Showing posts with label Indian Railways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian Railways. Show all posts
Saturday, 13 April 2013
Thursday, 7 March 2013
The Great Indian Railways
Photographer Navesh Chitrakar spent months travelling on India's railways, documenting the world's fourth largest rail system, with 9,000 passenger trains and 20 million daily passengers
http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/the-great-indian-railways-slideshow/
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
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Sunday, 3 March 2013
Today's News Posts
Anubhuti rail coaches may roll out from Rae Bareli
http://www.samachar.com/Anubhuti-rail-coaches-may-roll-out-from-Rae-Bareli-nddwL1baajf.html?utm_source=teamwiyi_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=samachar_newsletter
Thai Smile to commence direct Phuket flights from Mumbai and New Delhi
http://www.bangaloreaviation.com/2013/03/thai-smile-to-commence-direct-phuket.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BangaloreAviation+%28Bangalore+Aviation%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail
2012 was best year in history for airplane safety, but Africa remains a concern as per IATA
With AirAsia, Tata Sons deal buzzing in Indian air, Ratan Tata meets Ajit Singh
PTI: NEW DELHI, MAR 01 2013, 20:25 IST
Monday, 25 February 2013
Chennai-B'lore double-decker AC train
A double-decker coach can carry 128 passengers in comparison to 78 in a Shatabdi chair car, increasing the capacity by about 70 percent. With lower weight per commuter, the coaches are more energy efficient
Monday, 18 February 2013
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Today's news posts
Photo: Unusual Antonov An-74TK-100 STOL cargo freighter at Mumbai airport
http://www.bangaloreaviation.com/2013/01/photo-unusual-antonov-74tk-100-stol.html
Aero India 2013 show and site venue map
AIRLINES FINANCIAL MONITOR
KEY POINTS
Rlys plan to double number of long, heavy-haul trains
Govt to focus on low-cost airports: Ajit Singh
Friday, 25 January 2013
Friday, 7 December 2012
Days logistics sector news
| Air India to get Rs 2,000 cr more as equity for revival |
| FM says there will be no additional borrowing in the remaining part of the current fiscal |
| Press Trust of India / New Delhi Dec 07, 2012, 20:52 IST |
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/air-india-to-get-rs-2000-cr-more-as-equity-for-revival/198832/on
APL Logistics, Vascor venture to serve India’s auto sector
Rlys plans to develop LNG-based loco - BL Bureau
NEW DELHI, DEC. 7:
Russian Railways-backed joint company, BHEL and Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd-backed Indo Russian Aviation Ltd have expressed interest in developing a LNG turbine based locomotive for heavy and long haul operations.
Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), the research arm of Indian Railways, had invited expressions of interest to develop a locomotive prototype equipped with a single gas turbine operating on LNG. This is expected to bring down the operating cost of locomotives.
Three parties have shown interest – joint stock company led by Russian Railway Research Institute, Moscow (Russian Railways, owned by Russian Government); Indo Russian Aviation Ltd and BHEL. Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy, Minister of State of Railways, stated this Rajya Sabha on Friday.
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Historical and iconic photos of Indian Railways Part Two
For Part One click on the link below:
http://sunriseacademyonline.blogspot.in/2012/11/historical-and-iconic-photos-of-indian.html
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http://sunriseacademyonline.blogspot.in/2012/11/historical-and-iconic-photos-of-indian.html
D1 class 4-4-0 locomotive No. 248. It was known as `Princess May'.
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0T locomotive built by Robert Stephenson & Co in 1881.
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A metre gauge BBCIR locomotive. No. 98 was a B class 0-4-4 tank locomotive built by Dubs in 1874. Earlier examples were built by Naysmth Wilson. The location of this picture could be Ajmer Works.
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A view of Bombay Central.
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Another view of Bombay Central.
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A view of the Churchgate Station, Mumbai, around 1956.
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Historical and iconic photos of Indian Railways
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GIPR's Wadi Bunder viaduct, Mumbai, 1925.
