Vision 2020 - Transportation Research Group of India

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)
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segregated passenger corridors. High speed point-to-point services and overnight connectivity between
national and state capitals and between state capitals and other major cities would be provided at regular
frequencies.
High-capacity coaches with optimized ergonomic design and double-decker coaches for
intercity trains would be developed. Seats/berths in the coaches would be innovatively designed to
allow for flexible use for both day and night travel.
g) Popular trains would be augmented to 24-26 coaches.
h) Adequate rolling stock would be inducted for suburban services. Air-conditioned EMUs would be
introduced.
i) Real time on line enquiry systems would be universalized.
j)
k) Sanitation and waste management at stations will receive high priority. Each station would be studied for
its peculiarities and a well thought out plan will be devised to achieve near-zero-waste by adopting the
principle of reduction, recycle and re-use and improve the cleanliness of the stations benchmarked to the
best in the world. Performance criteria and standards will be evolved for each element of cleanliness and
achievement of these standards will be monitored at all levels.A unified system of responsibility for
cleanliness at stations with adequate financial and oranisational resources will be put in
place.Infrastructure and amenities like water supply, drainage, sewerage,washable aprons, properly
designed platforms and 'pay and use toilets' maintained by competent agencies along with user
awareness campaigns will form part of the plan. Coordination with city authorities will be maintained to
achieve this objective. Cleanliness of trains would be enhanced by retrofitting all coaches with dischargefree
green toilets, mechanized cleaning at maintenance terminals, onboard housekeeping and en route
mechanized cleaning at Clean Train Stations. Maximum recycling of water will be planned and achieved.
Professional assistance will be utilized for pest and rodent control.
l) Quality cleaning of bed linen would be ensured through mechanized laundries.
5 Parcel
Quality of catering would be improved by adopting sound and proven business practices,
setting up a chain of modern base-kitchens and branded restaurants at stations and encouraging
innovation and local cuisines in on-board catering.
a) Dedicated parcel terminals would be set up and time-tabled super-fast parcel services would be run.
b) The business would be segregated from passenger services.
c) Partnership would be formed with the private sector to provide end-to-end logistics. Adequate number of
parcel vans (200 per annum as against 100 at present) would be inducted annually in partnership with the
private sector. This would include refrigerated parcel vans to carry fruits, vegetables and perishables and
special-purpose rolling stock to the carry automobiles..
6 Rolling Stock (Mechanical)
a) Locomotive and coach manufacturing units would be modernized and augmented. The coach
manufacturing capacity at Integral Coach Factory, Perambur and Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala would
be augmented to 1500 per annum each. New coach manufacturing units at Rai Bareily (1000 coaches per
annum), Palghat (600 coaches per annum) and Kanchrapara (500 EMU/MEMU/DEMU coaches) would
be commissioned.