Vision 2020 - Transportation Research Group of India

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)
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Annexure-III
OPERATIONAL STRATEGY
Plan of Action: Short-term and Long-term
The following strategies will be adopted to attain the goals outlined in Chapter-V.
1. Infrastructure
a) In the short to medium term, the emphasis would be to remove bottlenecks and create capacity quickly.
This would be achieved by providing freight bypasses in the large cities, by identifying and completing
traffic facility works such as splitting of block sections, removal of conflicting movements and
improvement of terminal facilities etc. Simultaneously, effort would be directed towards opening alternate
routes to the busy routes through gauge conversion or by closing missing links, if any. In the long run
segregation of passenger and freight routes on HDN and substantial segregation on most of the busy
routes would be the goal. Dedicated freight corridors and speed raising projects on the passenger
corridors would be completed in a time-bound manner.
b) Project execution capability would be strengthened.
c) Port connectivity works would be taken up on priority in partnership with ports and other major users.
d) A non-lapsable dedicated fund will be set up to fund new line projects and wipe out the entire throwforward
of new line projects. A mechanism for mobilizing the support of State Governments towards
capital costs and sharing of operational losses will be institutionalized.
e) Connectivity projects to the North-East (new line and gauge conversion) and J&K (new line) would be
accorded priority. All state capitals would be connected by rail.
f) Segregations between commuter and non-commuter lines in large cities with population exceeding one
million shall be achieved by partnership with state governments and city authorities.
g) All construction projects would be executed by use of modern technology and construction equipment.
Emphasis would be to create maintenance-free, economic and durable assets. Mechanized
maintenance would be adopted to maintain the health of the track assets and provide reliable,
uninterrupted service.
h) PPP will be used for efficient execution of projects especially in areas like construction of world-class
stations, multi-modal logistics parks, cold-chain facilities and connectivity to ports/industrial clusters.
2 Marketing
a) Freight- Railways would concentrate on strengthening its presence in the bulk traffic segments and
container cargo i.e. in commodities it already serves and attracting new commodities like fly ash,
automobiles etc. through partnership with private sector freight operators. Special mini-or two-point rake
services will be designed. Special-purpose rolling stock suited to meet the specific requirements of
commodities will be inducted. These will be encouraged through Liberalized Wagon Investment and
Leasing Scheme. Long-lead traffic will be courted with special effort.
b) Passenger - In the passenger segment, the enhanced capacity of the system would be used to raise
speeds and fully satisfy the demand for passenger travel. Services will be progressively upgraded.
Distribution channels for railway tickets would be constantly innovated so that obtaining a railway ticket is