NEWS:
IR is keen to increase speeds of fast trains. These still do not touch more than 105kmph
: IR is moving towards having only HSR & semi-HSR tracks in its network. link
: IR will manufacture 720 ultra-modern coaches of Vande Bharat Express in the next 3 years.
: Many bullet trains routes are being targetted. It will be done in sections, not by building a network.
Semi-HSR tracks will need upgrades, fencing, signalling, and elimination of level-crossings
: First semi-HSR track upgrades will happen on Delhi-Mumbai & Delhi-Kolkata routes @ 18,000cr.
: Doubling and more will happen on 34,000km and cover 96% of passenger travel.
: 150 premium trains will be run by the private sector, on routes freed by completion of W & E DFCs.
: IR has started 3 other DFC routes.
: 5 Mhz spectrum allocation will allow state-of-art upgrades to signalling, for safety at high speeds.
: IR will electrify all its 68,000-km BG tracks. link
Upgrades will happen on a massive-scale for passenger services, amenities, rolling stocks, capacity
: Bio-toilets in all coaches, are nearing full completion.
RailTel tasked for WiFi, Railwire Saathi, NIC e-office, Video Surveillance, Modern Train Control system
: Wifi in all stations, are done in 5400 stations. High use makes them hubs for digital transformation.
: Railwire Saathi or digital kiosks, will come up in 7000 stations and be run by entrepreneurs.
: 100,000 CCTV cameras being contracted for stations & coaches, as part of Video Surveillance.
: Face recognition, motion detection & intrusion alert, will be continuously monitored by humans & AI.
: All freight and passenger trains will have CCTV surveillance and WiFi link-up. link
COMMENTS:
1. All passenger tracks will be converted to semi-high speed, rated for 160 kmph or more.
2. Work involved in converting tracks to semi-high speed such as track doubling & upgrades, fencing, signalling, and elimination of all level-crossings will make Indian Railways, by default, one of the safest in the world!!
3. HSR plans are meant for connecting economic hubs to metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad.
4. HSR will be priced to maximise revenue, given the high fixed costs in form of loan servicing. Thus, if HSR has enough uptake from the travelling public, the fares can be priced at affordable levels. As such, regional economic hubs will become engines of future growth of metropolitan cities and vice versa.
5. Train-18 and aluminium versions thereof will be built in large numbers for running on semi-HSR tracks. Govt has cleared the way for manufacturing rolling stock via corporatisation & modernisation of railway production units.
6. Train-18 are highly profitable as they are achieving over 95% occupancy on both routes, with just 1 rake per route! 45 rakes (or 720 coaches) in 3 years can truly transform passenger experiences and travel times over the vast expense of India. IR plans to manufacture 160 coaches in 2019-20 and follow it with 240 coaches per annum.
7. Private train operators will become the preferred choice for operating premium, semi-HSR routes. This is to achieve high-quality services, higher profits for IR and incremental investments by the private sector.
8. 5 MHz of 4G spectrum will transform IR wrt signalling, communications, monitoring, digitisation of records, etc.
9. RailTel's fibre-optic network can catalyse the digital upliftment of rural habitations around Railway WiFis.
10. CCTV monitoring and WiFi on all trains will generate instant information on wrong stoppages (done for looting), nefarious human activities and other safety or security concerns. It will bring high levels of comfort wrt safety and security. Artificial intelligence, with its unprecedented scrutiny of data, is a valuable tool in law enforcement.
11. IR is actively looking to do foreign railway projects. Good execution at home, done on an impressive scale, is the key.
Indian Railways for automatic train protection signalling and world-class technical training
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