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Story
of Indian Railways is the story of Indian's
macro-economics growth and social-economic
transformation over a period of almost a
century-and-a-half.
This book, with the help of over two hundred authentic
tables, charts, graphs, etc., covers almost all aspects
of development and growth of Indian Railways during the
last 40 years.
The author, through the valuable data, information and
analysis in this book, provides the reader not only with
a vivid panorama of railways' performance over the four
decades after India's independence but also offers a
fascinating study on the cost affectiveness of the
present structure of rail transport, with interesting
conclusions. Besides, this study provides good material
for fresh thinking on the railways for making transport
system efficient and cost-beneficial from the users'
point of view also.
The contents, among others, include :
• Key statistics - virtually on all relevant aspects
of growth and development of Indian Railways
• Performance and other relevant comparisons with
railway systems of 48 other countries including USA,
USSR, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan,
Australia etc. and also the developing countries of the
third world
• Comparisons with road transport system
• Development through the five-year Plans
• Study and statistics of investment, inputs, working
results, freight traffic, passenger traffic, etc.
• Profitability aspects of Indian Railways
• Setting up of Inland Transport Corporation
• Tariff changes and rationalisation of tariff
structure
• Rationalisation of goods terminals and sidings
• Recommendations of steering committee for planning
and development
• Electrification programmes
• Strategies and programmes for future : 1990-2000
• Transport pricing - various aspects including
subsidy, and development needs
• Creating additional capacities; carrying of bulk
commodities, revenue for bulk commodities, multipurpose
wagons for freight traffic, etc.
• High-powered locomotives
• Cross subsidisation of traffic
• Economy in working expenses
• Policy relating to slow-moving passenger trains
• Uneconomic branch lines
• Passenger amenities
• Safety of rail travel
• Covered wagons for food and other vulnerable items
• Additional incentives for train-load movements
• Losses on "small" traffic
• Question of amalgamation of "small" and
parcel rates
• Social burdens on Indian Railways.
• Exhaustive bibliography in four parts also includes
Doctoral Dissertations on Indian Railways, and Transport
as such, from 1857 to 1986 as submitted in various
Indian Universities.
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I
recommend this useful book to every railway man in
India and abroad. Rail users, transport
economists, Planners, students pursuing courses in
transport, financiers and bankers would find the
book extremely useful as a source of information
and for decision making. The study of the volume
will help in a better understanding of Indian
Railways.
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This
book highlights, through statistical presentation,
almost all the salient characteristics of the
growth, operation, capabilities, achievements,
contribution and efficiency of the Indian Railway
system from the year 1950-51 onwards and wherever
necessary also gives comparable figures of
information, it should serve as a vade-mecum for
all those who are interested in railway
transportation, particularly transport economists,
research students and railway officers as well as
various railway organisations
I am sure, the book would be found extremely
useful and would be given a very wide welcome by
the discriminating readers for whom it is
intended.
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