Initiatives
and Action Plans of Electrical, Signalling & Telecom Directorates of
Ministry of Railways
Member Electrical, Railway Board
Shri Navin Tandon, briefed about following initiatives and action plans of
Electrical, Signalling & Telecom Directorates of Ministry of Railways
during a press conference held on 3rdJune, 2015.............................................................
v Railway
Electrification: With a view to reduce its energy procurement
cost as well as to make the Railway System more eco-friendly and to modernize
the system, Indian Railways have been progressively electrifying its rail
routes.............................................................................
· Highest ever
1375 Route Kilometres (RKM) electrified in 2014-15. Thus, 26269 RKM of Indian
Railway tracks (39.92%) are now electrified. 65.40% of freight traffic and
51.20% of passenger traffic is hauled on electric traction with merely 36.32%
of total traction fuel cost.......................
· 28 nos. new
Railway Electrification projects covering 6608 (RKM) with total estimated cost
of Rs. 6746.45 crore sanctioned in this year budget...............................................
· Target for
current year (2015-16) of XII Plan is 1670 RKM with fund allotment of Rs. 2163
Cr including Rs 560 Cr through Extra Budgetary Resources i.e PPP and
Institutional Financing.
· 1500 V DC to
25kV AC Traction conversion in Mumbai: Kurla – CSTM section completed and test
charged in December’2014 and is expected to be commissioned on 25 kV AC
traction in 2015-16. Thus about 1190 TKM out of total 1680 TKM have been
commissioned on 25 kV AC electric traction..........
v Infrastructure Projects:
· Financial
bid for Procurement cum Maintenance of 12000 HP High Capacity
Locomotives and Setting up of a Factory at Madhepura will be opened on
August 31, 2015. Earlier, four bidders namely Alstom, Bombardier, General
Electric and Siemens were shortlisted for this project. Out of 800 locomotives
to be procured 795 will be Made in India which will be mainly working in the
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. ..................................................
· Bids for
procurement of 200 (9000 HP) Electric Locomotives against STEP loan of
JICA/Japan are due on June 30, 2015. Out of 200 locos to be
procured 40 would be imported from Japan and 60 will be assembled from CKD/SKD
kits. Last 100 locos would be manufactured in CLWs Unit at Dankuni with
Japanese TOT.............................................................
· Electric
Loco Assembly & Ancillary Unit of CLW at Dankuni : Work of
Factory is nearing completion. 1st loco expected to be turned
out in 2015-16.
v Rolling Stock
EMU/Metro/Convention Passenger Coaches
· Railway is planning to introduce a very modern train system
called Train-Setsfor providing superior riding experience and about
20% saving in journey time. Procurement process for 15 trains set has been
initiated..............................................................................................................
· Two Stainless steel AC EMU rakes manufactured at ICF equipped
with IGBT based 3-phase propulsion system supplied by M/s Bombardier
Transportation against MUTP- Phase II have been introduced in Western Railway
for Mumbai suburban. 36 more such rakes will be manufactured at ICF during
2015-16. These have speed potential of 110 Kmph...................................
· Order has been placed for procurement of 14 fully furnished
rakes equipped with IGBT based 3 phase propulsion system and stain less steel
car body for Kolkata Metro on M/s Dalian/China for replacement of old rakes
& additional services.............................................................................
· Indian Railways have planned to introduce one air
conditioned EMU rake in Mumbai area on trial basis.
Electric locomotives
· CLW
Produced 250 electric locos in 2014-15 increasing the total
holding of electric locomotives to 5049 out of which 862 locomotives
are 3-Phase locomotives. CLW plans to turn out last conventional loco in
November 2015 and last GTO based 3-phase locomotive in October 2015. Thereafter
only energy efficient, environment friendly IGBT based 3-Phase locomotives will
be manufactured.
· Trials of
semi-High speed trains up to 160 km/h have been successfully conducted with
WAP-5 locos between NDLS – AGC section. Further it has been planned to
manufacture WAP-5 locos of 200 km/h within 2015.
· A major
achievement for ‘Green India’, two WAP-7 locos equipped with hotel load system
have been turned out from CLW during 2014-15 and now there are 04 such
electric locos equipped with hotel load system under trials thereby
avoiding power car working, and creating clean/green environment as well as
diesel fuel saving.......................................................................................................
v Passenger Amenities:
· Wi-Fi
internet facility has been provided at 9 ‘A1’ category stations
namely Agra Cantt., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, CST Mumbai, Howrah, New
Delhi, Secunderabad and Varanasi during the year. It is being planned to
provide Wi-Fi facility at many other A1 and other important stations also.
· All
India Security Helpline ‘182’ and Passenger Helpline
‘138’ has been made functional as a public interface for queries/complaints
related to Security, Medical Emergency, Cleanliness, Food & Catering, Coach
Maintenance, Linen etc..............................................................................................
· Integrated
Security System (ISS) at 6 stations and additionally CCTV
systemat 10 Railway stations has been commissioned during last year.
Cumulatively, ISS at 64 stations and CCTV system at 21 stations commissioned.
As a part of ‘SWACHCHH BHARAT ABHIYAAN’, the cleanliness activities monitored
through the CCTV cameras.
· 36
Escalators and 5 Lift were installed at Railway stations in last year.
Further, it has been planned to install 100 escalators and 100 lifts in current
year.
