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Considering the felt necessity of the railways, the need to set up a rail
transport system came into being. Hence, the following things happened:-
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year 1950-2000
Derailment of the railways in India :-
Indian railways is the biggest and the largest network of communication. It is
one of the most systematic and convenient means of transportation for the
people of any class. Hence, curtailing the services provided by the railways
would paralyze the whole transportation system and would also affect other
areas as well.
The railways have 7566 locomotives, 37, 840 coaching vehicles, 222, 147
freight wagons, 6853 stations, 300 yards, 2300 good sheds, 700 repair
shops, and 1.54 million work force. Indian Railways runs around 11,000
trains everyday, of which 7,000 are passenger trains.
Passenger Services
Development of 50 stations as World Class
Stations include
* CST Mumbai
* Pune
* New Delhi
375 stations identified as “Adarsh” stations
Future gifts
Introduction of Onboard House Keeping Scheme for clean trains.
Special provision in trains for Physically Challenged and Old
People.
Doctors on long Distance Trains
a uniformly priced monthly season ticket of Rs. 25 would be
available free of all surcharges for travel up to 100 kms for members
of the unorganized sector.
Introduction of 'Only Ladies' EMU train services in Delhi, Chennai
and Kolkata suburban on the pattern of Mumbai suburban.
"Yuva Trains" dedicated specially for the young generation. These
trains will be introduced between major cities to ensure that the
youth and low income groups can travel at low rates between these
cities.
Safety Measures
Considering there constant need and ensuring the safety of the
passengers, certain safety measures have been planned in order to
facilitate the passengers to make the maximum usage of the railways.
Some of them follows down :-
Use of various safety equipment like digital ultrasonic flaw detecting
machines and wheel impact load detectors (WILD) for safety
concerns.
Anti Collision Device (ACD) to prevent incidents of train collisions
will be implemented in three railways Southern, South Central and
South Western Railways.
Diesel Modernization Works (DMW) is upgrading the existing fleet of
diesel locomotives from existing 2600 HP to 3100 HP and 3300 HP
diesel locomotives
Acquisition of 1800 wagons.
Internal Projects
Creation of facilities of setting up cold storage and temperature
controlled perishable cargo centers and its transportation through
public private partnership mode.