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Time of India
3 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Indian Railways to roll out 17,000 non-AC coaches over next 5 years: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Advt By , ETInfra Join the community of 2M+ industry professionals. Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. Get updates on your preferred social platform Follow us for the latest news, insider access to events and more. The Indian Railways is set to manufacture approximately 17,000 general and non-air-conditioned coaches over the next five years to cater to the high demand from lower-income passengers, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha on in the lower house, Vaishnaw noted that the number of general class coaches has substantially increased in recent years. He said, 'these coaches, along with other non-AC variants, constitute about 70 per cent of the Railways' total fleet of 82,000 coaches. In terms of capacity, they offer nearly 78 per cent of the 69 lakh seats available across the network daily.'The focus on non-AC travel comes as passenger numbers in unreserved coaches grew to 651 crore in FY25, up from 609 crore the previous meet this demand, the Railways has already introduced the fully non-AC Amrit Bharat trains , with a production plan for 100 such trains currently minister also provided updates on other key railway initiatives:Vande Bharat Express: 144 Vande Bharat train services are now operational nationwide. The semi-high-speed trains continue to see high demand, with an overall occupancy rate of 105.03 per cent so far in the current fiscal year (2025-26). Kavach Safety System : The indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) technology, 'Kavach,' has been deployed on 1,548 Route Kilometres (RKm). Work is also in progress on the critical Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors (approximately 3,000 RKm), with track-side works completed on about 2,200 RKm as of the Indian Railways operated an average of 13,940 passenger trains every day in 2024-25, marking an increase from the 13,169 daily trains run in 2019-20, the Railways Ministry stated.
Economic Times
3 hours ago
- General
- Economic Times
Advanced version of Kavach ready for commissioning on 324 km of Mathura-Kota section: Vaishnaw
The advanced version of Kavach 4.0 on 324 km of the Mathura-Kota section has been approved by an independent safety assessor and is ready for commissioning, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday. Asked to give an update in the Lok Sabha on the installation status of Kavach in the Indian Railways by June 30, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reiterated his earlier statements, saying the automatic train-protection system is provided progressively in a phased manner and it has already been deployed on 1,548 route km in the South Central Railway and North Central Railway. "Presently, work is in progress on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors (approximately 3,000 RKm). Track side works on these routes have been completed on about 2,200 RKm as on 30.06.2025," Vaishnaw said in a written reply."After extensive and elaborate trials in 324 kms of Mathura-Kota section for advance version of Kavach 4.0, the section is approved by Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) and the section is ready for commissioning. This is also the first section to be approved by ISA for Kavach version 4.0," he the details of the installation of various components of Kavach, the minister said the laying of optical fibre cable has been done up to 5,856 km, 619 telecom towers have been installed, 708 stations have got Kavach equipment, 1,107 locos have been fitted with the Kavach system and the installation of track-side equipment has been completed on 4,001 route km. Vaishnaw said the installation of Kavach has been sanctioned on railway routes, such as Mumbai-Pune, Mumbai-Bhusawal including Mumbai Area, Igatpuri-Badnera-Nagpur-Narkher, Balharshah, Lonavla-Pune-Daund-Baramati, Ankai-Pune-Miraj-Kolhapur, Kurdwadi-Latur, Purna-Akola, including branch lines in Maharashtra, totalling 3,856 route also informed the House that similarly, 1,219 route km in Madhya Pradesh, including in the Narker-Jujharpur, Amla-Parasia-Chindwara, Wagoda-Khandwa, Dhaulpur-Agasod, Itarsi-Bina, Ratlam-Jawad and Nagda-Bhopa sections, have been sanctioned for Kavach installation."The cost for provision of track side including station equipment of Kavach is approximately Rs 50 lakh/km and cost for provision of Kavach equipment on locomotives is approximately Rs 80 lakh/loco," the minister said."The funds utilised on Kavach works so far up to June '25 is Rs 2,015 crore. The allocation of funds during the year 2025-26 is Rs 1,673.19 crore. Requisite funds are made available as per the progress of works," he added. Kavach aids the loco pilot in running rains within specified speed limits by automatic application of brakes, in case the loco pilot fails to do so, and also helps the trains run safely during inclement weather. PTI
Time of India
4 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
India manufacturing 17,000 general and non-AC coaches over 5 years: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel India is manufacturing around 17,000 general and non-AC coaches over the next five years, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha Wednesday. Speaking in the lower house, the minister said the number of general class coaches (sought by lower income families) has substantially increased over the last few years.'About 70% of the total 82,000 coaches are general class and non-Air Conditioned (AC),' he said while noting that seat-wise, almost 78% of the 69 lakh seats offered by the Indian Railways are under the non-AC and general class Railways operates about 25,000 AC coaches.'We have taken up a program of manufacturing 17,000 general coaches and non-AC coaches,' Vaishnaw added. The Indian Railways operated an average 13,940 passenger trains every day in 2024-25, up from 13,169 trains in to a query on the deployment of India's indigenous Automatic Train Protection technology, Vaishnaw said Kavach has already been deployed on 1548 Route Kilometre (RKm) on South Central Railway and North Central Railway.'Work is in progress on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors (approximately 3000 RKm). Track side works on these routes have been completed at about 2200 RKm as on July-end,' he on Vande Bharat trains, the minister said 144 Vande Bharat train services are operational on the Indian Railways network. The overall occupancy of Vande Bharat Express trains in fiscal 2024-25 and 2025-26 (till June 2025) stood at 102.01% and 105.03% to official data, the number of passengers in general or unreserved coaches during 2024-25 stood at 651 crore, up from 609 crore a year official statement said the Indian Railways has introduced fully non-AC Amrit Bharat trains, presently comprising 11 General Class coaches, and 8 Sleeper Class coaches. Production plan of 100 such trains is currently underway.
