Expert reports on Railways reform and restructuring have repeatedly pointed out that the system has suffered from the absence of a comprehensive framework for capacity expansion. Consequently, only incremental changes have taken place through gauge conversion, doubling of lines, modernisation of signalling and so on, along with continuous addition of new lines on uneconomic routes.
What is crying out for attention, therefore, is a detailed operational long-term plan, taking into account the possible shifts and changes in the Indian economy, and consequently, the challenges that the railway system should be grappling with in the years and decades ahead.
What is crying out for attention, therefore, is a detailed operational long-term plan, taking into account the possible shifts and changes in the Indian economy, and consequently, the challenges that the railway system should be grappling with in the years and decades ahead.
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