Indian Railways and its future
Indian Railways and its futurePresented by, Mayur Bari
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Content Introduction Amazing Facts of Indian railways Railway
Ministry Future Goals for Indian railway to transformProposed
Investment PlanGrowth MomentumTransforming the nationDigital Indian
Railway Reference
Introduction
It is the worlds largest railway networks comprising 1,15,000km
of track over a route of 66,000km and 7,172 stations.
Railway were first introduced to India in the year 1853 from
Mumbai to Thane.
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Amazing Facts of Indian railway
Worlds 3rd largest rail network covering 66,000 route kms.
Transport 90% of the total coal production in the country.
21,000 Passenger & Freight trains run daily.
Employs over 13 Lakh people.
Carries 23 million people everyday.Transport 1,097 million tones
of freight annually.
Shri. Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is Honble Minister of Railways
Railway Ministry
Shri. Manoj Sinha is Honble Minister of state for Railways
Future of Indian Railway
Four goals for Indian railway to transform over next five yearTo
make Bhartiya rail financially self-sustainable.To expand Bhartiya
Rails capacity and modernize infrastructure.To make Rail safer
means of travel.To deliver a sustained & measurable improvement
in customer experience
Proposed Investment plan 2015-19ItemsAmount (in Crore)Network
Expansion (Electrification, Doubling)3,92,320National Project
(North Eastern & Kashmir connectivity)39,000Safety (Track
renewal, bridge works & signaling)1,27,000Information
technology/Research5,000Stations redevelopment & Passenger
Amenities1,12,500Rolling Stocks (Locomotive, wagons, coaches -
production & maintenance)1,67,000Other13,200Total8,56,020
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The Growth MomentumDoubling of routeElectrification of route
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Transforming the nation
Green signal to FDI proposal for setting up Diesel &
Electric Locomotive plants in Bihar at a costs of Rs 2,400
CroresNew rail neer plant at Ambernath, 2lakhs safe drinking water
bottles daily.
Newly designed Milk Wagons and Specially designed lower tare
weight salt wagons to carry higher loads
Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat
9000+ Bio toilets fitted; Target 2015-16: 17,000 bio
toiletsOn-board housekeeping service (OBHS) , presently available
in 500 pairs of trainRailway plan to set up Waste to Energy
conversion plants near major coaching terminal to dispose waste in
environment friendly environment.Dustbin to be provided in all
coaches
Future E-ticketing to support 7200 tickets per minute & to
allow 1,20,000 simultaneous user
Digital Indian Railway
This Service is available in 134 pair of trains
SMS alert for ticket confirmation, train early arrival,
destination reach wake up call
GPS system in every train
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