Lok Sabha Question No. 3379 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-23
Subject: Future Plans of Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 3379 TO BE ANSWERED ON  23.03.2022

FUTURE PLANS OF RAILWAYS

†3379. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the future plans of the Indian Railways;

(b) the manner in which the said plans are likely to benefit the citizens; and

(c)  the  reforms  proposed  by  the  Indian  Railways  for  making  itself  more streamlined and developed in future?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(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. 3379 BY SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 23.03.2022 REGARDING FUTURE PLANS OF RAILWAYS

(a) to (c) : Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP) for India - 2030. The Plan is to create a 'future ready' Railway system by 2030.  The NRP is aimed to formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the  Railways  in  freight  to  45%. The  objective  of  the  Plan  is  to  create capacity  ahead  of  demand,  which  in  turn  would  also  cater  to  future growth in demand right up to 2050 and also increase the modal share of Railways to 45% in freight traffic and to continue to sustain it. To achieve this  objective  all  possible  financial  models  including  Public  Private Partnership (PPP) are being considered. As Indian Railways is the growth engine of the nation, NRP is aimed to reform Railways to make it more efficient, greener and modern which will translate  into  cheaper,  safer  and  assured  mode  of  transport  to  the citizens of the nation, be it in passenger or freight segment. To achieve this objective, following main features of the National Rail Plan have been identified:- Formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%.  Reduce  transit  time  of  freight  substantially  by  increasing  average speed of freight trains to 50Kmph.  As  part  of  the  National  Rail  Plan,  Vision  2024  has  been  launched  for accelerated implementation of certain critical projects by 2024 such as 100% electrification,  multi-tracking  of  congested  routes,  upgradation  of speed to 160 kmph on Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes, upgradation of speed to 130kmph on all other Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal  (GQ/GD)  routes  and  elimination  of  all  Level  Crossings  on  all GQ/GD route.

-  Identify new Dedicated Freight Corridors.
-  Identify new High Speed Rail Corridors.
-  Assess rolling stock requirement for passenger traffic as well as wagon requirement for freight.
-  Assess  Locomotive  requirement  to  meet  twin  objectives  of  100% electrification (Green Energy) and increasing freight modal share.
-  Assess  the  total  investment  in  capital  that  would  be  required  along with a periodical break up.
-  Sustained  involvement  of  the  Private  Sector  in  areas  like  operations and  ownership  of  rolling  stock,  development  of  freight  and  passenger terminals, development/operations of track infrastructure etc.

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