FUTURE OF INDIAN RAILWAY

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Abhijeet S
FUTURE PLANS OF INDIAN RAILWAY


Indian Railways propose to meet the challenge through implementations of following thrust areas during the Ninth Plan period:


1) Generation of adequate rail transport capacity for handling increasing freight and passenger traffic with special emphasis on development of terminals.


2) Completion of the process of rehabilitation, replacement and renewal of over aged assets.



3) Modernization and upgradation of the rail transport system to reduce costs and improve reliability, safety and quality of service to the customers.


4) Continue with the policy of unigauge.


5) Introduction of 6000 hp Electric locomotives and 4000 hp Diesel Locomotives employing State-of-Art technology.


6) Expansion and upgradation of inter-modal operations, including containerization.


7) Improvement of manpower productivity, work culture and staff morale.
 
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