015/19

5-Year Action Plan

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3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

0
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019

New Line

Gauge Conversion

Doubling

380
500
400
400
400

880
800
800
800
800

723
1200
1800
2300
2800

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5-Year Action Plan

Self-Propelled Wiring Train

Simultaneous stringing of catenary & contact wire

for enhanced productivity
10,000 route kilometers to be electrified in
next 5 years

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Station redevelopment
through PPP

Scheme approved by the Union Cabinet

Developing over 400 stations to international standards with modern
facilities & passenger amenities on lines of PPP airports
Land and space-rights of station buildings to be leveraged
To seek participation of private entities
Over Rs. 1 lakh crore of investment expected in next four years
Technology collaboration with foreign railways for development of
world class terminals

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Station redevelopment
through PPP

Ongoing scheme to
continue for 6 Stations

Anand-Vihar: Existing Station Building

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Proposed Architectural views

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Satellite Terminals
in Cities

5-Year Action Plan

Varanasi

Allahabad

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Lucknow

Satellite
Terminals to
be developed
at

New Delhi

Guwahati

Jaipur

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Dedicated
Freight Corridor

2 corridors: North South & East West

Target for commissioning 2019

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Dedicated Freight
Corridor (contd.)

Benefits

5-Year Action Plan

3300 km of additional network

Higher average speed for freight trains
Easing of congestion on existing network
Impetus to industrial corridor
Reducing per unit cost of transportation by enabling double stack
container movement, long haul trains

Rs. 16,975 cr of commitment made since

November 2014; since inception to November
14 tenders for only Rs. 10,401 crore were
finalised
Current year target for expenditure Rs. 8873 cr
Land acquisition 85% completed

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Summary of Investments
in Railway Connectivity
Projects
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Status of JV Projects

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Coal Connectivity
projects

Tori-Shivpur (44 km 3 lines) in North Karanpura

in Jharkhand; Expected Coal Output 60 MT
annually
Shivpur-Kathautia (53 km) Railway Line in North
Karanpura in Jharkhand; Expected Coal Output
20 MT annually
Jharsuguda-Barpalli-Sardega Railway Line (53
kms) in Odisha; Expected Coal Output 35 MTPA
(initial)

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Capacity Augmentation

Strategy to achieve growth in

passengers from 23 Million to 30
Million/day in 5 years by augmenting
train lenght, operating alternate trains,
operating special trains during peak
seasons, festivals and Holidays
05 trains identified for augmentation,
on of capacity from 24 to 26 coaches

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Improving Passenger
Satisfaction

Vacuum toilets in passenger coaches on an

experimental basis. All coaches to be fitted
with bio-toilets by 2021-22

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Improved interior furnishings in coaches

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Modernization of
Rolling Stock

Make in India

5-Year Action Plan

Electric Locomotive Factory/Madhepura, Bihar (for 12000 HP

locomotives)
800 Locos, bid due on August 31, 2015
Diesel Locomotive Factory/ Marowhra, Bihar (for 4,500 & 6000 HP
locomotives)
1,000 locos, bid due date September 1, 2015
Western DFC RSP7- 9000 HP (200 Electric Locomotives)
100 Locomotives to be manufactured at Dankuni, bid received
Manufacturing of light-weight wagons
Train sets 15 nos.

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5-Year Action Plan

Train Sets

Process initiated for procurement of Train Sets for

20% saving in journey time and superior riding
comfort 15 train sets sanctioned in Budget 2015-16

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Cost Saving Measures

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5-Year Action Plan

Long-term PPAs being negotiated

Fuel efficient locos being developed

AUDITS
Energy
HR
Water

Renewable energy for coach lighting

Solar Power for station lighting

LED Lights in EMUs

LED Lighting at Mumbai CST Station

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Less government
More governance

Appointment/ transfers/ postings / promotions streamlined

On-line examination for recruitment
Powers delegated to functional level
MOU with Zonal Railways regarding performance targets
E-tendering and online submission of bids for contracts for projects;
stores procurement already online
All track crossing permissions to be made online
Siding permissions to be made online
Web-based portal with Ministry of Roads for clearances and
approvals of ROBs/RUBs
Abolishing rail transport clearances

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Work in progress

Vision 2030

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Creation of Transloc a logistics company

Plan for modernisation of Production Units being prepared
by Dr Saraswat
IT Platform for bridging IT gaps and leveraging of IT in day to day
working study by Mr. Som Mittal; report expected August 2015
E-procurement & e-tendering to be implemented in all forms of
procurement
Setting up a Fund with World Bank assistance to finance projects
5 MOUs ready to be signed with Ministry of Power electricity and
energy conservation, co-operation in renewable energy, energy
conservation, solar power plants and for implementing energy efficient
projects
Regulator for tariff, engagement with private sector, service levels, etc

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Budget Items Implemented

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Budget implementation
monitoring

Action plan formulated on all Budget announcements.

