•Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) Coaches
designed for high-speed operations by expansion of existing ICF factories and
usage of existing workshop areas for manufacturing more of them and the newly
designed coaches under "Make in India" by Bhopal factory with swanky
coaches. LHB coaches it seems need power coaches it seems. But not many
were manufactured in recent times. The LHB coaches will prevent jerks in
trains and improve faster starting from stations and stopping stations.
•A new facility must be created in all major coach manufacturing centres in existing ICF, kapurthala, bhopal, rae baraeli and other coach making centres with complete automation and robotic arms based workshop separately constructed to implement more coaches to cater to the vast population and to use in dense routes to fulfill too much demand for train coaches. The entire end to end automation with robotic arms with railway employees doing just monitoring and verification of the parts made by automated systems. Siemens and major automation companies globally must be invited the secrecy of the coach designs must be kept secret at the same time Railways must increase speed of making coaches by automation of coach manufacturing similar to Car manufacturing companies where each part is automated with CNC machines to cut out of metals and joined together and painted automatically by robotic arms. This will lead to investment of 1500 crores for each facility will save lot of cost and save time in long run and increase efficiency and output. Automation is global trend in manufacturing and should start with Railways in big way to save time & money which is very important economic factor.
•The above coach designing for passengers and wagon designing for coal movement, petroleum movement, milk vans, roll-on and roll-off wagons can be designed by automated facilities in even balance so needs of Railways are fulfilled. Railways will benefit from current manual manufacturing and automated process to increase capacity. The new facilities should be done in existing plants also like ICF and other places of important Railway assets with latest Automation techniques, CNC machines, automated painting, etc,. to improve capacity of railways. Currently in spite of availability of hours of windows in many routes for operation Railways is not able to operate more trains due to lack of coaches. Once automation starts picking up as stabilization of systems will take at least 3 years and workers getting used to it till that manual and automation can go in parallel as robotics can work 24 *7 with ease without stopping.
•Increase height of lower berth in future coaches to accommodate 2 levels of bags as more middle class moving to upper middle class the number of luggage carried has increased. Or provide facilities similar to luxury buses with slots near entrance to keep bags and lock them with help of attendant. The facility can be started in A/C coaches in trial or can be passed on to Carriage Rehabilitation Centre, Bhopal. Most of the tour going passengers and long distance face difficulty in carrying lot of luggage as passengers who get on board in stations which are not in departure stations as passengers who are already boarded use all of the space.
•Separate Air Flow in A/C coaches to each berth at face and leg side of berth with controls to regulate air flow individually. Overall control for the cabin to control A/C flow needed with regulator like control used in hotels with automation devices. Even if overall flow of cabin is controlled from top and bottom flow. The individual berth controls can be given to passengers also to control
•Vending machines in major long route trains traveling more than 12 hours in day time or non pantry trains to buy snacks, fruit juice, water bottles, etc,. by paying with debit or credit card or irctc travel card(newly launched) or by cash payment accepting all major denominations and coins (Rs.1,2,5,10,20,50,100,500,1000). there are vending machines existing which can be used for passengers to get food or snacks of choice. This facility will help in non pantry trains to serve passengers also. The staff at selected stations where train stops for more than 20 mins can be used to refill the snacks by IRCTC staff or railway staff. The option will enable railways to earn lakhs in revenue.
•ATM in selected long distance trains under Railway Board privileged trains to enable long distance trains more than 12 hours day time to enable passengers to buy snacks if they lack cash or missed at times. Enabling more ATMS in all railway platforms where trains stop more than 20 minutes. The railways will earn lot of revenue in this method and allocating space in platforms identified across India in rental model with entire e-auction facility with small quota for public sector banks compulsorily. At least 2-3 vendors can be chosen per Railway station and not all platforms must be given to one vendor alone. The Railways will earn revenue from the rental model similar to banks renting ATM from public for operation. ATM in long distance trains and in selected platforms will help passengers.
•Provide fans for each berth in sleeper coaches to enable better ventilation in summer climate for passengers. Centralized fans are not helping during summer. Fans above windows and below chains with individual focus for middle and upper berth to use in hot climate.