· Mobile
charging facilities
would be provided in General class coaches and the number of charging
facilities would be increased in Sleeper class coaches. 3000 general and
sleeper class coaches would be provided with 18 mobile charging points during
2015-16.............................................................
v Electrical Energy Management:
· Initiatives
and action plans to reduce cost of power procurement through Bi-lateral
arrangements and Open Access mechanism:
- 50 MW power
in NC Railway from DVC resulted in saving of Rs. 10.57 Cr. in March 15; annual
saving of Rs 100 Cr. per year is expected
- Power
Purchase Agreement for 100 MW power signed with GUVNL on 05.3.15
- Govt. of
India has allocated 500 MW power from RPPGL at Rs 5.0 per unit.
- To have
arrangements for longer periods through market mechanism, tenders floated to
procure 50 MW in NCR, 440 MW for Western, 220 MW for Northern and 350 MW for
Eastern regions. First tender of 50 MW will be open on 8th June
and rest by July 2016.
· As part of
setting up Captive Power Plant for Railways, the Boiler light up
for first 250 MW unit at Nabinagar, being set up in JV with NTPC, took place on
30.03.15. It is likely to be commissioned by Dec- 15.
· Renewal
Power for Railways:
§ Solar
Power:
- 10 MW Solar
already installed: 2MW at Raibarely, 1MW on roof top at Katra, 30 KWp solar plant at Rail Bhawan , 40 KWp each
on GM building at SCR, Tirupati station, Ajmer Stn and 5 MW at various other
places.
- Order for 2
MW issued and for another 4.5 MW in progress
- Railway have
been asked to plan 50 MW on roof tops of Railway buildings
- A general
coach with about 4 KW solar panels working in Northern Railway since December
2014
§ Wind
Power:
- 10.5 MW
already installed
- Tender of
10.5 MW in progress
- Contract
for provision of 25 MW in Rajasthan awarded
- Plan to
install another 130 MW
· Energy
efficiency improvement:
§ Railways
will conduct 150 Energy Audits
§ As per
the report of BEE Indian Railways save 3.3% on traction and non-traction energy
last year which amounts to a saving of about Rs.400 crores
§ Directives
have been issued to Zonal Railways on 27.03.2015 that for future use of
LED tube light fittings for new office buildings and for replacement
§ 18 National
Energy Conservation Awards bagged by Railways.
§ Improving
Energy Efficiency in Railways’ residential quarters under CDM (CFL distribution
project): As part of this project, total 14 lakh CFLs were installed
in Railway quarters by replacing incandescent bulbs. The project has earned
total 2,48,609 carbon credits (CERs) till date out of which 1,38,493 carbon
credits (CERs) were earned in 2014-15. The project received “Special Jury
Prize” during UIC Sustainability Award’ 2012.
§ Railways
have taken up key technologies as pilot projects to improve energy efficiency
on IR in consultation with UNDP –which includes SCADA
control system for New Delhi Station, Building Management System at
Dadar,Pumping control system at GZB and Kishan Ganj, LED
lights in Railway coaches, Smart sense and smart Grid system at
Baroda House installed,automized light and fan control for New Delhi
station.
v Signalling:
· To enhance
efficiency and safety in train operation, modernElectrical/Electronic
interlocking system with Central Panel, complete track circuiting and
MACLS have been provided at 245 stations during 2014-15.
Panel/Electronic interlocking system has been provided at 5336 stations (85% of
total interlocked stations).
· Automatic
Block Signalling is a proven low cost signaling solution for enhancing line
capacity on a double line section. During 2014-15, Automatic Block Signalling
have been provided on 208 Route KM, which is highest ever in last five
years. This includes 95 Route Km on Ghaziabad- Mughalsarai section on NC
Railway.
· For safety
of Road users, 290 Nos of LC gates interlocked with Signals
during 2014-15
· Train
Protection and Warning System (TPWS) is a proven Automatic Train
Protection (ATP) System for preventing Signal Passing At Danger (SPAD) and over
speeding. During 2014-15, TPWS have been commissioned on DumDum – Kavi Subhash
section of Kolkata Metro (25 Rkm) and TPWS trials completed with 35 Locomotives
in Delhi- Agra section at 130 kmph and 160 kmph. Decision has been communicated
recently to Zonal Railways to execute sanctioned TPWS works on 1244 Rkm of
automatic signalling sections where EMUs ply.
· A pilot
project for indigenous development of Train Collision Avoidance
System (TCAS) as a multi-vendor, interoperable cost-effective
system is being carried out by RDSO. This ATP system has capability of
preventing train accidents caused due to Signal Passing At Danger (SPAD)
and over-speeding. Field trials of TCAS conducted on 32 RKms section (4
Stations) with five locomotives during 2014-15. Extended trials on
Lingampalli-Vikarabad-Wadi –Bidar section, SCR (250 Km) are planned for
completion by 2015-16.............................................................................
· Centralised
Traffic Control (CTC) consolidates train routing decisions that were
previously carried out by local operators. This system optimizes the efficiency
of train operations by centralized controlling of train traffic from a centre
place. During 2014-15, CTC system has been installed at Tundla (NCR) & testing
of 7 Stations completed for centralised and more efficient control of traffic
in GZB- CNB section.......................................................................................................................................
· Signalling
has been made fit for Semi- high Speed trains (160 KMPH) on
Delhi-Agra section.
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