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2.4 Pakistan Railway Assessment Pakistan Railway Assessment 2.4 Pakistan Railway Assessment Pakistan Railway Assessment Page 1 The Pakistan Railways (PR) network is comprised of 7, 791 route kilometers; 7, 346km of broad gauge, and 445 km of metre gauge. There are 633 stations in the network, 1,043km of double-track sections (in total) and 285 km of electrified sections. The section of the network Karachi-Lodhran (843km) and 193km of other short sections are double tracks, and 286km from Lahore to Khanewal is electrified. The PR network is also connected to three neighbouring countries: Iran at Taftan, India at Wagha, and Afghanistan at Chaman and Landi Kotal. The Main Line (official route name) connects the following major stations: Karachi, Multan, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar. The existing Pakistan Railway network is shown below: Out of the 7,791 km railway network, double track sections account for 1,043km in total and electrified sections for 285km. The network is classified into 5 sections: Primary A ( 2,124km), Primary B ( 2,622km), Secondary (1,185km), Tertiary (1,416km), and Metre Gauge (439km). The double track sections are only 1,043km and mostly located in the most critical section (Karachi City – Lahore City). Most of the tracks along the PR network are laid on embankments. There are a total of 14,570 bridges of which 22 bridges are recognized as large scale bridges. Almost all of these were constructed a century ago, and now require rehabilitation work. The PR has 520 diesel locomotives, 23 electric locomotives, and 14 steam locomotives. Most of these are aging and require upgrades. The signaling system is insufficient for the current operations, and neither is the telecommunication system. There is no back up system, many staff are required to operate the system, and there is low night visibility and restricted train speed. There is a very low priority given by PR for the extension and rehabilitation of the electrified sections. Long distance freight and passenger trains have considerable delays. The PR passenger transport faces severe competition from road transport, and often enough revenue cannot be generated to sustain the system. Unless the PR undergoes major reforms, this mode of transport will become the less preferable choice for inter-city transport of passengers. PLANT & EQUIPMENT UNIT 2006-2007 2007-2008 2013-2014 Route - Kilometers Kms 7,791 7,791 7,791 Page 2 Track - Kilometers Kms 11,636 11,658 11,658 Locomotives No 544 555 100 Coaching Vehicles No 1,670 1,627 500 Other Coaching Vehicles No 246 241 - Freight Wagons No 19,638 18,638 16,179 Railway Stations No 589 559 510 OPERATIONS UNIT 2006-2007 2007-2008 2013-2014 Passenger, Mixed & other Coaching Trains Run. No 88,871 83,884 60,114 Train Kilometers, Passenger Mixed and other Coaching. Thousand 33,697 33,413 21,325 Coaching Vehicle-kilometers Thousand 592,390 603,445 4,12,902 Freight Train Run No 16,728 18,181 7,325 Freight Train-Kilometers Thousand 7,132 7,338 2,125 Freight Wagon-Kilometres (Freight & Mixed Trains) Thousand 352,290 365,480 1,25,670 Other Coaching Freight Tonne-Kilometres. Thousand 562,705 550,205 3,20,110 Volume of Traffic UNIT 2006-2007 2007-2008 2013-2014 Passengers Carried Thousand 83,899 79,984 42,000 Passengers Kilometers Thousand 26,446,362 24,730,726 17,388,000 Tonnes of Freight Carried Thousand 6,420 7,234 1.0 M Tonne - Kilometers Thousand 5,453,969 6,187,299 4.19 M Tonne - Kilometers Freight & Coaching Combined. Thousand 6,016,674 6,737,504 5,250,730 Freight Wagons Loaded No 320,335 363,564 - FUEL CONSUMPTION UNIT 2006-2007 2007-2008 2013-2014 Furnace Oil Tonnes 1,499 1,473 1,734 H.S.D. Oil Tonnes 149,133 151,902 1,71,510 Electric Energy KWH 10,942,567 5,810,094 3,970,018 Coal Tonnes 90.150 60.000 - Progress Made in some of the sectors during 2013-14 Sectors 2012-13 2013-14 Increase Earnings from Rs: 18 Billions Rs: 25 Billions Rs: 7 Billions Passengers Earnings from Freight RS: 1.8 Rs: 4.5 Billions Billions Rs: 2.7 Billions The present government came into power in 2013 and inherited 465 locomotives of which 120 were operational. The Govt with concerted efforts now 200 locomotives are operational. To restructure the railways the Government of Pakistan signed an agreement with Chinese led Consortium worth $100 million under which China is to export 69 modern locomotive engines to Pakistan to modernize Pakistan's railway fleet. 23 Locomotives have arrived and inducted in service. International routes Completed India - Thar Express to Karachi and the more famous Samjhauta Express international train from Lahore, Pakistan to Amritsar (Attari) and Delhi, India. The weekly Thar Express also runs between Karachi and Bhagat Ki Kothi (near Jodhpur, Rajasthan). 