These projects would include:ġ.Strengthening of the golden Quadrilateral to run more long-distance mail/express and freight trains at a higher speed of 100 kmph.Ģ.Strengthening of rail connectivity to ports and development of multi-modal corridors to hinterland.ģ.Construction of four mega bridges - two over River Ganga, one over River Brahmaputra, and one over River Kosi.Ĥ.Accelerated completion of those projects nearing completion and other important projects. Under the scheme all the capacity bottlenecks in the critical sections of the railway network will be removed at an investment of Rs.15,000 crore over the next five years. With a view to complete strategically important projects within a stipulated period of time, a non-budgetary investment initiative for the development of Railways has been launched. Two of the new zones have already started functioning. The new zones, having limited financial burden on Railways, will have thin and lean, efficient and modern administrative set up. In order to bring about greater efficiency in administration, speedy implementation of on-going projects, better customer care, reduction of workload on General Managers etc., Indian Railways have decided to create seven new zones by territorial re-adjustment of existing zones. Territorial Readjustment of Zones and In-House Reforms Indian Railways is a multi-gauge, multi-traction system covering the following: INDIAN RAILWAYS, the premier transport organization of the country is the largest rail network in Asia and the world’s second largest under one management. By 1880 the Indian Railway system had a route mileage of about 9000 miles. These were the small’s beginnings which is due course developed into a network of railway lines all over the country. The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic on 19th October, 1875. In the North a length of 119 miles of line was laid from Allahabad to Kanpur on 3rd March 1859. It ran between Vyasarpadi Jeeva Nilayam (Veyasarpandy) and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles. In south the first line was opened on Ist July, 1856 by the Madras Railway Company. Thus the first section of the East Indian Railway was opened to public traffic, inaugurating the beginning of railway transport on the Eastern side of the subcontinent. The formal inauguration ceremony was performed on 16th April 1853, when 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder at 3.30 pm "amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns." The first passenger train steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hooghly, a distance of 24 miles, on 15th August, 1854.
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