Govt of India issues draft final report on National Rail Plan 2030 (Download Now)

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): In order to provide a long term perspective to planning for augmenting the railway network Ministry of Railways have decided to develop a National Rail Plan (NRP 2030) in consultation with all the stakeholders including State Governments, public representatives and other relevant Central Ministries.

Indian Railways is the 4th largest railway network in the world by size with 121,407 kilometres of total track over a 67,368 km route. In the year ending March 2018, Indian Railways carried 8.26 billion passengers and transported 1.16 billion tonnes of freight. In the fiscal year 2017–18, Indian Railways had projected to have revenue of 1.874 trillion (US$26 billion), consisting of 1.175 trillion (US$16 billion) in freight revenue and 501.25 billion (US$7.0 billion) in passenger revenue, with an operating ratio of 96.0 %.

Now moving forward and with a vision to develop Indian Railways as a world-class system that shall be able to cater to the demand by keeping pace with growth and complement the economic development, the Ministry of Railways has envisioned the preparation of National Rail Plan (NRP) for India keeping the year 2050 as the horizon. For this purpose, the Ministry of Railways has mandated Rail India Techno Economic Services (RITES) to provide advisory services by further appointing a Consultant. In pursuance of the above and to enable preparation of the National Rail Plan, the RITES Limited have assigned the study to AECOM India Private Limited.

AECOM commenced the study in January 2019. As per the Terms of reference for the Study, various deliverables have been submitted.

This deliverable concludes the National Rail Plan and is being submitted as the Draft Final Report for circulation to various Stakeholders for obtaining their observations so that National Rail Plan can be formalised in its true form.

The present report being the Draft Final Report, not only summarises all the previously submitted deliverables but also concludes the National Rail Plan and details out the infrastructure requirements along with their funding and financing strategies. Various components covered as part of the Draft Final Report are explained in subsequent sections.

The National Rail Plan-2030 will endeavour to harmonise and integrate the rail network with other modes of transport and create synergy for achieving a seamless multi-modal transportation network across the country.

Download National Rail Plan - 2030 India (Draft Final Report)