Indian Railways to double originating train capacity in 48 cities by 2030

Indian Railways plans to double the capacity of major cities to originate new trains by 2030 through terminal upgrades, new terminals and maintenance facilities to meet travel demand

The Ministry of Railways on Friday announced that it would double the capacity of 48 major cities to originate new trains in the next five years in a bid to meet the rapid and sustained growth in demand for travel.

 

“The current infrastructure serving needs to be augmented to meet the requirements of upcoming years. The works for doubling the originating capacity by 2030 would include augmenting the current terminals with additional platforms, stabling lines, pit lines, and adequate shunting facilities," the ministry said.

 

The railways would also identify and create new terminals in and around the urban area, set up maintenance facilities, including mega coaching complexes, and increase the sectional capacity with traffic facility works, signalling upgradation and multitracking for handling increased trains.

 

 

“While planning for increasing capacity of terminals, stations around terminals will also be considered so that capacity is evenly balanced,” the ministry said.

 

It said a comprehensive plan of the 48 major cities will be submitted to the planning directorate. The framework will include the works planned, proposed, or already sanctioned to achieve the goal of doubling the capacity of handling trains in a time-bound manner, it added.

 

The plan includes stations in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmadabad, Patna, Lucknow, Pune, Nagpur, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Mathura, Ayodhya, Agra, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Indore, Bhopal, and Ujjain.