INDIA | Railways

[Kuvvaci]

very nice...

is there any HSR project?

[satsk3]

Originally Posted by Kuvvaci

very nice...

is there any HSR project?

Not Yet Started, Proposals are on papers

here is some details X-Posting from some another Thread

Railways to conduct pre-feasibility studies for high speed passenger corridors

Ministry of Railways has decided only to conduct pre-feasibility studies for construction of high speed passenger corridors equipped with state of the art, signalling and train control system for the following five corridors. These are :-

1) Delhi – Chandigarh – Amritsar

2) Pune – Mumbai – Ahmedabad

3) Hyderabad – Dornakal – Vijayawada – Chennai

4) Chennai – Bangalore – Coimbatore – Ernakulam

The proposed section will be having dedicated tracks solely for running trains at speed of 300 to 350 kilometres per hour. As per concept, these trains will have state of art technology, travelling comfort and on board services. Detailed requirement of technology will be assessed during the course of pre-feasibility study.

Till now, global tenders for engaging a consultant for Delhi– Chandigarh – Amritsar and Pune–Ahmedabad have been invited by Ministry of Railways.

NEW DELHI, Sept. 7: In the first step towards running high-speed passenger trains at 300-350 kmph, the ministry of railways has floated a global tender for conducting a pre-feasibility study for constructing two corridors at the Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar and Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad sections of Indian Railways. However, experts in the ministry told The Statesman that even if all goes according to plan and there was no change of mind within the political establishment about the ambitious project, the first high-speed train running at 300-350 kmph is unlikely to be launched before 2015.
Ministry officials admitted that it would take some time before India matched China in railway infrastructure development but claimed that when flagged off the proposed high speed passenger train would be far better in looks and performance than China’s first bullet train that began operating between Beijing and the port city of Tianjin, a month ahead of the recent Beijing Olympics. But before that China will have run its own high-speed train at about 350 kmph speed between Beijing and Shanghai in 2012.
The move to float a global tender for appointing consultants for a pre-feasibility study came following the railway minister, Mr Lalu Prasad’s announcement to that effect during his 2007-08 Railway Budget speech. The proposed passenger train corridor, according to ministry officials, would be equipped with state-of-the-art signalling and train control systems.
These trains would cover distances up to 600 km in 2-3 hours. The ministry plans to adopt PPP (private public partnership) for implementing the passenger train corridor project. The stress will be on using high-tech energy efficient and environment friendly systems in the project, the ministry officials said.
Given the high-cost of the passenger train corridor project (estimated to be Rs 60 crore per km), the ministry plans to target only “rich passengers” ready to shell out a ticket price that would be on par with airline fares.
The ministry is also deliberating on ways to making purchase of tickets a smooth affair. Since the travel time is unlikely to be more than 2 to 2.5 hour a passengers could ill afford to wait long to get his or her ticket. All these aspects would be taken into account while selecting consultants for the pre-feasibility study.
After the pre-feasibility study a detailed project report would be prepared. Railway officials said construction work for the project would take at least five years to complete.

[YelloPerilo]

...Ministry officials admitted that it would take some time before India matched China in railway infrastructure development but claimed that when flagged off the proposed high speed passenger train would be far better in looks and performance than China’s first bullet train that began operating between Beijing and the port city of Tianjin, a month ahead of the recent Beijing Olympics...

I thought this quote is quite amusing.

[Railfan]

High-speed Maglev trains may run in Mumbai
Mumbai, PTI:
The Maharashtra government has proposed six high-speed magnetic levitation (Maglev) train routes for Mumbai.

Millions of Mumbaikars who commute daily in jampacked local trains are set to get relief with Maharashtra government proposing six high-speed magnetic levitation (Maglev) train routes for the city.

The six routes include new proposed airport at Panvel to Khopoli (30 km), to Alibag (60 km), to Santacruz airport (45 km), and Santacruz airport to Nariman Point (18 km), to Goregaon (15 km) and to Kalyan (50 km).

"German company Vossing has already started working on feasibility report of these routes," a senior official from Planning Department said.

Sources said the six routes were suggested by the government considering need for connectivity between the proposed airport at Panvel in Navi Mumbai and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to the island city.

Along with the six routes in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, with distances ranging from 20 to 50 kms, the second phase proposed is a passenger-cum-freight corridor between Mumbai and Nagpur, via Nanded, a distance of about 900 km.

The corridor was being planned as the Government has undertaken the development of a multi-crore, multi-cargo hub at Nagpur, the official said.

Finance Minister Jayant Patil floated the Maglev plan and the state Cabinet gave clearance to the project last year.

The feasibility study would be completed in February, he said.

In Maglev technology, powerful magnets lift the train 10 mm above the track which is called a guideway. Other magnets power speed and braking.

The electromagnets that power the train consume much lesser energy than an aircraft. These trains run at a speed of 300-350 km/hr.

However, the technology does not come cheap. "Let the company complete the feasibility report. The government can then take a decision over project cost," the official said.

[skdubai]

x posting from Indian Railways Thread

Originally Posted by Suncity

Crossing Bhopal Shatabdi while nearing Agra Cantt

video by ankitwap7



Triple KYN Tigerface WAG7 bankers are running light towards Kasara for their next banking assignment. Video taken from Ehgaon Viaduct of Thull Ghat.

Video by Arzan Kotval



NZM bound Chennai garib rath at Morena

video by ankitwap7

[skdubai]

Few More

Originally Posted by Suncity

Patna Rajdhani near Dadri Station

video by amit1407



2570 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Jaynagar Garib Rath via Patna

video by lkoshatwap5



Devgiri Express and Indrayani Express

video by cater91



The Haywards 5000 Soda Intercity Superfast Express whizzles past Chinchwad station hauled by a KYN WCAM-3 # 21935.

video by cater91

[skdubai]

The Shatabdi interior

Originally Posted by SarafIndian

Photo cc cjboulier5 @flickr

Don't know which train.

