INDIAN RAILWAYSintroduction

presentation done in FRI/Dehradoon for non railway people

INDIAN RAILWAYS

• Indian Railways is 150 year old

• It is largest railway system in world under one management

• It is a lifeline of country

• It is biggest civilian employer in the world

• No strike in last 30 years in spite of 17 lakh workers

• Always targeted by public during any rally, agitation etc

GENERAL

Indian Railways covers 64000 of route km along length & width of the country

• It runs 12000 trains every day

• it carry 1.4 crore passengers & 16 lakh tonnes of goods every day

• It is fuel efficient system

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Railways has 7500 engines,38000 coaches & about 2.5 lakh of wagons

• 7000 stations & about 500 computerized passenger reservation centers

• 1 lakh km of track

• 17 lakh employee(10 lakh in Group C) including 10000 officers

• 6 lakh staff Qrs

• Biggest township Kharagpur has 12000 qrs

ORIGIN & DEVELOPMENT• 1947 Post partition 21 railway systems----10

owned by the GOI and balance by princely states. Total integration of princely state railways completed by first April 1950

• 1951 Southern, Central and Western Railways SR, CR&WR created

• 1952 Northern, Eastern and North Eastern Railways, NR,ER&NER created

• 1955 South Eastern Railways, SER created • 1958 North East Frontier Railways, NFR created• 1966 South Central Railways, SCR created 2002

East Central & North Western Railways created in October

• 2003 South Western , West Central, North Central, South Eastern Central & East Coast Railway, SWR, WCR, NCR, SECR and ECoR created in April 2003

Speed

• Shatabdi trains can run at maxm speed of 140 kmph

• Rajdhani maxm 130 kmph• Superfast trains 110 kmph• Other mail & exp 110kmph but

more stoppage• Goods train maxm 100 kmph

ORGANISATION

3 tier Management • Top – Railway board or Ministry of

Railways headed by Chairman Railway Board

• Middle -16 zones headed by General Managers

• Bottom -67 divisions headed by Division Railway Managers

Budget

Railway earns mainly from goods traffic

• Daily expenditure is about Rs 100 cr (42% staff, 18% fuels)

• Daily earnings Rs120 cr

• daily loss on uneconomic branch line Rs 8 cr

Department

• Railway has its own cadre & consists of 9 Deptt (8 wheel & 1 brake)

• Technical- 4 Engineering,mechanical, electrical & signal

• Non technical- 5 Traffic, personel,,stores, security&

finance

Production units

• Chitranjan loco works at Chitranjan for electrical engine

• Diesel loco works,Varanasi for Diesel Engine

• Coach factory at Perambur & Kapurthala• Railwheel factory at Bangalore• Diesel componet works at Patiala

PSU

• Indian railway catering & tourism co (IRCTC)

• Indian railway constn comp (IRCON)• Rail india technical services(RITES)• Container corporation (concor)• Rail tel corparation (Rail tel)• Konkan railway corpo Ltd (KRCL)• Mumbai rail vikas corporation (MRVC)

Research• Research Design & Standardisation

Organisation (RDSO) in Lucknow –in house research organisation

• It is an integrted organisation for track & rolling stock

• responsible for developing and testing of new technology and design related to railways

TRAINING

• OFFICERS• Railway staff college,Vadadara- General

training for all Railway officers• IRICEN,Pune –Civil engg• IRIEEN,Nasik-electrical engg• IRIMEE-jamalpur-Mechenical engg• IRISET-Secundrabad-signal &

telecommunication engg • Indian Railways Institute of Transport

Management (IRITM) at Lucknow-Traffic deptt

Training (contd)

Supervisors and staff• Zonal training centre• Divisional training school• Others like drivers,engineering training

schools• 177 training institutes for training of

non gazetted staff• 25% of officers and 17% of staff are

trained annually

Public concern• Availability of Reservation

• PRS irrespective of presence of Railway - cover more than 90% of population including each district HQ etc,(720 no)

• tatkal booking, Internet booking• PNR enquiry.• It runs additional service in

festivals,summer & winter holiday• information for passengers on internet,

ivrs

Public Concern

• Safety & punctuality -generally good but adverse publicity is more .Annual deaths in Railways are much lesser than Road Accidents

• Cleanliness of stations ,waiting halls etc Cleanliness of trains , toilets & linen supplied in trains- serious

concern. Lot of attention is being paid but lot is to be done. depend on civic sense of rail users also

• Hygienic food –now IRCTC is setup to improve catering at stations & trains

• All information available in timetable & internet at www.indianrail.gov.in

Railways concern

• Not able to fix fare as per cost -• i) loss in suburban service • ii) loss due to increase in cost of diesel • Not able to close uneconomic branch line-

yearly loss 2500 cr• Political interference in investment decision• Not able to meet public demand for more

seats in few sector &run empty trains in others• Need Rs50000 cr to complete on going

projects

Commercial vs Social

• Railway has social obligation to run transport service for all the area of country irrespective of profit motive. It can not close uneconomic lines

• It can not increase fare due to adverse political impact even though fuel cost mounting

• It has to generate enough resources for efficient maintenance & replacements of assets on its own

• Any question is most welcome

• THANKS

Tree plantation

• Does Tree plantation along the Railway line , in colony & on surplus vacant land

• Ornamental tree in offices , stations residence compounds ,level xing• Now energy plantation is thrust area –

Jatropha curcus (biodiesel)• Railway plant about 20 lakhs tree every

year