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Passenger Amenities
 | Customer Care Institute to be opened shortly in Delhi for training of
front line staff |
| PRS Centres of Delhi, Secunderabad, Calcutta and Mumbai already networked
- Chennai to be linked by 31.03.99 |
| Computerised monitoring of passenger complaints started on 150 stations |
| "Interactive Voice Response System" extended to 44 stations |
| "National Train Enquiry System" to be established for real time
information about train running Pilot Project for Tele-Booking launched |
| Indian Railways "Web Page" launched |
| "Tatkal" Scheme extended to hundred trains |
| Pantry cars to be introduced on eight more trains in 1999-2000 |
| Rail Yatri magazine to be started |
Safety
| Sitting Judge of Punjab & Haryana High Court, Justice G.C. Garg to
head one-man Commission to enquire into Khanna accident |
| Walkie-Talkie sets for emergency contacts between driver and guard
provided on all passenger trains running on 'A' & 'B' routes -- to be provided in
goods trains in second phase in 1999-2000 |
| Track Circuiting from "Fouling Mark" to "Fouling
Mark" to be completed on all stations of A, B and C routes by 31.03.99 |
| Pilot project of Radio Based Automatic Train Control system to be taken
up in Delhi - Mathura section |
| Rail testing to be intensified. Self Propelled Ultrasonic Rail Testing
(SPURT) cars being procured |
| Stress on manufacture of quality rails |
| Two chairs set up at Roorkee University for advanced studies in
engineering aspects relating to safety |
| "Railway Safety Review Committee" set up to go into all facets
of safety |
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Commercial utilisation of land
| Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation to mobilise resources through commercial
utilisation of land/air space |
Operating and Financial Performance in 1997-98
| Railways moved 429.30 million tonnes, almost achieving the target of 430
million tonnes |
| 17.6% growth in Gross Traffic Receipts |
| Total Working Expenses increased due to implementation of Fifth Pay
Commission's recommendations |
| Dividend of Rs. 1,489 cr paid to General Revenues |
Revised Estimates 1998-99
| 424 mt of loading estimated against Budget target of 450 MT -- due to
shortfall in demand from core sector -- reduced earnings of Rs. 1,056 cr projected |
| Pensionary payment likely to increase by Rs.1530 cr due to impact of
Fifth Central Pay Commission's recommendations |
| Rs. 345 cr saving in non-Plan expenditure -- Plan outlay reassessed at
Rs. 8,755 cr from BE outlay of Rs. 9,500 cr |
| Rs. 1,313 cr to be withdrawn from Railway Fund balances -- market
borrowings to go up by Rs. 180 cr |
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Steps taken by Railways to increase revenues
| Reduction in classification of some commodities and Volume Discount
Scheme to enhance competitiveness |
| Facility of two-point rake loading provided |
| Special package for steel sector to attract traffic |
| Reduced transit time from 95 hours to 48 hours between Delhi and JNPT
with new CONCOR wagons -- 40 CONTRACK trains to provide guaranteed transit service for
expensive goods |
| Full powers to General Managers to quote station-to-station rates |
| Front brakevan of all passenger trains to be leased |
| Production of parcel vans to recommence |
| Special parcel trains to be run |
| Two packet system to be introduced for awarding catering contracts of
pantry cars and refreshment rooms -- minimum licence fee to be more than double --
security deposit to be sufficiently increased |
| Minimum penalty for ticketless travel increased to Rs.250 |
| Rates for commercial advertisements to be increased |
| Efforts to provide single-window interface to major freight customers |
| Passenger Services in 1999-2000 |
New trains to be introduced :-
| Chennai - Tirupati Shatabdi Express |
| Shalimar - Haldia Intercity Express |
| Secunderabad - Machhilipatnam Express |
| Mumbai - Sawantwadi - Madgaon Intercity Express |
| Kurla - Patna Superfast Express (Biweekly) |
| Amritsar - Dharbanga Express via Narkatiaganj (Biweekly) |
| Jaipur - Bangalore Express via Secunderabad (Biweekly) |
| Guwahati - Chennai Express (Biweekly) |
| Delhi - Gandhidham Express (Biweekly) |
| Delhi - Coimbatore Express (Weekly) |
| Pune - Ernakulam Express (Weekly) |
| Raichur - Gulbarga Intercity Service |
| Kamakhya - New Bongaigaon Passenger |
| Patna - Mughalsarai Passenger via Gaya |
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Frequency of following trains to be increased :-
| 8017/8018 Howrah - Purulia Express from 6 days a week to daily |
| 8463/8464 Bangalore - Visakhapatnam Express from 2 days a week to 4 days
a week |
| 1095/1096 Pune - Ahmedabad Ahimsa Express from 3 days a week to 4 days a
week |
| 2101/2102 Kurla - Howrah Super Deluxe Express from weekly to 3 days a
week |
Run of the following trains to be extended :-
| 4047/4048 Delhi - Gorakhpur Express to Raxaul via Narkatiaganj |
| 5207/5208 Amritsar - Barauni Express to Katihar |
| 4737/4738 Bikaner - Jaipur Express to Ajmer (M.G.) |
| 5741/5742 Alipurduar - Siliguri Intercity Express to New Jalpaiguri
(M.G.) |
| 471/472 Vijayawada - Vizianagaram passenger to Rayagada |
| 1555/1556 Guna - Khajuri service to Gwalior |
| 1143/1144 Gwalior - Chhapra Mail to Barauni |
| 8301/8302 Sambalpur - Nizamuddin Hirakud Triweekly Express to Bhubaneswar
via Talcher Road |
| 2407/2408 Nizamuddin - Nagpur Gondwana Express on 2 days a week to
Bhusaval |
| 6343/6344 Ernakulam - Nizamuddin Swarnajayanti weekly Express to
Tiruvananthapuram |
| 2307/2308 Jodhpur-Howrah Express (daily) running via Grand Chord will run
via Main Line one day in a week |
BG services to be provided on gauge conversion :-
| Four pairs of passenger services on Narkatiaganj-Gorakhpur section |
| Three pairs of passenger services on Indara - Phephna section |
| Three pairs of passenger services on Lalkuan - Kashipur section |
MEMU Services
| Jhajha - Kiul section |
| Vijayawada - Kakinada section |
| Kakinada - Visakhapatnam section |
| Durg - Raipur- Bilaspur section |
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DMU Services
| Anand - Khambat (B.G) |
| Vijayawada - Bhimavaram - Narsapur (B.G.) |
| Delhi - Shamli (B.G.) |
| Mehasana - Tarangahill (M.G.) |
Rail Bus Services
| Bangarapet - Kolar (B.G.) |
| Tiruturaipundi - Agastiampalli (M.G.) |
| Banmankhi - Bihariganj (M.G.) |
Security
| Efforts made to improve coordination between GRP and RPF |
| Action initiated to give more investigative powers to RPF |
| Two battalions of Railway Protection Special Force to be set up - another
two planned |
| Long standing demand of recognition to the Association of Railway
Protection Force fulfilled |
Annual Plan 1999-2000
| Plan outlay proposed at Rs.9,700 cr; to be financed through internal
resources : Rs 4,160 cr, Capital from General Exchequer : Rs 2,540 cr and market
borrowings of Rs 3,000 cr |
| Capital from General Exchequer meets 26% of the Plan resources |
| Rs. 1,000 cr to be withdrawn from Railways' Fund balances |
| Thrust on safety, Doubling, Traffic Facilities, Track Renewals, Signal
& Telecommunications and Passenger Amenities |
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