A Corridor Pilot for Better Track-Time Governance in Indian Railways [Policy Brief]

Details

• Creators:
  Shukla, Utsav
• Corporate Creators:
  University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Transportation Studies
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroads
  • Transportation corridors
  • Pilot studies
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Railroad tracks
  • Maintenance
  • Passengers
  • Freight service
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.17610/T61K6H
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; India ; Japan ; England
• Edition:
  Policy Brief
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Transportation Studies
• Abstract:
  This study analyzes track allocation as a practical problem of how a busy railway shares limited time on the same track. First, Indian Railways' rules for planning maintenance blocks were reviewed, including the rolling block system and the way line capacity is calculated. This is helpful in understanding how the system is supposed to work on paper. This study next tested how the system performs in practice by studying six heavily used railway corridors. These corridors were selected because they face high traffic pressure and therefore show the conflict between train movement and maintenance most clearly. For each corridor, the study looked at six simple indicators: passenger punctuality, freight speed, maintenance blocks granted compared with blocks demanded, productivity of maintenance blocks, block overruns, and track-related failures. This study also compared Indian Railways with three other examples: Britain, Japan, and India's Dedicated Freight Corridor. These comparisons helped identify what other systems do differently, such as making disruptions more visible, protecting maintenance time more firmly, or separating freight movement from mixed traffic.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92706/dot_92706_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 577.55 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c304b7d05d346bc0e96fb59d0a6314aa9f711bcd5779779040227a5afa015e9a52037926032282bcb0419af3924cf44d1d18fbdab344dc9f116c867a4811506