Lok Sabha Question No. 600 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Zero Based Time Table
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 600 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## ZERO BASED TIME TABLE

600. SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD: SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  has  embarked  on  the  zero-based  time  tabling initiative;
- (b) the salient features of such initiative;
- (c)  the details of trains including New Delhi -Ahmedabad Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani  Express  and  other  trains  passing,  originating  and  terminating through  Gujarat  that  have  benefitted  from  the  zero-based  time  tabling initiative; and
- (d) the details of number of hours saved due to the implementation of zerobased time tabling initiative train-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 600 BY  SHRI  DIPSINH  SHANKARSINH  RATHOD  AND  SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 01.12.2021 REGARDING ZERO BASED TIME TABLE

(a) and (b) During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Indian Railways (IR) discontinued operation  of  regular  passenger  carrying  train  services  w.e.f.  23 rd   March, 2020.  Rationalisation  of  time  table  is  an  on-going  exercise  and  similar exercise has been undertaken during the year 2020, when limited number of services  were  operated  with  limited  stoppages  in  view  of  the  pandemic situation.  Salient features of the exercise included-

- i. Charting  of  LHB  trains  at  130  kmph  or  Maximum  permissible speed (MPS) on Delhi-Mumbai & Delhi-Howrah sector.
- ii. Creation of corridor blocks.
- iii. Rationalisation of Engineering Traffic Allowance(ETA) and Travelling Allowance(TA).
- iv.   Rationalisation of slip coaches/link trains involving shunting.
- v. Creation  of  additional  path  for  freight  and  passenger  services by rationalization of stoppages.
- vi.   Speeding up of trains.
7. (c)  Indian  Railways  do  not  operate  and  introduce  train  services  on  State wise basis as Railway network cut across State boundaries. However, State of Gujarat is primarily served by Western Railways (WR). The details of total number  of  train  services  operating  over  WR  with  time  saved  during rationalization of time table exercise are as under:

|   S. No. | Time saved                         |   Total number of train services (in single) |
|----------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | upto 3 hours                       |                                          265 |
|        2 | More than 3 hours and upto 6 hours |                                           24 |
|        3 | More than 6 hours                  |                                           03 |

## (d)  Details regarding total number of hours saved of train services are indicated below:

|   S. No. | Time saved                         |   Total number of train services ( in single) |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | upto 3 hours                       |                                          3243 |
|        2 | More than 3 hours and upto 6 hours |                                           132 |
|        3 | More than 6 hours                  |                                            12 |

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