National Rail Plan (NRP) for India 2030

Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP) for India – 2030.
The Plan is to create a ‘future ready’ Railway system by 2030.
The NRP is aimed to formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight.
The NRP is for the entire Indian Railways network and not only for districts connected to the existing rail network but also for districts indirectly impacted by rail transportation. In effect, virtually all the districts of the country get linked to the plan.
The objective of the Plan is
1. To create capacity ahead of demand, which in turn would also cater to future growth in demand right up to 2050 and
2. Increase the modal share of Railways to 45% in freight traffic and to continue to sustain it.

To achieve this objective all possible financial models including Public Private Partnership (PPP) are being considered.

Features of the National Rail Plan

Formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase the modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%.
Reduce transit time of freight substantially by increasing the average speed of freight trains to 50Kmph.
As part of the National Rail Plan, Vision 2024 has been launched for accelerated implementation of certain critical projects by 2024 such as 100% electrification, multi-tracking of congested routes, upgradation of speed to 160 kmph on Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes, upgradation of speed to 130kmph on all other Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal (GQ/GD) routes and elimination of all Level Crossings on all GQ/GD route.
Identify new Dedicated Freight Corridors.
Identify new High-Speed Rail Corridors.
Assess rolling stock requirement for passenger traffic as well as wagon requirement for freight.
Assess Locomotive requirements to meet twin objectives of 100% electrification (Green Energy) and increasing freight modal share.
Assess the total investment in capital that would be required along with a periodical break-up.
Sustained involvement of the Private Sector in areas like operations and ownership of rolling stock, development of freight and passenger terminals, development/operations of track infrastructure etc.

Source: PIB

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