Lok Sabha Question No. 503 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Unmanned Level Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.503 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2019

UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS

503.     DR. A. SAMPATH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

(a) whether  any  action  has  been  taken  by  the  Railways  for  eliminating unmanned railway  level  crossings  across  the  country  during  the  last  four years;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(c) the  number  of  accidents  which  occurred  at  unmanned  railway  level crossings during the last five years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 503 BY DR. A. SAMPATH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2019 REGARDING UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS

(a):  Yes,  Madam.    Railways  has  decided  to  eliminate  all  unmanned  level crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG).

(b):  As  on  01.04.2014,  there  were  8948  UMLCs  on  BG.    All  UMLCs  on  BG have now been eliminated.

(c):  State-wise  data  of  accidents  is  not  being  maintained.    However,  Zonewise, number of consequential train accidents at unmanned level crossings from 2013-14 to 2017-18 and the current year 2018-19 from 1 st  April to 15 th January, 2019 is given below:

| Zonal Railway              | 2013- 14   |   2014- 15 |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018-19* (upto 15 Jan 19) |
|----------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------------------------|
| Central Railway            | 1          |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |                           0 |
| Eastern Railway            |            |          0 |          0 |          1 |          0 |                           0 |
| East Central Railway       | 5          |          5 |          0 |          4 |          2 |                           1 |
| East Coast Railway         | 3          |          2 |          0 |          0 |          0 |                           0 |
| Northern Railway           | 6          |          9 |          9 |          4 |          3 |                           0 |
| North Central Railway      | 2          |          1 |          1 |          1 |          2 |                           0 |
| North Eastern Railway      | 5          |          6 |          5 |          2 |          1 |                           1 |
| Northeast Frontier Railway | 3          |          0 |          2 |          3 |          0 |                           0 |

| Zonal Railway              | 2013- 14   |   2014- 15 |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018-19* (upto 15 Jan 19) |
|----------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------------------------|
| North Western Railway      | 10         |          8 |          7 |          2 |          1 |                           0 |
| Southern Railway           | 1          |          2 |          0 |          0 |          0 |                           1 |
| South Central Railway      | 1          |          2 |          0 |          0 |          0 |                           0 |
| South Eastern Railway      | 4          |          2 |          2 |          1 |          0 |                           0 |
| South East Central Railway | 1          |          1 |          0 |          0 |          0 |                           0 |
| South Western Railway      | 2          |          5 |          1 |          2 |          0 |                           0 |
| Western Railway            | 2          |          6 |          2 |          0 |          1 |                           0 |
| West Central Railway       | 1          |          1 |          0 |          0 |          0 |                           0 |
| Konkan Railway Corporation |            |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |                           0 |
| Metro                      |            |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |                           0 |
| Total                      | 47         |         50 |         29 |         20 |         10 |                           3 |

*Provisional

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