Poster of the Deccan Queen, 1930.
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Poona Mail at the then-new Poona station.
The Frontier Mail on Old Vasai Creek bridge, Maharashtra.
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South Indian Railway's electric locomotive with battery tender in 1931.
Trial run of a double decker car built by Indian Coach Factory.
Three hundred horsepower new diesel Tisco #25, 1936.
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The notings on the reverse of the photograph says 'Ice for the air conditioned coach of the Frontier Mail -1' Bayana Junction, Rajasthan, 11-9-42.
The air conditioned coach of Frontier Mail at Ratlam Junction. The notings on the reverse of the photograph says 'Ratlam Junction' 11-9-42.
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This photograph was taken at Chalisgaon, Maharashtra, of the Frontier Mail. Notings on the reverse 'Chalisgaon, 2.9.42
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The notings on the reverse says 'Yours Truly watching the passing pageant!', Lakheri, Rajasthan, September 11th, 1942.
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Carbon-conscious UK retailers on new track MAMUNI DAS
Lord Berkeley, Chairman, Rail Freight Group. in the Capital on Monday. — Ramesh Sharma
Click to read:
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/carbonconscious-uk-retailers-on-new-track/article4047890.eceFriday, 26 October 2012
Monday, 8 October 2012
Sunday, 9 September 2012
Friday, 17 August 2012
Railways takes over land for coach factory in Palakkad A. J. VINAYAK
Good news for Kerala and the Indian Railways. Click to read
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article3784702.ece
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article3784702.ece
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Steam Locomotives
Indian Steam Locomotives....
This album contains pictures of Indian Steam Locomotives over the years...
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http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/
Friday, 23 March 2012
The Indian Railways by Archie D’Souza. Its impact on the Economy, in general and the Logistics Industry in particular
The Indian Railways -Archie D’Souza
Its impact on the Economy, in general and the Logistics Industry in particular
[While I have referred to the current budget, I am not getting into the
politics of the Railway Budget, just confining my comments to economic &
commercial decisions]
The Indian
Railways (IR) is State-owned and operated by the Ministry of Railways. Unlike other government undertakings, IR is
not a corporation or public sector company.
It is a department of the Union Government. Its finances are separated from the general
budget. The Railway Minister every year
presents a separate Railway Budget.
Here, its annual requirement for funds is voted upon. The Ministry of Railways is headed by the
minister of railways and its policy is formulated and managed by the Indian
Railways Board which comprising a chairman and six functional members. It has wide powers. The Indian Railways owns and operates one of
the largest rail networks in the World.
This spreads over 63,140 route-km.
Its traffic includes over 500 billion passenger-km and 400 billion
tonne-km of freight. However, between
1970–1971 and the late 1990s, the share of railways in the freight traffic
market dropped from 65.5% to around 48.0% and its share in passenger traffic,
from 32.9% to 23.0%. However, the Indian
Railway’s freight and passenger revenues are increasing as traffic flows of
both rail and road networks grow. This
is all thanks to India’s robust economic growth. The growth in traffic could be attributed to
both demand-side and supply-side factors.
As
stated, every year, in the month of February, sometimes in March, the Union
Minister of Railways presents the railway budget. This was presented to Parliament on Mar 14,
2012. Here are some of the highlights of
the railway budget. The following
proposals were made by Mr. Dinesh Trivedi:
- Passenger fares to be hiked by 2 P per km for suburban and ordinary second class travel; 3 P per km for mail/ express second class; 5 P per km for sleeper class; 10 P per km for AC chair car/AC 3-tier and First Class; 15 P per km for AC 2-tier and 30 P per km for AC 1-tier.
- Minimum fare and platform tickets to cost Rs 5.
- 75 new Express trains to be introduced, along with 21 new passenger services, nine DEMU services and 8 MEMU services trains.
- Route of 39 trains to be extended and frequency of 23 trains to be increased.
- Railways to hire more than one lakh employees in 2012-13; 80,000 persons hired last year.
