Manned rail level crossings

UMLCs were removed from BG in 2019

MLCs are a cause of traffic jams on busy routes

3980 MLC eliminated in 2019-23

~17360 MLC as of 3/2023

Target all 2429 MLC on Quadrilateral & Diagonals by 3/2025

It may take 15-20 yrs & few lakh crores to remove all.

Priotising MLCs for RUB/ ROB

All railway zones have completed field surveys of the LCs and stations to identify “bottlenecks”

Surveys used satellite-based train location tracking data & data analytics:

Report found:

➣ 477 MLCs delayed trains by 1 hour per day ➣ 250 congested stations or station yards which delayed trains for 4 hour ➣ Loss of over 4% section capacity

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