Lok Sabha Question No. 1911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-09
Subject: Usage of Old Bogies
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1911 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2016

## USAGE OF OLD BOGIES

1911. SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways have taken a note that there is huge deficiency of bogies  resulting  in  usage  of  old  and  unserviceable  bogies  in  the  country including Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Railways in this regard Statewise;
- (c) the details in regard to lifespan of passenger bogies attached to express trains originating/destined in Bihar;
- (d) whether all these bogies have been fitted with Anti-telescopic facilities to avoid accidents and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the number of newly manufactured bogies allotted to the Eastern Railway, the  details  of  the  bogies  sent  for  refurbishing  and  received  back  after refurbishing from the said rail divisions during the last three years?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

ANSWER (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1911 BY SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.03.2016 REGARDING USAGE OF OLD BOGIES

(a)&(b)  No,  Madam.  At  present,  there  is  no  deficiency  of  bogies  on  Indian Railways for running scheduled services as per their scheduled composition. All coaches running in passenger services are well within permitted service life and maintained properly as per prescribed criterion.

- (c)  The  lifespan  of  different  types  of  passenger  coaches,  including  those running in Mail & Express trains originating/destined in Bihar, is generally 25 years for conventional type Integral Coach Factory (ICF) design coaches, 30 years  for  Stainless  Steel  Bodied  coaches  and  35  years  for  Linke  Hofmann Busch (LHB) design coaches.
- (d)  Anti-telescopic  features  have  been  incorporated  in  the  design  of  all mainline Broad Gauge passenger coaches so as to minimize injuries/casualties in case of accidents. Integral shells with collapsible coach ends are provided to absorb majority of the impact energy so as to cause less damage in passenger compartment area and avoid telescopic effect in case of accident.
- (e)  During  the  last  three  years  allotment  of  new  coaches  made  available  to Eastern Railway is as under:-

| Year                |   Number of coaches (approx) |
|---------------------|------------------------------|
| 2013-14             |                          131 |
| 2014-15             |                          198 |
| 2015-16 (till date) |                          204 |

Complete refurbishing of coaches is being done during Mid-life Rehabilitation of indentified coaches. Besides, identified coaches are also refurbished during periodic  overhauling  in  Workshop.  Refurbishing  of  identified  coaches  is  a continual process.  In divisions under Eastern Railway, during the last 3 years, 155  coaches  were  sent  for  refurbishing  and  182  refurbished  coaches  have been received.

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