Presentation On Indian Railways-03
Presentation On Indian Railways-03
Presentation On Indian Railways-03
B (4th year)
Index:
Introduction
Current issues of IR Services provided by IR What is PRS What is UTS Challenges faced by Railways
Introduction:
Railways were first introduced to India in 1853.
By 1947, the year of India's independence.There were
forty-two rail systems. In 1951 the systems were nationalised as one unit, becoming one of the largest networks in the world.
Current Issues:
Higher demand for Passenger transport, with planned economic growth. Need for capacity enhancement in the Railway network over the next 10-15 years. Technological upgradation for better maintenance of railway assets. Greater attention to passenger services and safety.
What Is PRS??
4,000 terminals , covering journeys of 3,000 trains and executing ONE MILLION passenger transactions per day. Internet booking of tickets was started In August 2002. TATKAL has been converted from a separate coach to a normal Quota and enabled for all trains in 2004 Internet booking timings extended to 4:00 a.m. 11:30 p.m. from March 2005.
Perfornance Of PRS:
Less than 1 sec for local transaction 3 sec for network transaction. Capable for providing reservations for 22 hours per day.
Indian Railways web-site, www.indianrail.gov.in offers PRS enquiries on the internet Berth/Seat availability, Passenger Status, Fare, Train Schedule etc. National Train Enquiry System (NTES) website, www.trainenquiry.com gives dynamic information about the running status of any train and its expected arrival/departure at any given station. Mobile telephone based SMS enquiry service .
What Is UTS??
INDIAN RAILWAYS
CAPITAL AT CHARGE (Rs in crores)
40709
NUMBER OF STATIONS
6906
1472
No Of Emu/Dmu coaches 4,957 Total Wagons On Line 214,760 Total Wagons On Line 214,760
Refernces:
www.wikipedia.com
www.indianrailways.com
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