•Allowing passengers to select train seats in coaches by paying premium amount for non senior citizens to select seats based on preference. The seat selection per passenger can be at Rs.20/seat to enable long distance travellers and family get together well plan the travel and enable smooth travel with planning of seats in clubbing together by choosing when booking. The facility is not needed for tatkal. The facility will be a major value added service. Railways will earn several crores of revenue from this.
•New Ladder concept or mini lift concept with sitting or sleeping position to enable older people who got wrong seat booked to book with ease. The mini lifts in sitting portion or sleeping portion will help passengers to roll on to berth with ease even if allotted in top berth or side upper berth. Initially railway staff and attendants can help over years the next generation or passengers will help one another to go with ease.
•Need for multi-level bike and car parking in all major busy stations where both suburban and express train stops. The multi-level bike and car parking will enable passengers to leave vehicles in stations and go to office with ease. Multi-level car and bike parking must be done in BLOT mode so that contractors must build and operate for period of 5 years to earn revenue and then hand over to Railways. Railways is providing land so railways need not invest any money.
•New IRCTC travel card needed with RBI approval for booking tickets and doing transactions. The travel card will enable swipe options in future to enter stations and the money is automatically deducted similar to Metros. The IRCTC travel card must be issued free of cost to passengers to enable better penetration to bring in cashless travel and adding money in these cards with money from debit or credit or any bank account for usage. The travel card must have features combined of all metros features and enable seamless travel across Railways across India to book suburban tickets, etc,. The R-Wallet can be integrated into IRCTC travel card.
•Changing senior citizen rules for women to 50 for better seat facilities as current 60 for women is not possible for women to climb to middle or upper berth. Please change the seat booking under citizen for women to 50 immediately as welfare measure
•Making PPP model realised in all Chennai MRTS stations which scope for immense revenue generation with building mini theatres of 4 no's to increase usage. Any theatre can be selected by PPP operator for each station to improve revenues. Chennai is known for cinema and the public have so much liking for cinema. Hence more cinema theatres will help more usage of MRTS and extension of MRTS to kelambakkam along IT corridor.
•Existing Metro coach manufacturers can be invited to make EMU and DEMU coaches in India to replace outdated suburban coaches with new facilities and A/C EMU coaches in all suburban trains at premium rates to charge more rates and ease pressure for ease of travel.
•The unreserved coaches should have individual seats instead of berths to enable more people to occupy. The current berths in unreserved only 4 -5 can sit. If individual seats like buses are provided it will double occupancy.
•A new facility must be created in all major coach manufacturing centres in existing ICF, kapurthala, bhopal, rae baraeli and other coach making centres with complete automation and robotic arms based workshop separately constructed to implement more coaches to cater to the vast population and to use in dense routes to fulfill too much demand for train coaches. The entire end to end automation with robotic arms with railway employees doing just monitoring and verification of the parts made by automated systems. Siemens and major automation companies globally must be invited the secrecy of the coach designs must be kept secret at the same time Railways must increase speed of making coaches by automation of coach manufacturing similar to Car manufacturing companies where each part is automated with CNC machines to cut out of metals and joined together and painted automatically by robotic arms. This will lead to investment of 1500 crores for each facility will save lot of cost and save time in long run and increase efficiency and output. Automation is global trend in manufacturing and should start with Railways in big way to save time & money which is very important economic factor.
•The above coach designing for passengers and wagon designing for coal movement, petroleum movement, milk vans, roll-on and roll-off wagons can be designed by automated facilities in even balance so needs of Railways are fulfilled. Railways will benefit from current manual manufacturing and automated process to increase capacity. The new facilities should be done in existing plants also like ICF and other places of important Railway assets with latest Automation techniques, CNC machines, automated painting, etc,. to improve capacity of railways. Currently in spite of availability of hours of windows in many routes for operation Railways is not able to operate more trains due to lack of coaches. Once automation starts picking up as stabilization of systems will take at least 3 years and workers getting used to it till that manual and automation can go in parallel as robotics can work 24 *7 with ease without stopping.
•Increase height of lower berth in future coaches to accommodate 2 levels of bags as more middle class moving to upper middle class the number of luggage carried has increased. Or provide facilities similar to luxury buses with slots near entrance to keep bags and lock them with help of attendant. The facility can be started in A/C coaches in trial or can be passed on to Carriage Rehabilitation Centre, Bhopal. Most of the tour going passengers and long distance face difficulty in carrying lot of luggage as passengers who get on board in stations which are not in departure stations as passengers who are already boarded use all of the space.