Time of India
5 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Advanced version of Kavach ready for commissioning on 324 km of Mathura-Kota section: Vaishnaw
The advanced version of Kavach 4.0 on 324 km of the Mathura-Kota section has been approved by an independent safety assessor and is ready for commissioning, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday. Asked to give an update in the Lok Sabha on the installation status of Kavach in the Indian Railways by June 30, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reiterated his earlier statements, saying the automatic train-protection system is provided progressively in a phased manner and it has already been deployed on 1,548 route km in the South Central Railway and North Central Railway. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category Artificial Intelligence Finance Project Management others Others Technology PGDM Design Thinking Data Science Leadership healthcare MBA Public Policy CXO Data Science Data Analytics Healthcare Degree MCA Digital Marketing Cybersecurity Product Management Operations Management Management Skills you'll gain: Duration: 7 Months S P Jain Institute of Management and Research CERT-SPJIMR Exec Cert Prog in AI for Biz India Starts on undefined Get Details "Presently, work is in progress on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors (approximately 3,000 RKm). Track side works on these routes have been completed on about 2,200 RKm as on 30.06.2025," Vaishnaw said in a written reply. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Crack NSAT and Win Scholarships | Register Now Narayana Group Sign Up Undo "After extensive and elaborate trials in 324 kms of Mathura-Kota section for advance version of Kavach 4.0, the section is approved by Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) and the section is ready for commissioning. This is also the first section to be approved by ISA for Kavach version 4.0," he added. Providing the details of the installation of various components of Kavach, the minister said the laying of optical fibre cable has been done up to 5,856 km, 619 telecom towers have been installed, 708 stations have got Kavach equipment, 1,107 locos have been fitted with the Kavach system and the installation of track-side equipment has been completed on 4,001 route km. Live Events Vaishnaw said the installation of Kavach has been sanctioned on railway routes, such as Mumbai-Pune, Mumbai-Bhusawal including Mumbai Area, Igatpuri-Badnera-Nagpur-Narkher, Balharshah, Lonavla-Pune-Daund-Baramati, Ankai-Pune-Miraj-Kolhapur, Kurdwadi-Latur, Purna-Akola, including branch lines in Maharashtra, totalling 3,856 route km. He also informed the House that similarly, 1,219 route km in Madhya Pradesh, including in the Narker-Jujharpur, Amla-Parasia-Chindwara, Wagoda-Khandwa, Dhaulpur-Agasod, Itarsi-Bina, Ratlam-Jawad and Nagda-Bhopa sections, have been sanctioned for Kavach installation. "The cost for provision of track side including station equipment of Kavach is approximately Rs 50 lakh/km and cost for provision of Kavach equipment on locomotives is approximately Rs 80 lakh/loco," the minister said. "The funds utilised on Kavach works so far up to June '25 is Rs 2,015 crore. The allocation of funds during the year 2025-26 is Rs 1,673.19 crore. Requisite funds are made available as per the progress of works," he added. Kavach aids the loco pilot in running rains within specified speed limits by automatic application of brakes, in case the loco pilot fails to do so, and also helps the trains run safely during inclement weather. PTI
Indian Express
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
In 10 years, train accidents down by 77% in 2024-25, Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tells Lok Sabha
Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw told Lok Sabha on Wednesday that railway accidents had come down by 77 per cent in 10 years — from 135 in 2014-15 to 31 in 2024-25 — as the Narendra Modi-led government was prioritising safety measures. He added that there was a constant effort to use new technologies to ensure the safety of trains. Vaishnaw said that Kavach, a technology-intensive automatic train protection system, was commissioned under the Make-in-India initiative within a short period, while many developed countries took a few decades to move towards automatic train protection systems despite having a smaller railway network than India. He said that the Kavach version 4.0 would be commissioned fully in a day on the Kota-Mathura track. He added that as Kavach technology required an extensive optical fibre network, a 5,856 km-long optical fibre network had been laid, 619 telecom towers installed, 708 stations equipped with data centres, and 1,107 locomotives installed with a software system. Kavach is operational on 4,000 kilometers of railway track, he said. Vaishnaw was replying to a question posed by Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shiv Sena MP from Aurangabad in Maharashtra, during the Question Hour. Vaishnaw had faced the heat last year after a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station claimed 18 lives during the Mahakumbh, leading to demands for his resignation from the Opposition. While the Opposition flagged multiple train mishaps during his tenure, the deadliest train accident under Vaishnaw's leadership was the 2023 Odisha train collision on June 2 near Bahanaga Bazar station, which claimed the lives of 296 people and injured over 1,200 when the Coromandel Express collided with a stationary freight train, and then hit another train.
