about the railway industry

1. By Mohnish Chhipa

2. Introduction
 Indian railway founded in 8 may 1845 (177 years ago).
 The train ran in India on 16th April 1853 between Mumbai (Bori Bunder)-Thane.
 1853 First railway train journeyed distance of 22 miles .
 IT originally, operated by private companies Englishmen.
 1925-1950 GOI (Government of India) took over the all the private railway companies.
First train between Mumbai-thane

3. About Indian Railways
 Indian railway (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of
Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates
India’s national railway system.
 It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the
world.
 It is a lifeline of our country.
 It is biggest employer in the world (14,06,430)
 No strike in last 35 years in spite of 17 lakh workers.

4. TYPES OF TRAINS
Indian Railways is one of the most popular and busiest modes of transportations in
India and connects numerous cities, towns, states, and regions.
In order to achieve this humongous feat, Indian Railway operates various types of
trains that include high-speed, fully air-conditioned premium trains, point-to-point
superfast trains etc.
Indian Railways mainly operates 7 different types of trains.

5. TYPES OF TRAINS
1. Mail Trains
Mail Trains once had exclusive coaches to carry mails and that’s how they got the
name. At present, all trains in India use their luggage coach to carry mails.
2. Suburban Trains
Suburban trains aka local trains operate between a centrally located business district
and the suburban areas.
3. Passenger Trains
Passenger trains provide economical travel options at slow speed of about 40-80
km/hr. They often have non-reserved seating arrangements.

6. TYPES OF TRAINS
4. Mountain Railways
Mountain Railways are train lines that pass through the mountains of India. Out of the
seven mountain railways of the country, three have been declared as World Heritage
Sites by UNESCO and named as Mountain Railways of India.
5. Luxury Trains
Luxury trains are tourist that operate across various regions of the country. As part of
this service, Indian Railways runs luxury tourist trains, Buddhist circuit special trains,
palace on wheels, maharajas express etc.
6. Express
Express trains run with a maximum speed of more than 100 km/hr, which places them
above local or ordinary passenger trains.

7. TYPES OF TRAINS
7. Superfast Express
Superfast Express trains operate with fewer stops in comparison to ordinary express
trains and have shorter travel times. They run with a maximum speed of 100-110
km/hr.
Superfast
express
Rajdhani express Shatabdi express
Jan Shatabdi
express
Garib rath
express
Humsafar
express
Kavi guru
express
Tejas express
Sam park Kranti
express
Duronto express

8. Mail train Passenger train Sub-urban train
Mountain train Luxury train Express train

9. THE RAIL BUDGET 2022-23
 Rs. 140,367.13 crore (US$18.40 billion) has been allocated for Indian Railways.
 For passengers security, WIFI, CCTVs in all stations and trains will be introduced.
 For Mumbai local trains, an amount of Rs.11,000 crore has been allocated to add
90 kilometres of double line tracks.
 Redevelopment of 600 major railway stations.
 Renewal of 3600 kilometres of track lines.

10. STATISTICS
 The sector total track length is 121407 Km. It also comprises 70,937 coaches 2,77,987
wagons and 1.3 million employees.
 During the year 2020-2021 48 trains speeded up to the category of superfast trains
with an average speed of 55kmph and above.
 A total of 3675 bridges have been repaired/ rebuild over the period2019-20 to 2020-
21.
 As of FY21, the Indian Railways had 13,452 passenger trains and 9,141 freight trains.
 As of FY21, it had a total route network of 68,103kms.
 Indian Railways has logged the highest ever electrification of section covering 6,015
Route Kilometer (RKM) in a single year during 2020-21.

11. STATISTICS
 Indian Railways’ revenue reached US$ 5.7 billion in FY 2023 (until July 10,2022)
 The total passenger revenue stood at US$ 1.45 billion in FY 2023 (until July
10,2022)
 In FY22 passenger traffic stood at 3.54 billion as compared to 1.28 billion in FY21.

12. STATISTICS
25.7 25 24.6
25.6
24.8
18.1
24.7
FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22
MARKET SIZE
Gross Revenue Trends Over the Years(US$ billion)

13. 1107.1 1159.6
1221.4 1208.4 1232.6
1400
FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22
Trends in Passenger Volume (in
billion)
1107.1 1159.6
1221.4 1208.4 1232.6
1400
FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22
Trends in Freight Volume(in million
tonnes)
Freight
75%
Passenger
20%
Sundry
2%
Other coaching
3%
Revenue breakdown by segment, FY22
Freight Passenger Sundry Other coaching

14. ADVANTGE INDIA
GROWING
DEMAND
increasing urbanisation and rising
income (both urban and rural) is driving
growth in the passenger segment.
India is projected to account for 40% of
the total global share of rail activity by
2050.

15. ATTRACTIVE
OPPORTUNITIES
Indian Railways is developing and
creating technology in areas such as
signaling and telecommunication with
15000 kms being and 37000 kms to
be fitted with ‘KAVACH’, the
domestically developed Train Collision
Avoidance System.

16. HIGHER
INVESTMENTS
FDI inflows in railways-related
components stood at US$ 1.23 billion
from April 2000-March 2022.
Rail infrastructure will see an
investment of Rs50 lakh crore (US$
715.14 billion) by 2030.
Railways infrastructure investment is
expected to increase from US$ 58.96
billion in 2013-17RE to US$ 124.13
billion by 2018-22E.

17. POLICY
SUPPORT
Government has allowed 100%
FDI in the railway sector.
In January 2021, the Ministry of
Railways rolled out a new iron
ore policy governing allocation
of rakes and transportation of
iron ore.

18. SWOT ANALYSIS
S-STRENGTH
 The ‘Biggest Company’ In the world in terms of employee strength .
 Luxurious and affordable to common man.
 Connects different cities and countries.
 Technological advancement.

19. SWOT ANALYSIS
W- WEAKNESS
 Corruption within the department.
 Lack of accident proof magnetic wheels in all trains.
 Lack of safety.
 Poor infrastructure.
 Delayed trains.
 Non pro-active employs.

20. SWOT ANALYSIS
O- OPPORTUNITY
 Metro in a commercial city like Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur etc.
 Development in small cities.
 Profit through privatization.

21. SWOT ANALYSIS
T- THREATS
 Low cost airlines.
 Improvement of other infrastructure like roadways.
 Could be taken over by airlines.

22. CONCLUSION
Indian railways industry analysis shows a steady growth rate in the railways network
and capacity. As the population increases and the economic conduction of people
improves, the demand for railways increase too. To keep up with this increasing
demand, the government, in association with the Ministry of Railways, is taking all
the possible measures to improve the supply. Indian Railway network is growing at a
healthy rate. In the next five years, Indian railway market is expected to be the third
largest, accounting for 10% of the global market.

23. Thank
You