1 Iran - A 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) railway line runs from Zahedan to Quetta, and a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 2 in) line is finished from Zahedan to Kermanin central Iran, linking with the rest of the Iranian rail network. On May 18, 2007, a MOU for rail cooperation was signed by Pakistan and Iran under which the line will be completed by December 2008. Now that the rail systems are linked up at Zahedan, there is a break-of-gauge between the Isl 1 [14] amic Republic of Iran Railways 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 2 in) tracks and Pakistan Railway's Indian gauge tracks. Planned Afghanistan - Currently there is no rail link to Afghanistan since no railway network is present in that country, however Pakistan Rail has proposed to help build an Afghan Rail Network in three phases. The first phase will stretch from the Chaman to Spin Boldak in Afghanistan. The second phase will extend line to Kandahar and the third phase will eventually connect to Herat. From there, the line will be extended toKhushka, Turkmeni Page 3 27 stan. The final phase would link 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) with Central Asian 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 32 in). It is not clear where thebreak-of-gauge station will be. The proposed line will also be connected the port town of Gwadar via Dalbadin and Taftan, thus connecting the port town to Central Asia. China - There is no link with China however, on 28 February 2007 contracts were awarded for feasibility studies on a proposed line fromHavelian v ia the Khunjerab Pass at 4730 m above sea level, to the Chinese railhead at Kashgar, a distance of about 750 km. Turkey - An Istanbul-Tehran-Isl amabad passenger rail service was proposed recently. Meanwhile a container train service was launched by the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani between Islamabad and Istanbul on 14 August 2009. The first train carried 20containers with a capacity of around 750 tons (738 long tons; 827 short tons) and will travel 6,500 km (4,000 mi) from Islamabad, throughTehran, Iran and on to Istanbul in two weeks' time.[19] According to the Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, after the trial of the container train service, a passenger train will be launched. There are also hopes the route will eventually provide a link to Europe and Central Asia, and carry passengers. 1 Turkmenistan - Via Afghanistan (proposed) - avoiding 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 2 in) (or narrow gauge) intervening. Construction and Maintenance Organization Set-Up: The Freight Business Unit is managed by Additional General Manager, who is assisted by heads of the various Freight Department viz., Chief Commercial Manager, Chief Marketing Manager, (Marketing of Freight Service) Chief Traffic Manager (Dry Ports), Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer/Wagons and Deputy Chief Operating Superintendent (Locomotives). Corporate Profile: There are 200 Freight Stations on the this system with 12,000 personal dedicated to provide service to the clients. The Freight Business Unit serves two major Sea Ports, Kiamari and Bin Qasim. Some of the major commodities that are handled include PTA (Chemical for Rayon Manufacturer): Petroleum Oil and Lubricant (POL), Wheat, Coal, Fertilizer, Rock Phosphate, Cement, Sugar, Oil seed Containers and Goods for Transit to Afghanistan. Corporate Direction: The Freight Business Unit is a customer oriented department. Its pricing policy is client friendly. All possible efforts are made to reduce cost of transportation and increase revenue through efficiency, innovation and modernization. It proudly serves as the national flag carrier in times of peace, war and calamity. Pricing Policy: Pakistan Railways moves cargo on rails at a lesser cost in fuel spent in moving the same cargo by road. The organization by reason of this advantage is able to formulate its pricing policy to the maximum advantage allowable to the customer and the organization. The pricing policy of Railways is that all the commodities be charged on differential basis according to the principle of "What each type of traffic can bear" The rate structure of Pakistan Railways is designed to fix an upper limit while taking into account the basic cost incurred in transport value of commodity, its load ability, susceptible to damage and pilferage along with various other factors. Promotional reduced rates are quoted to provide incentive to move the commodities by Rail of Road. Seasonal reduced rates are quoted to attract the commodity. Dry Port over the System: The containerization of cargo and the establishment of Dry Ports were the steps that further facilitated multimodal movement of goods. Cargo Express: A Cargo Express Service introduced Since 1974 is now running daily for transportation of general cargo from Karachi City to Badami Bagh / Lahore and Vice Versa. This cargo express has been re-structured with High Capacity and High Speed Wagons along with terminal facilities to increase the present load of 1000 tones to 1600 tonnes A Similar Cargo Service has been initiated between Faisalabad Multan and Karachi and vice versa.
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