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(THE GIST OF PIB) National Rail Plan for India – 2030

[March-2022]

This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.

Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP) for India – 2030. The Plan is to create a ‘future ready’ Railway system by 2030.

Formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%.
Reduce transit time of freight substantially by increasing average speed of freight trains to 50Kmph.
Identify new Dedicated Freight Corridors.
Identify new High Speed Rail Corridors.
Sustained involvement of the Private Sector in areas like operations and ownership of rolling stock, development of freight and passenger terminals, development/operations of track infrastructure etc.