INDIAN RAILWAYS

introduction
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