Besides the need for enhancing capacity which is being met through major capital works like the DFC project, investment in rolling stock, providing improved terminal access, and improvements and investment in the last leg connectivity between the rail network and the cargo loading and unloading points are likely to be key areas that will need to be addressed through various policy initiatives of the Railways.
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Indian Railways expects hike in budgetary support
The Indian Railways seeks increase in budgetary support for 2013-14 to Rs 38,000 crore from Rs 24,000 crore in the current financial year because of rise in diesel cost and a large number of pending projects.During the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), Railways plans to invest Rs 5 trillion in capacity addition.
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Infrascape 2013 | Policies should be in a compehensive manner
If you look at the container segment, currently there are only 2-3 things that are permitted to private players. One is the container train operators license which has been operational. On container train operators license, few things that went right at least for first half of the year, a lot of new terminal lands of the container terminal operators were coming up and some of them have got operational as well like Khurchar and for Russia.
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Rlys to rope in contractor for LNG locomotive project
In an attempt to reduce the operating cost of locomotives, Indian Railways plans to set up a locomotive prototype equipped with a single gas turbine operating on LNG. For this purpose, the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), which is the research arm of Indian Railways, sought application from interested contractors who could develop such a locomotive
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Haulage charges set to rise for container firms
Reports indicate that 77 million tonne of goods in the form of containers is traÂnspÂorted through rail route every year. Haulage charge is something that container train operators pay Indian Railways for using the tracks, locomotives and signalling
infrastructure.
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Cabinet clears models for rail link projects in ports
Union cabinet has cleared the five models proposed by Indian Railways for setting up rail infrastructure in ports set up through private investment in the country. The five models include non-Government Railway, joint venture with equity participation by Railways, capacity augmentation through funding by customers, BOT and BOT (a
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Freight handling rises 5.3% for Indian Railways
The revenue earnings freight carried by Indian Railways expanded 5.30 per cent to 565.37 million tonne in the current financial year up to October 2012
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Airport Express shut down despite best technologies available
Delhi Metro Airport line’s recent and ongoing shutdown has raised several questions on whether the right technology and equipment is being used in our rail and metro rail systems.
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Reducing unit cost of rail transport
The Indian Railways (IR) has a symbiotic relationship with the country’s industry and economy. The railway network plays a crucial role in the transport of coal,
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Need for an orchestrator
Shashi Kiran Shetty says technology has come in handy in the absence of a workable policy framework. Logistics links shipping, finance, commerce and trade, transportation, aviation and railways