- Indian Railways Stations Development Corp to be set up to re-develop stations and maintain them like airports.
- To set up an independent Railway Safety Authority as a statutory body.
- The open discharge toilets on trains to be replaced with green (bio) toilets.
- All unmanned level crossings to be abolished in next five years to target zero deaths due to rail accidents.
- To provide rail connectivity to neighbouring countries, a new line from Agartala to Akura in Bangladesh to be set up.
- Double-decker container trains to be introduced.
- Steps to improve cleanliness and hygiene on trains and stations within six months. A special housekeeping body to be set up to take care of both stations and trains.
- New passenger services include escalators at major stations, alternative train accommodation for wait-listed passengers, laundry services, AC lounges, coin/currency operated ticket vending machines.
- Two new members, one for marketing, and other for safety, to be inducted into Railway Board.
- On board passenger displays indicating next halt station and expected arrival time to be introduced.
- Introduction of regional cuisine; Book-a-meal scheme to provide meals through SMS or email.
- Specially designed coaches for differently-abled persons to be provided in each Mail/Express trains.
- Railway Tariff Regulatory Authority to be considered.
- National High Speed Rail Authority to be set up; Pre-feasibility studies on six high speed corridors completed; study on Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Jodhpur to be taken up in 2012-13.
- Wellness programme for railway staff at work places.
- Institution of ‘Rail Khel Ratna’ Award for 10 rail sportspersons every year.
- A wagon factory at Sitapali, Odisha, rail coach factory at Palakkad, two additional new coach manufacturing units in Kutch (Gujarat) and Kolar (Karnataka); component factory at Shyamnagar (West Bengal); new coaching terminal at Naihati, the birth place of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
- Freight loading of 1,025 MT targeted; 55 MT more than 2011—12; Passenger growth targeted at 5.4 per cent.
- Passenger earnings to increase to Rs 36,200 crore.
- Gross rail traffic targeted to increase by Rs 28,635 crore to Rs 1,32,552 crore in 2012—13.
Having seen the general highlights let
us see the ones that are directly or indirectly related to freight and
logistics:
- To provide rail connectivity to neighbouring countries, a new line from Agartala to Akura in Bangladesh to be set up.
- Double-decker container trains to be introduced.
- National High Speed Rail Authority to be set up; Pre-feasibility studies on six high speed corridors completed; study on Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Jodhpur to be taken up in 2012-13.
- A wagon factory at Sitapali, Odisha, rail coach factory at Palakkad, two additional new coach manufacturing units in Kutch (Gujarat) and Kolar (Karnataka); component factory at Shyamnagar (West Bengal); new coaching terminal at Naihati, the birth place of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
- Freight loading of 1,025 MT targeted; 55 MT more than 2011—12; Passenger growth targeted at 5.4 per cent.
If freight figures achieve targets, and there are no signs to
indicate they won’t, the tonnage will exceed a billion tonnes for the first
time. Having seen these, let us look at
an overview of the current status of IR with reference to logistics &
freight movements.
The
Indian Railways Freight Services are
the most profitable among all the services that IR provides. It covers the entire network of Indian
Railways. A wide range of goods is carried by the IR throughout its vast
network. These range from parcel traffic
& small consignments to a rake-load-full of coal, iron ore and other bulk
commodities. Commodities carried by rail
in India include, raw materials, agricultural products, petroleum products,
garments, other finished goods and many more.
One the one hand, the Indian Railways Freight Services is quite
economical, and on the other, the IR can carry very large quantities at a time. Therefore, the Indian Railways Freight
Services are able to generate a huge amount of revenue and play a major role in
the development of railway network in the country. In fact, it is the surplus
from freight services that makes up for the loss incurred on passenger
services.
A Wagon, unlike a coach, is a rail bogie, used to carry goods. A Rake is a group of passenger coaches or cargo wagons coupled together into a single unit pulled
generally by one engine. We are
confining our discussion to cargo which is carried in freight trains and parcel
vans of passenger trains. Almost all
trains have one attached to it. The IR
transports a wide range of goods within the country in these trains. There also exist different types of wagons
and rakes. A few examples of these are refrigerated
wagons, box vans, etc.