E-Samiksha has been launched for online monitoring
of the Budget announcements.
15-day monitoring
79 Items already implemented - sample shown below

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Quality of Life
in Journeys

Improvement in
Customer Experience
through Cleanliness

Operation 5 Minutes
Mobile Paperless ticketing in Metros
and suburban areas

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Quality of Life
in Journeys

Escalators:
400 nos. at 179 stations

38 mechanised laundries
commissioned

Lifts:
400 lifts at 168 stations

7 more laundries planned

in 2015-16

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Budget Implementation

Helplines 138 & 182 already functional

New non-AC coaches being manufactured with dustbins
NIFT, Delhi engaged for designing of bedroll; prototype received
Application to redress complaints developed; online tracking also
Ease of concessional ticket purchase for differently-abled travelers
E-catering introduced in over 1000 trains
Water vending machine policy issued; IRCTC to provide machines
Pilot project for providing surveillance cameras launched
E-concierge services started in 22 railway stations
Onboard entertainment implemented in New Delhi-Chandigarh
Shatabdi Express Train

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Budget implementation
(contd)

Perishable cargo center as Azadpur Mandi inaugurated

Kayakalp Council formed
Roadmap for regulator
MOU signed for Railway Research Centre at Mumbai University
Construction of 100 Toilets at 67 Stations completed upto June 2015
and further work is in progress

All newly manufactured ICF coaches being fitted with bio-toilets; LHB
coaches to be fitted with bio-toilets
RFQ document for procurement cum maintenance of EMU train set
issued; Pre application conference held on July 1, 2015
143 Railway stations approved for development as Adarsh Stations
Wi-fi commissioned at 11 stations

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Budget implementation
(contd)

17 states have given in principle approval for formation of SPVs; note for
consideration of CCEA has been sent
MOU with Ministry of Coal signed for Rowghat -Jagdalpur Project
MOU with Ministry of Coal and Government of Odisha signed to
implement identified Coal Connectivity Projects in Odisha
MOU with Ministry of Coal and Government of Jharkhand signed to
implement identified Coal Connectivity Projects in Jharkhand
Review of Private Freight Terminal Policy completed & application fee &
security money reduced & revenue sharing has been discontinued
An IT Advisory Council under the chairmanship of Shri Som Mittal, ex
president NASSCOM set up; draft IT Vision likely to be submitted by
August 2015

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Railyatri Upbhokta
Pakhwada

Massive customer interface programme launched

between May 26 to June 9, 2015

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Tangible outcomes are:

233 projects/works of passenger amenities launched at an

approximate cost of Rs. 4000 crore
73 passenger amenities and capacity augmentation projects
were commenced costing approx. Rs. 550 crore
7000 Railway stations inspected; 4000 road shows held; 8500
inspections conducted as part of intensive safety awareness
drives
1400 inspections conducted to check antisocial elements/ touts
10 MOUs were signed between Zonal Railways and Railway
PSUs for development of passenger amenities through CSR at
10 identified Railway Stations

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Railyatri Upbhokta
Pakhwada

7 million Passenger interactions through railway officers and

staff, unions, NGOs, scouts/ guides, charitable organizations
and social media
7500 cleanliness and sanitation drives and inspections were
undertaken at various stations, railway premises and colonies
under Swatch Bharat Abhiyan
2700 catering services checks were undertaken
4600 intensive ticket checking drives were launched resulting
in detection of 1.6 lakh cases and recovery of Rs. 9 crore of
railway revenue
3000 inspections for improving punctuality of trains were
undertaken
5500 persons were trained in 126 Skill Development
Programmes

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Tweets

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Potential areas for

Investment

Suburban corridor projects through PPP

High speed train projects Both Infrastructure and Operating
Companies can seek FDI
Dedicated freight lines Port/Mining lines can be developed
Rolling stock including train sets and locomotives/coaches
manufacturing and maintenance facilities
Railway Electrification Manufacturing companies of such systems
including power transmission companies
Signaling systems Manufacturing companies of such systems and
companies specializing in installation of signaling solutions
Freight terminals & Logistic ParksImprovement of Terminals and
managing freight terminals
Passenger terminals

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Projects with In-Principle

approval under Participative
Policy

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Subject

5-Year Action Plan

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Km

Cost
(Rs.Cr.)

Route/Model

Hazira Port New line, Gujarat

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734

NGR (private line model)

Hamrapur-Rewas port New Line

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349

JV with RVNL

Astrangra Port New line, Odisha

75

1310

Kodinar-Chhara Port NL

30

351

NGR

Bhimnath Dholera NL

27

252

NGR

Nargol Port Connectivity

11

82

NGR

NGR (private line model)

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Expected outcomes
2018-19

1700 kms new line, 8100 kms doubling

3 stations completely redeveloped to international standards
10 train sets operationalised
Dedicated freight corridor commissioned
Production of state of the art locos
Additional 10,000 kms of electrification
Elimination of 5000 unmanned level crossings & 1200 manned level
crossings
Internet ticketing penetration increase from existing 54% to 75%
Paperless ticketing in all suburban sections
1000 MW of solar power generation

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Thank You

For more information:

www.indianrail.gov.in

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