[feb]National Rail Plan (NRP)

Question 1

aim

Answer 1

long term perspective planning for augmenting the Railway Network

Question 2

objective

Answer 2

• create capacity ahead of demand by 2030(which would be enough till 2050)
• modal share of Railways from 27% currently to 45% in freight by 2030
• Forecast growth of traffic in both freight and passenger year on year and decadal basis
• increasing average speed of freight trains from present 22Kmph to 50Kmph.
• Reduce cost of Rail transportation by nearly 30%

Question 3

what is Vision 2024?

Answer 3

• 100% electrification.
• Multitracking of congested routes.
• 160 kmph on Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes.
• 130kmph on Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal (GQ/GD) routes.
• Elimination of all Level Crossings on all GQ/GD route.