coal transportation railway's initiatives
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Coal Transportation –Railways’ Initiatives
24 September 2010
Coal Production -2025
Company Open cast UG Total
CIL 715 124 839
Non-CIL 187 35 222
Total 902 159 1061
Coal Production Estimates
2009-10
(Prov.)
2016-17 2025 Addition
ECL 30.1 63 74 43.9
BCCL 27.5 40 49 21.5
CCL 47.1 112 131 83.9
WCL 45.7 36 46 0.3
SECL 108.0 152 159 51.0
NCL 67.7 70 81 13.3
MCL 104.0 174 241 137.0
NEC 1.1 1 1 0.1
Non-CIL areas 0 5 57 57
TOTAL CIL 431.2 653 839 407.9
SCCL 50.4 45 47 0
Others 50.4 80 175 124.6
TOTAL 532.0 778 1061 532.5
Coal Transportation by Railways
Year
Quantity
(Mill. Tonnes) Growth %
2005-06 294.3
2006-07 313.9 6.4%
2007-08 338.3 7.7%
2008-09 369.4 9.1%
2009-10 396.1 7.2%
Includes Coal for TPS, Steel Plants, Washery and Other Users and Imported coal
Requirement of Railway Transportation
Coal Production +
Imports
(Mill. Tonnes)
Railway's Share
(Mill. Tonnes)
Rail Co-
efficient
2009-10
(Actual)
599
(532 + 67) 396 66
2024-25 1061 700 66
The figures of 2025 do not include imported coal. The demand for coal
transportation by rail will, however, be much more than the conservative estimates
of 700 MT.
Freight RevenueTotal
Freight
Revenue
(Rs. cr.)
Revenue
from
coal
(Rs. cr.)
% of Total
Revenue
Lead
(in Kms.)
2009-10 57594 22366 39% 579
2008-09 53137 20029 38% 578
2007-08 47588 17756 37% 575
Railway Targets for the XI Five Year Plan (Figures in Km.)
Item X Plan
(Actual)
XI Plan Targets Achievements
(Upto 3rd Year
2009-10)
New Lines 920 2000 763
Gauge
Conversion
4289 6000 3412
Doubling 1300 2500 1489
Railway
Electrification
1809 4500 2416
Total Outlay of XI Plan is Rs. 2,33,289 crore out of which GBS is 63,635 cr.,
Internal Resources Rs. 90,000 cr and EBR Rs. 79,654 cr.
Growth Regions of Coal Traffic
CCL area
MCL Talcher
SECL -Korba area
60% ( 259 mt) CIL’s
production from three
Coal Companies
Major Capacity Augmentation Projects
• MCL – Doubling of two bridges over rivers of Birupa and Mahanadi – Doubling of Rajatgarh – Barang (20km)– Double/ Third line between Cuttak-Barang-Khurda (47km)– Third line between Vizianagaram – Kottavalsa (35km)– Fourth Line between Simhachalam-Kottavalsa(19km)– Angul – Sukinda new rail link (98km)– Talcher – Bimlagarh new rail link (154km)– Doubling of Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Titlagarh (229km)– Doubling of Talcher – Sambalpur (174 km)– Doubling of Raipur – Titlagarh (203 kms.)– Third line Jharsuguda – Champa – Future DFC on East Coast Line & East-West
• SECL
– Third Line Champa – Jharsuguda (165 km.)
– Third line between Bilaspur – Urkura (110km)
– Third Line Bhilai-Durg- Rajnandgaon(13km)
– Doubling of Kalumna – Nagpur (10 km.)
– Doubling of Balance Bilaspur – Anuppur (65km)
– New DFC-East-West Corridor
Major Capacity Augmentation Projects
• CCL area
– DFC-Eastern Corridor
– Tori-Shivpur-Hazaribagh-Koderma-Tilaiya-Rajgir
New Line (284 km)
– Doubling of B Route of Northern Railway (via
Zafrabad – Lucknow) for serving power houses in
the northern hinterland
– Doubling of Pandebeshar-Sainthia (50km)
– Third Line Aligarh-Ghaziabad(106 km)
Major Capacity Augmentation Projects
Pakur
mines
PROPOSED FREIGHT
CORRIDORS
MUMBAI
DELHI
CHENNAI
KOLKATA
LUDHIANA
VIJAYAWADA
Sanctioned projects
VASCO
EasternWestern
North-South
East-West
Southern
East Coast
Dedicated Freight Corridors
• The Eastern DFC (Dankuni – Ludhiana) 1839 km. and the Western DFC
(Dadri – JNPT) 1514 km. are already sanctioned high priority State-of-the-
art projects expected to be commissioned by 2016-17 with an estimated
investment of Rs 50,000 cr.
