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INDIAN RAILWAYSintroduction
presentation done in FRI/Dehradoon for non railway people
INDIAN RAILWAYS
• Indian Railways is 150 year old
• It is largest railway system in world under one management
• It is a lifeline of country
• It is biggest civilian employer in the world
• No strike in last 30 years in spite of 17 lakh workers
• Always targeted by public during any rally, agitation etc
GENERAL
Indian Railways covers 64000 of route km along length & width of the country
• It runs 12000 trains every day
• it carry 1.4 crore passengers & 16 lakh tonnes of goods every day
• It is fuel efficient system
INFRASTRUCTURE
• Railways has 7500 engines,38000 coaches & about 2.5 lakh of wagons
• 7000 stations & about 500 computerized passenger reservation centers
• 1 lakh km of track
• 17 lakh employee(10 lakh in Group C) including 10000 officers
• 6 lakh staff Qrs
• Biggest township Kharagpur has 12000 qrs
ORIGIN & DEVELOPMENT• 1947 Post partition 21 railway systems----10
owned by the GOI and balance by princely states. Total integration of princely state railways completed by first April 1950
• 1951 Southern, Central and Western Railways SR, CR&WR created
• 1952 Northern, Eastern and North Eastern Railways, NR,ER&NER created
• 1955 South Eastern Railways, SER created • 1958 North East Frontier Railways, NFR created• 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, SECR and ECoR created in April 2003
Speed
• Shatabdi trains can run at maxm speed of 140 kmph
• Rajdhani maxm 130 kmph• Superfast trains 110 kmph• Other mail & exp 110kmph but
more stoppage• Goods train maxm 100 kmph
ORGANISATION
3 tier Management • 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
Budget
Railway earns mainly from goods traffic
• Daily expenditure is about Rs 100 cr (42% staff, 18% fuels)
• Daily earnings Rs120 cr
• daily loss on uneconomic branch line Rs 8 cr
Department
• Railway has its own cadre & consists of 9 Deptt (8 wheel & 1 brake)
• Technical- 4 Engineering,mechanical, electrical & signal
• Non technical- 5 Traffic, personel,,stores, security&
finance
Production units
• Chitranjan loco works at Chitranjan for electrical engine
• Diesel loco works,Varanasi for Diesel Engine
• Coach factory at Perambur & Kapurthala• Railwheel factory at Bangalore• Diesel componet works at Patiala
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)
Research• Research Design & Standardisation
Organisation (RDSO) in Lucknow –in house research organisation
• It is an integrted organisation for track & rolling stock
• responsible for developing and testing of new technology and design related to railways
TRAINING
• OFFICERS• Railway staff college,Vadadara- General
training for all Railway officers• IRICEN,Pune –Civil engg• IRIEEN,Nasik-electrical engg• IRIMEE-jamalpur-Mechenical engg• IRISET-Secundrabad-signal &
telecommunication engg • Indian Railways Institute of Transport
Management (IRITM) at Lucknow-Traffic deptt
Training (contd)
Supervisors and staff• Zonal training centre• Divisional training school• Others like drivers,engineering training
schools• 177 training institutes for training of
non gazetted staff• 25% of officers and 17% of staff are
trained annually
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, Internet booking• PNR enquiry.• It runs additional service in
festivals,summer & winter holiday• information for passengers on internet,
ivrs
Public Concern
• Safety & punctuality -generally good but adverse publicity is more .Annual deaths in Railways are much lesser than Road Accidents
• Cleanliness of stations ,waiting halls etc Cleanliness of trains , toilets & linen supplied in trains- serious
concern. 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 at stations & trains
• All information available in timetable & internet at www.indianrail.gov.in
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• Need Rs50000 cr to complete on going
projects
Commercial vs Social
• Railway has social obligation to run transport service for all the area of country irrespective of profit motive. It can not close uneconomic lines
• It can not increase fare due to adverse political impact even though fuel cost mounting
• It has to generate enough resources for efficient maintenance & replacements of assets on its own
• Any question is most welcome
• THANKS
Tree plantation
• Does Tree plantation along the Railway line , in colony & on surplus vacant land
• Ornamental tree in offices , stations residence compounds ,level xing• Now energy plantation is thrust area –
Jatropha curcus (biodiesel)• Railway plant about 20 lakhs tree every
year