The Indian Railways has planned to construct dedicated
freight corridors and mega multimodal
logistics parks (MMPLs) or hubs along them.
These terminals will provide state-of-the-art integrated logistic
facilities with mechanised handling and intelligent inventory management. Located at select strategic locations they
will serve the objective of reducing the overall logistics cost in the supply
chain. Users will thus get dedicated
cost effective services that will cater to their time-sensitive freight
transportation requirements. A multi-modal logistics park (MLP) may be
defined as a rail-based inter-modal traffic-handling facility complex
comprising container terminals, bulk / break-bulk cargo terminals, warehouses,
banking facilities, office space, etc.
Available here will be facilities for mechanised handling, inter-modal
transfers, sorting / grading, cold chain, aggregation / disaggregation, etc, to
handle freight.
The dedicated freight corridors are being built on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model,
with industrial townships coming up all along them. Most of them will be declared as Special Economic Zones (SEZ) where the
investors will get special tax benefits and be immune to India’s stringent
labour laws. Generally, the MLPs will be
developed by the project authorities in charge of SEZs/industrial townships. A report released in 2009 by Cushman &
Wakefield, the Chicago-based global real-estate experts says that the annual
growth of the Indian Logistics Industry is expected to be between 15 & 20
per cent. At this rate revenues are
expected to touch a figure of approximately $385 billion by 2015. Industry analysts say that many logistics
companies are in various stages of setting up warehouses, container freight
stations, inland container depots, logistics parks, distribution centres and
other facilities to tap the trade opportunities. DHL Logistics, Transport Corporation of India,
Gati, Adani Logistics, Sical Logistics, World Windows Infrastructure and
Logistics and Mahindra Logistics are some of these companies.
One of the prime objectives of the policy
is to enhance the presence of rail transport in the overall transport chain and
in so doing reduce logistics costs for the users. How would this be achieved? Some of the methods adopted would be through:
·
Minimisation
of multiple handling
·
Provisions
of various logistics related services close to a rail transport hub
·
Better
integration with logistics and supply chains.
To develop these MMPLs through Public
Private Partnership (PPP), the ministry of railways had invited expression of interests (EOI). Companies expressing interest need to provide
seeking essential information regarding:
·
Proposed
locations
·
Land
area required
·
Type/segment
of logistics business to be development etc.
These expressers of intent are large logistics service
providers, real estate developers, third party logistics players, warehousing
investors, container operators, financial institutions, industrial houses, etc.
who are willing to participate in the development of these MMLPs.
The Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) under the aegis
of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) will be a flagship project of the Indian
Railways. The DFCCIL
is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) set up under the administrative control of
Ministry of Railways to undertake planning & development, mobilization of
financial resources and construction, maintenance and operation of these DFCs. DFCCIL was incorporated in October 2006 under
Indian Companies Act 1956. The plan to
construct dedicated freight corridors across the country marks a strategic
inflexion point in the history of Indian Railways that has essentially run
mixed traffic across its network. Once completed, the dedicated freight
corridors will enable Indian Railways to improve its customer orientation and
meet market needs more effectively. Creation of rail infrastructure on such a scale
- unprecedented in independent India – is also expected to drive the
establishment of industrial corridors and logistic parks along its alignment.
The DFCs entail construction of approximately 3300 km of mostly
double, electrified, high axle load track.
A liberal space envelope, fit for high capacity wagons and heavy haul
freight trains at cruising speeds of 75 km/hr and top speeds of 110 km / hr, will
be provided. Here are a couple of the routes
for the DFCs:
- JNPT/Mumbai – Tughlakabad (Western Route)
- Kolkota – Ludhiana (Eastern Route)
A large number of
industrial nodes are also being planned along the Western Route. These are all part of a related initiative by
the Government of India.
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