[skdubai]

some pics

Originally Posted by SarafIndian

Photo cc Syed1976 @flickr

Lucknow Shatabdi with WAP5


A tiger-striped, NKJ WAG7 hauling an empty BOXN rake.

[skdubai]

Kashmir train

Originally Posted by sidney_jec

An excellent shot of the train in Kashmir in todays TOI

[skdubai]

last one for now

Originally Posted by scorpiogenius

pics courtesy Rahulm

[Rastacoqui]

VERY BEAUTIFUL!! those trains go so fast too!

[skdubai]

a small documentary on Indian Railways



some Shatabdi trains (fastest in India)

From the loco


from inside the same train as above at 150 kph


and a reminder to never cross one of them

[skdubai]

The Rajdhani (links the capital with other major cities)



The garib Rath (Poor Man's Chariot)

[skdubai]

some more x-posts from the Indian railways thread

Originally Posted by Luckystreak

Darjeeling

pic by Which_Main_Which_Cross

Originally Posted by satsk3

X-posting from "Enchanting Tamilnadu Pictures"
Posted by Into_salem


Courtsey: "Dinakaran" 08.12.2008

Originally Posted by SarafIndian

video: atigupta

LDH WAG7 #27625 moves towards MTJ with LPG rake in tow.Listen to the strange sounds produced by the waggie.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=65zx1l...eature=related

LDH WAG7 pulls a container rake towards TKD yard.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=hk-qOG...eature=related

[Svartmetall]

Some of those pictures show truly stunning scenery. You're lucky to have railway lines that go right through it!

[skdubai]

i fell in love with the railways when i was a kid when i used to travel from Mumbai to my home town down south. This particular train went through a place called Khandala, which was just awesome. I kept bugging my parents to always take the train just to go through this place...

[skdubai]

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/3833410.cms

Railways to spend Rs 30,000 crore on infrastructure upgrade


NEW DELHI: Indian Railways on Saturday announced it will invest around Rs 30000 crore ($6.6 billion) to upgrade its infrastructure as well as

boost the economy.

The upgradation plan includes renewal of 2,941 km railway tracks that will require about 339,228 tonnes of steel and renewal of sleeper sheets along 2,382 km of railway lines.

The state-run enterprise said in a statement that the investment would shore up its infrastructural development and upkeep, and also "go a long way in boosting the Indian economy".

The railways, which have manufactured 3,000 coaches this year, an increase of about 12.5 percent over last year, said work was in progress for developing 300 railway stations into model stations.

It is also developing 23 world class stations, for which construction work on four has already started.

The statement added that railways would set up a 1,000-MW thermal power plant as part of a joint venture deal with National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) at Nabi Nagar, Bihar at a combined cost of about $1.19 billion (Rs.5,352 crore)

The ministry of railways has increased its target of electrification of railway lines to 3,500 km as part of the 11th Five Year plan, it added.

The electrification target for the current year has been increased from 700 km to 1,000 km, while it has set a target of 1,200 km for next year.

[satsk3]

To see more Details and Comments, click on the Picture.

Longest viaduct between Shindawne & Ambale, Photo By S.Ashwin


Udyan Express, Photo By Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer


Odha Station, Photo By Arzan Kotval


Electric Triplets passing through the viaduct on Thull ghats, Photo By Anish Niranjan

Nizamuddin bound Karnataka Sampark Kranti, Photo By Sachin Buddhisagar


Manmad-Pune Express at Talegaon, Photo By Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer


More Here: IRFCA.ORG

[satsk3]

Photos by Bharat Vohra, More Pics Here: IRFCA.ORG

a MG DMU ( rare one)


Mhow Station


Somewhere near Mhow

[hkskyline]

Indian rail revenues hit buffers as economy slows

NEW DELHI, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Revenue of the Indian Railways has taken a hit in October because a slowdown in the economy led to a drop in freight income, the country's railways minister said on Thursday.

"The decline in railways freight earnings is attributable to a slackening of market demand for transportation in the present environment of economic downturn," Lalu Prasad, India's railway minister, told Parliament.

Revenue growth of the railways slowed to 6.52 percent in October from 19.31 percent in the same month last year, he added.

In a written reply, he said during October, earnings from freight which constitutes bulk of railway revenue earnings dipped to single digit at 4.91 percent compared to the corresponding month of last year.

In April-October period, Indian Railways' earnings mainly from passenger and goods traffic, however, rose by 15.76 percent year on year, and stood at 445.48 billion rupees.

Industrial output fell 0.4 percent in October from a year earlier, as firms cut production to prevent inventory build-up. Exports have also declined by 12 percent, the first monthly fall in nearly three years on falling overseas demand.

Earnings of railways will be hurt in 2008/09 as economic growth is expected to slow to about 7 percent from 9 percent in previous year.

The railway ministry on Thursday sought parliamentary approval to spend 17 billion rupees over the budgeted 299.39 billion rupees in FY09 for completion of ongoing projects.

The parliament in October had approved 5.27 billion rupees of extra spending, taking the total surplus to 22.27 billion.

To counter the effect of the slowdown on financial health of railways, the ministry has taken a number of steps to boost demand for transportation, said Prasad.

"These include freight discounts of up to 40 percent on short lead cement traffic and distance-based freight concession of up to 50 percent on iron-ore traffic for export," he added.