Modernisation of railways

Indian railways are without a question of doubt, the hottest lifeline of Indian economy. Dvided into 16 zones and spread over a route length of 65,808 Km (40,892 mi) and carrying over 23 million passengers everyday throughout the nation, it's easily the most popular and preferred mode of transportation among the Indian folks.

Besides, Indian railways is also the largest extended transportation network of the world and also the Seventh largest commercial employer in the world and largest public sector employer.

It won't be wrong to say that ever since its inception back in 1857, Indian railways is the only infrastructure that has went on developing and living upto the expectations and aspirations of mass public which is clearly the reason it has all those menioned accolades to its name.

Reading across articles and following the developments it's sound to say that never has the development in this sector been more high-paced and steep as it is now, under our current Railway minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu.

Ranging from the formulation of a successful bullet train plan (by taking loan from Japan worth Rs 1 lakh crores at an interest of 0.1% for 50 years, that's a great deal. Isn't it?) to emphasing on the cleanliness of coaches and ivstigating the problems himself by travelling in local trains, this guy is doing everything he can to elevate the railways' status.

The results of this are showing as the revenue of railways is on the way up and as the revenue rate under the current government has jumped upto 12% which is really great for the sector.

Now, just for the case, I have been out of blogging action for quite some time due to whatever reasons, but during this time i went through few journals and articles which headlined and covered the rapid developments in our railways structure.

But the fact is all these developments and hardwork being done behind the scenes of this sector is highly underrated and underappreciated.
So, I felt the need to write about this issue.

But saying that, the room for development is endless be it any field and so is the case with our railways, we are in need of some good ideas which can not only increase the feasibility of this sector to general public, add to the global appeal but at the same time be equally beneficial to the passengers.

One such idea that I came across which i feel should reach out to all of you is ---  The addition of a Medical Utility Coach to the trains.

Now this, as simple as it sounds, can go a long way towards furthur revolutionarizing our railways sector.

This becomes highly significant in long-distance trains.
Now imagine a scenario when you are in a long-distance train travel and suddenly you get down the hooke with some sort of medical illness, so, having something sort of a Medical Utility Coach in the train can go a long way in provinding efficient health security to the passengers.
Also this could well be the first such approach ever implemented in railways all over the globe.

Besides this, this can also help generate few important public sector jobs in this field.

Also, the coaches need to be made a lot fire-proof than what they are now, the fire sensors and control system need to be implemented in our trains as there have been many cases of sevre casualities due to fire in trains, most recent is the fire in Rajdhani Express (in 2015).

Overall comfort of the passengers is what needs to be increased in the trains (thiis being one of the main reasons people tend to choose flights over trains besides the time issue).

But for all these things to happen, the revenue of Indian Railways need to increase substantially than what is being generated now.

This can be achieved by implementing few steps such as-- Cutting down the fuel cost by moving towards cheaper and much cleaner fuels such as biogas.
Also, the railways can start door to door commercial parcel deleivery system at a reasonable rate.

They can also change the ticketing system to be much more efficient and dynamic pricing system should be implemented to make the rates much more flexible as per demands.
This can surely help the railways in increasing its revenue significantly so that it can meet up and keep pace with the ever-increasing demands of public.

Saying that, we must admit the fact that Indian Railways is surely the best structured public sector organisation of our nation and even though it has been criticized left and right by the people in the past and present also, but still the developments that have been taking place in this field is really pleasing and high-paced.

But the thing is due to increasing and lavishing lifestyles of a number of people, railways are always looked upon as some sort of secondary mode of transportation with airways shooting up in popularity battle.
But stll, a vast majority of our population travels in trains and therefore the development of this structure and well being of those passengers is of utmost importance to our nation.

Through this blog post, i wanted to share my views on it and also want to popularise the advancements of this field to all of you so that all this doesn't go unappreciated and overlooked.
And at the same time , Indian Railways should also keep on improving so that it can really blur the line of comfort between airways and railways.

So, think about it friends and yeahh....for sure....

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