•Separate Air Flow in A/C coaches to each berth at face and leg side of berth with controls to regulate air flow individually. Overall control for the cabin to control A/C flow needed with regulator like control used in hotels with automation devices. Even if overall flow of cabin is controlled from top and bottom flow. The individual berth controls can be given to passengers also to control
•Vending machines in major long route trains traveling more than 12 hours in day time or non pantry trains to buy snacks, fruit juice, water bottles, etc,. by paying with debit or credit card or irctc travel card(newly launched) or by cash payment accepting all major denominations and coins (Rs.1,2,5,10,20,50,100,500,1000). there are vending machines existing which can be used for passengers to get food or snacks of choice. This facility will help in non pantry trains to serve passengers also. The staff at selected stations where train stops for more than 20 mins can be used to refill the snacks by IRCTC staff or railway staff. The option will enable railways to earn lakhs in revenue.
•ATM in selected long distance trains under Railway Board privileged trains to enable long distance trains more than 12 hours day time to enable passengers to buy snacks if they lack cash or missed at times. Enabling more ATMS in all railway platforms where trains stop more than 20 minutes. The railways will earn lot of revenue in this method and allocating space in platforms identified across India in rental model with entire e-auction facility with small quota for public sector banks compulsorily. At least 2-3 vendors can be chosen per Railway station and not all platforms must be given to one vendor alone. The Railways will earn revenue from the rental model similar to banks renting ATM from public for operation. ATM in long distance trains and in selected platforms will help passengers.
•Provide fans for each berth in sleeper coaches to enable better ventilation in summer climate for passengers. Centralized fans are not helping during summer. Fans above windows and below chains with individual focus for middle and upper berth to use in hot climate.
•Allowing passengers to select train seats in coaches by paying premium amount for non senior citizens to select seats based on preference. The seat selection per passenger can be at Rs.20/seat to enable long distance travellers and family get together well plan the travel and enable smooth travel with planning of seats in clubbing together by choosing when booking. The facility is not needed for tatkal. The facility will be a major value added service. Railways will earn several crores of revenue from this.
•New Ladder concept or mini lift concept with sitting or sleeping position to enable older people who got wrong seat booked to book with ease. The mini lifts in sitting portion or sleeping portion will help passengers to roll on to berth with ease even if allotted in top berth or side upper berth. Initially railway staff and attendants can help over years the next generation or passengers will help one another to go with ease.
•Need for multi-level bike and car parking in all major busy stations where both suburban and express train stops. The multi-level bike and car parking will enable passengers to leave vehicles in stations and go to office with ease. Multi-level car and bike parking must be done in BLOT mode so that contractors must build and operate for period of 5 years to earn revenue and then hand over to Railways. Railways is providing land so railways need not invest any money.
•New IRCTC travel card needed with RBI approval for booking tickets and doing transactions. The travel card will enable swipe options in future to enter stations and the money is automatically deducted similar to Metros. The IRCTC travel card must be issued free of cost to passengers to enable better penetration to bring in cashless travel and adding money in these cards with money from debit or credit or any bank account for usage. The travel card must have features combined of all metros features and enable seamless travel across Railways across India to book suburban tickets, etc,. The R-Wallet can be integrated into IRCTC travel card.
•Changing senior citizen rules for women to 50 for better seat facilities as current 60 for women is not possible for women to climb to middle or upper berth. Please change the seat booking under citizen for women to 50 immediately as welfare measure
•Making PPP model realised in all Chennai MRTS stations which scope for immense revenue generation with building mini theatres of 4 no's to increase usage. Any theatre can be selected by PPP operator for each station to improve revenues. Chennai is known for cinema and the public have so much liking for cinema. Hence more cinema theatres will help more usage of MRTS and extension of MRTS to kelambakkam along IT corridor.
•Existing Metro coach manufacturers can be invited to make EMU and DEMU coaches in India to replace outdated suburban coaches with new facilities and A/C EMU coaches in all suburban trains at premium rates to charge more rates and ease pressure for ease of travel.
•The unreserved coaches should have individual seats instead of berths to enable more people to occupy. The current berths in unreserved only 4 -5 can sit. If individual seats like buses are provided it will double occupancy.
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