REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON RAILWAY PROGRAMMES FOR
THE ELEVENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (2007 – 2012) CHALLENGES DURING THE
ELEVENTH PLAN
Passenger Business
Low cost airlines are giving stiff competition to...
more... upper class segments of the passenger
business. Other segments, particularly the short and medium distance passenger business, 20
are facing intense competition from the vastly improved road services. The Eleventh Plan
strategy is to consolidate the rail share in passenger business, particularly, in long
distance and medium distance segment by increasing the commercial speed of passenger
trains, and introduction of fast services between metropolitan cities with speed up to 150
kmph. Development of High Speed Corridors on selected routes is seen as another key
strategy for inter-city transport and is also an environmental friendly solution. Speeding
of passenger services utilizing MEMU and DEMU rakes would also be pursued with
greater vigour. Trains would be augmented to 24 coaches on all important sectors. In
passenger services improved customer interfaces through IT enabled services are
expected to yield major gains.
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