• It is expected that 60% of the Traffic of eastern DFC will be coal which
will link CCL, NCL , ECL and BCCL as well as new coal mines near Pakur
• Both Eastern and Western DFC will also carry imported coal from the
ports on the eastern and western coasts to the consumption centres
• Besides, surveys are being conducted for four future Dedicated Freight
Corridors (North-South, East-West, East-coast and Southern corridors)
• DFC as well as their feeder routes is being planned for heavy and long -
haul i.e. high axle-load (25 t) wagons and longer trains
• The length of feeder routes to Western and Eastern DFC would be around
5000 km. which are under upgradation
1 Sonnagar- Garwa Road- Barkakana 311
2 Gomoh-Chandrapura-Bokaro-Muri-Chandil-Sini-Chakradhapur 216
3 Patratu- Gomoh including PD Branch Line 128
4 Sonnagar - Gaya - Gomoh 249
5 Gomoh - Pradhankhunta (39 kms.) including Kusunda–Tetulmari (4.5 Kms.) Katrasgarh–Nichitpur, Pradhankhunta-Pathardih links
(24 kms.)
6 Pradhankhunta - Asansol - Andal including coal Branch lines 75
7 Dhanbad-Katrasgarh-Jamuniatar-Chandrapura 36
8 Andal-Sainthia-Pakur 151
9 Dankuni-Andul-Panskura-Haldia 155
10 Dankuni-DumDum Junction - Ballygunj Junction - Diamond Harbour Ballygunj Junction -Budge Budge 101
11 Chandil-Bhojidih-Mohuda-Gomoh 144
12 Tatanagar-Chandil 20
13 Mughalsarai – Unchahar via Janghai, Phaphamau 205
14 Aligarh – Harduaganj 15
15 Zafrabad – Tanda 99
16 Kanpur – Paricha 198
17 Varanasi-Sultanpur-Utratia –Rosa 558
18 Ludhiana –Beas-Govindwal Sahib 112
19 Rajpura – Dhuri – Bhatinda (Lehra Mohabbat) 173
20 Sirhind – Rupnagar – Nangal Dam 104
21 Hissar-Bhatinda-Suratgarh 298
22 Suratgarh-Biradhwal 18
Total Route Kms. 3366
Western Corridor
1 Pipavav– Surendranagar– Viramgam– Mehsana 395
2 Kandla Port– Gandhidham- Palanpur 312
3 Mundra Port – Gandhidham 66
4 Viramgram – Samakhiali 182
5 Hazira – Surat 40
6 Ludhiana – Hissar – Rewari 348
7 Mumbai Port – Wadala – Kurla – Diva with connectivity with DFC 36
8 Panvel – Pen – Roha 75
9 Bharuch – Dahej 62
Total Route Kms. 1516
Feeder Routes of Eastern and Western DFC
Port Connectivity Works
NAME OF THE
PORT
PROJECT LENGTH
(KMS.)
PROJECT COST
(RS. CR)
Paradeep Haridaspur – Paradeep New Line 82 791.18
Kandla Port Bhildi – Samdari Gauge Conversion 223 490.00
Mumbai Dedicated Freight Line between Wadala
and Kurla
5.66 104.00
Ennore The new chord line between Puttur –
Attipattu
144 435.00
Haldia Doubling of Panskura – Haldia – Phase-II 37.9 86.91 (for
Rajgoda-
Tamluk)
Cochin Vallarpadam – Idapally New Line. 8.86 246.50
Dahej Bharuch – Samni – Dahej Gauge
Conversion
62.3 200.8
Krishnapatnam Obulavapalle – Krishnapatnam New Line 113.12 732.81
Challenges
• Future growth in coal sector will come from coal blocks which
require urgent rail connectivity
• The linking of coal blocks as well as new ports will be crucial which
can be partnership /PPP projects between Railways and stake
holders
• Last mile connectivity to new blocks will account for more than 200
MT of coal by 2020
• Handling facilities at ports and terminals will have to match the
growth
• Generate capacity, ahead of demand
• Resource Mobilisation for modernisation and network augmentation
• Capacity Augmentation through Dedicated Freight Corridors
• Enhancement of Axle Load to 25T
• Strengthen Port connectivity
• Enter into long term service agreements
• Enhancing Capacities for production of locomotives through PPP
Strategy for Growth
JNPT
Vadodara
Ahmedabad
Dadri
Son Nagar
Khurja
Ludhiana
Howrah
Western & Eastern DFC Network
Eastern CorridorWestern CorridorWestern CorridorWestern CorridorWestern Corridor
Dankuni
MGS