Chapter 1 Freight services in Indian Railways - Comptroller and ...

Report No .8 of 2010-11 (Railways)
namely Liberalised Wagon Investment Scheme (LWIS) was launched
which is yet to fully materialize in the zone.
Thus augmentation of locomotives did not keep pace with growth of traffic in
the zones owing to persistent manufacturing constraints and setting up of
manufacturing facilities under PPP initiative were still in nascent stages. The
initiatives envisaged in the IRMP for augmentation of specialised wagons
were only partially achieved. Imbalances in availability of rolling stock vis-àvis
the requirements existed in the zones, warranting improved management.
Recommendations
IR needs to expedite augmentation of rolling stock to ensure that the rolling
stock infrastructure adequately caters to the projected growth in traffic. IR
also needs to address, on priority, the imbalances in the availability of rolling
stock vis-à-vis the requirements in the zones.
1.9.1.2 Freight terminals
Freight terminals comprise goods sheds owned by railways and sidings owned
by private parties. Efficient movement of rolling stock is dependant on various
facilities provided at these terminals to enable faster loading and unloading of
rakes without much detention to ensure that available scarce resources are
optimally utilised. Modernisation of freight terminals, leveraging Information
Broken concrete basement at Jagdalpur goods shed
Technology and augmentation of private participation are some of the
initiatives taken up by IR for improving freight services. A review of the
adequacy of facilities provided at 110 freight terminals handling more than 30
rakes a month on an average, modernisation and Information Technology
initiatives disclosed the following:-
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