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SL CATEGORY UNIT 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
No
4 Quantity of fuel
consumed by locomotives
4.1 Diesel ( in kilo- 25,16,044 27,05,084 26,99,616 2,78,9260 28,56,190
litres

4.2 Electricity ( Million 13,571.53 13,449.98 13,853.44 15,169.16 15,742.89
KWH)

1.3 STRATEGY FOR TECHNOLOGY speed is directly related to the carrying capacity,
DEVELOPMENT be it passenger or freight.
Various aspects needing attention, while evolving
the strategy for rail technology development, This issue can be resolved in two ways – either by
especially in Indian context, include but not reducing the speed differential between passenger
limited to and freight trains, or by having dedicated passenger
and freight lines. Having dedicated freight and
(i) capacity to be created for the projected traffic
(both passenger and freight), passenger lines should be the ultimate aim.
(ii) transit times, which is directly related with Growth of traffic is measured using various
operational speeds (maximum and average), parameters. Growth of traffic output and input

(iii) safety of operation, since 1950 is given in Table 1.2[3].
(iv) security of passengers and goods, Going by the past growth of freight traffic, since
(v) punctuality, 1950-51 till 2010-11, the NTKM( Net Tonne
km) has grown on an average by 22% per year
(vi) passenger comfort during travel and (100 units in 1950-51 to 1,420 units in 2010-11)
changeovers and and passenger kilometres has also has grown
(vii) intermodal transit facilities. by around 21% per year (100 units in 1950-51
to 1,403 units in 2010-11) on an average. By
1.4 TRAFFIC PROJECTION BY 2035 AND NEED extrapolating the same trend, during the turn of
FOR TECHNOLOGY INTERVENTION 2035, the NTKM passenger traffic is expected
Railway travel is very quite economical in India to be around 2,000 units, which is an increase of
and normally passenger fares are kept much lower almost 38% from the year 2010-11. Similarly, the
than other modes of transport, thus, making it a passenger kilometres by 2035 would increase to
preferred mode for most of the low and middle- around 1,900 units, resulting in a growth of around
income groups in India. Being directly under 38% from the present level of 2010-11. But
the ministry and its working capital being made these extrapolations are linear based on the past
available from the consolidated fund of India, it record. By increasing the efficiency and customer
follows an administered tariff. friendliness, these figures can be much higher, by
attracting traffic from the road and air sectors.
Population rise is one of the important drivers
for capacity addition in railways. By 2035, it is The growth indices are graphically illustrated
expected that population will increase up to in Figure 1.1. While both passenger and freight
about 1.53 billion from current (2015) figure traffic have phenomenally increased since 1950, as
of 1.25 billion. Hence capacity increase is a could be seen from the steep curves, rest of the
must for passenger traffic across all categories growth inputs involving capital investment have
– medium-to-long haul, suburban and urban. remained almost stationary. Most importantly,
This can be achieved only through additional the running track kilometre and route kilometre
capital investment and adoption of appropriate have remained almost static. This also explains the
technologies. Unlike in many developed countries, reason for the present supply-demand crisis and
Indian railways have a mixed traffic, running both the consequent huge customer dissatisfaction.
passenger and freight trains on the same track. This This supply-demand gap can be addressed only
type of operation drastically reduces the average through appropriate growth inputs and technology
section speed and throughput. The average section intervention, both need huge investments.

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