Railway carries
about 105 million passengers, almost 1.6 Million metric tonnes
of freight per annum. Accordingly it performs 4.4 bn Passenger
km and 138 million freight tonne- Km. annually. Although it
has been identified as Economical mode of Transport for Passenger
as well as freight there is lot of room for enhance it’s
contribution for the development of the country. It is planed
to increase railway share of passenger transport from percent
5% to 10% and Modal share of freight transport from 2% to
10% by 2010. This objective is to be achieved by focusing
on the following target and strategies action.
Short Term
Target
Improve cleanliness & quality of coachers / stations
Reduce train delays by 25 % & accidents/ derailment 50%
Remove all speed restrictions less than 8 Km Ph
Establish management structure based on performance evaluation and monitoring process
Enhance the percentage of efficiency
Put in place a methodology for utilization of public funds corresponding to specific services
To make the present negative contribution in to a positive one
Medium Term
Target
Projects
Revival of Freight Service
Remove all temporary speed restrictions
Petroleum Products : 20% ->60%
Reduce train delays by 25 % & accidents/ derailment 50%
Cement
Reduce journey time : Eg. FOT-ANP journey in 3 hours by end 2008
Food Item
Re-establishment of local building/rehab. of Carriages (Saving expected per carriage : Rs 20 Mn)
Signaling & Communication System.
Target: Doubling the revenue toRs 500 Mn
Establishment of Rail base container depot
Special Value Added train Services
Rationalization of fares
Commercialization of Assets
Attracting more passengers and Freight through image building
