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Review of Indian Railway Coaching Cost Data for Fixing Track Access Charges for Private Operators REVIEW OF INDIAN RAILWAY COACHING COST DATA FOR FIXING TRACK ACCESS CHARGES FOR PRIVATE OPERATORS A dissertation submitted to the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi for the Degree of Master’s Diploma in Public Administration (MDPA) in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the 45th advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) By Neeraj Kumar Mouriya RollNo : 4525 Under the Guidance of Dr. Roma Mitra Debnath 45thAdvanced Professional Programme In Public Administration (APPPA) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION NEW DELHI 2019-20 CERTIFICATE I have the pleasure to certify that the dissertation titled “Review of Indian Railway Coaching cost data for fixing Track Access Charges for Private Operators” is a bonafide research work carried out by Shri Neeraj Kumar Mouriya under my guidance and supervision. The dissertation is a result of his own research and to the best of my knowledge no part of it has earlier comprised in other monograph, dissertation or book. This is being submitted to the Panjab University, Chandigarh for the award of Master’s Diploma in Public Administration in partial fulfillment of the requirement for Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) of Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi. I recommend that the dissertation of Mr. Neeraj Kumar Mouriya is worthy of the award of Master’s Diploma in Public Administration. (Dr Roma Mitra Debnath) Associate Professor Indian Institute of Public Administration I.P Estate, New Delhi - 1100012 Place: New Delhi Date: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Roma Mitra Debnath, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Public Administration, for her guidance in writing of this dissertation. Despite her hectic academic and administrative commitments, she always spared her valuable time to steer my research work with experienced observations and perspective comments. She had provided her valuable contribution and supervision in all domains of the project since beginning to the end. She has also suggested relevant changes in the report to make it more useful. Without her guidance and encouragement, it would not have been possible to complete the dissertation with quality outcomes in such a limited time. Date: (Neeraj Kumar Mouriya ) Place: New Delhi DISCLAIMER The findings, interpretations, views, recommendations and conclusions in the dissertation are those of the author, and should not be attributed in any manner to any authority, organization or individual. Date: (Neeraj Kumar Mouriya) Place: New Delhi 1 | P a g e Table of Content 1.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Research Objectives ........................................................................................................ 11 1.3 Research Gap .................................................................................................................. 11 1.4 Research Questions ........................................................................................................ 12 1.5 Justification ..................................................................................................................... 13 1.6 Research Design .............................................................................................................. 13 1.7 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................... 13 2.0 Literature Review ..................................................................................................... 14 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 14 2.2 Literature Review ............................................................................................................ 15 2.3 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................... 20 3.0 Structure of Railways in Select Countries .................................................................. 21 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 21 3.2 Overview of market types ............................................................................................... 21 3.3 CASE STUDY I : United Kingdom (UK) ...................................................................... 29 3.3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 29 3.3.2 Structure of the market ........................................................................................... 31 3.3.3 Licensing & Safety in UK ........................................................................................... 36 3.4 CASE STUDY II : Germany .................................................................................. 43 3.4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 43 3.4.2 Market Structure ...................................................................................................... 44 3.4.3 Safety and Licensing in German railways ................................................................. 48 3.5 CASE STUDY III : JAPAN ..................................................................................... 53 3.5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 53 3.5.2 Network ................................................................................................................... 53 3.5.3 Structure .................................................................................................................. 54 3.6 CASE STUDY IV : Russia ..................................................................................... 58 3.6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 58 3.6.2 Rail market structure in Russia ................................................................................ 58 2 | P a g e 3.6.3 Licensing & safety .................................................................................................... 61 3.7 CASE STUDY V: China ........................................................................................ 62 3.7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 62 3.7.2 Structure of Rail Industry ......................................................................................... 62 3.7.3 High Speed Rail in China .......................................................................................... 66 3.8 Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 68 4.0 Development of Track Access Charges in UK and Germany ................................... 69 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 69 4.2 Track Access Charge ........................................................................................................ 70 4.3 Charging approaches ...................................................................................................... 71 4.4 Charging methods ........................................................................................................... 71 4.5 Tariff structure, charging units and segmentation ......................................................... 73 4.6 Charging units ................................................................................................................. 74 4.7 Track Access Charges in Europe : EU Directives.............................................................. 74 4.8 Track Access Charges in UK : ........................................................................................... 77 4.9 Track Access Charges in Germany................................................................................... 87 5.0 Review of coaching Cost Data for Indian Railways ................................................. 104 5.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 104 5.2 Indian Railway Cost data ............................................................................................... 104 5.3 Changes Required ......................................................................................................... 110 5.4 Accounting reforms in IR ............................................................................................... 117 6.0 Track Access charges for Indian Railways :A way forward ................................... 120 6.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 120 6.2 Passenger Business of Indian Railway ........................................................................... 120 6.3 Introduction of Private passenger trains on Indian Railways ......................................
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