Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Dec 27: In view of the rapid sustained growth in demand for travel, the capacity of major cities to originate new trains needs to be doubled from the current level in the next 5 years. The current infrastructure serving needs to be augmented so as to meet the requirements of upcoming years. The works for doubling the originating capacity by the year 2030 would include the following actions:
Augmenting the current terminals with additional platforms, stabling lines, pit lines, and adequate shunting facilities.
Identifying and creating new terminals in and around the urban area.
Maintenance facilities, including mega coaching complexes.
Increasing the sectional capacity with traffic facility works, signaling upgradation, and multitracking required for handling increased trains at various points.
Ten stations of Northern Railway are also planned for infrastructure upgrade. These ten stations are as under:
Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jammu, Haridwar and Bareilly
While the plan to double the capacity is by 2030, it is expected that capacity will be increased progressively in the next 5 years so that the benefits of capacity addition can be reaped immediately. This will help in meeting the traffic requirement progressively over the years. The plan will classify actions under three categories, i.e., immediate, short-term, and long-term. |
