National Rail Plan 2030
Key highlights
🔹Formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%.
🔹Reduce transit time of freight substantially by increasing average speed of freight trains to 50Kmph.
🔹As part of the National Rail Plan, Vision 2024 has been launched for accelerated implementation of certain critical projects by 2024 such as 100% electrification, multi-tracking of congested routes, upgradation of speed to 160 kmph on Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes, upgradation of speed to 130kmph on all other Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal (GQ/GD) routes and elimination of all Level Crossings on all GQ/GD route.
🔹Identify new Dedicated Freight Corridors.
Identify new High Speed Rail Corridors.
🔹Assess rolling stock requirement for passenger traffic as well as wagon requirement for freight.
🔹Assess Locomotive requirement to meet twin objectives of 100% electrification (Green Energy) and increasing freight modal share.
🔹Assess the total investment in capital that would be required along with a periodical break up.
Sustained involvement of the Private Sector in areas like operations and ownership of rolling stock, development of freight and passenger terminals, development/operations of track infrastructure etc
(PIB)
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Key highlights
🔹Formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%.
🔹Reduce transit time of freight substantially by increasing average speed of freight trains to 50Kmph.
🔹As part of the National Rail Plan, Vision 2024 has been launched for accelerated implementation of certain critical projects by 2024 such as 100% electrification, multi-tracking of congested routes, upgradation of speed to 160 kmph on Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes, upgradation of speed to 130kmph on all other Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal (GQ/GD) routes and elimination of all Level Crossings on all GQ/GD route.
🔹Identify new Dedicated Freight Corridors.
Identify new High Speed Rail Corridors.
🔹Assess rolling stock requirement for passenger traffic as well as wagon requirement for freight.
🔹Assess Locomotive requirement to meet twin objectives of 100% electrification (Green Energy) and increasing freight modal share.
🔹Assess the total investment in capital that would be required along with a periodical break up.
Sustained involvement of the Private Sector in areas like operations and ownership of rolling stock, development of freight and passenger terminals, development/operations of track infrastructure etc
(PIB)
@upscwithkunal
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