INDIAN RAILWAYS introduction presentation done in FRI/Dehradoon for non railway people

1. INDIAN RAILWAYSintroductionpresentation done in FRI/Dehradoon for non railway people

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Any question is most welcome • THANKS

20. 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