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Institutional Development of the Suburban Rail System: Support to Indian Railways in the Design and Implementation of Their Suburban Rail Strategy MUMBAI RAILWAY VIKAS CORPORATION LIMITED (MRVC) MUMBAI URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT 2A (MUTP 2A) Institutional Development of the Suburban Rail System: Support to Indian Railways in the Design and Implementation of their Suburban Rail Strategy FINAL REPORT (Volume I: Executive Summary and Main Report) August, 2015 Institutional Development of the Suburban Rail System: Support to Indian Railways in the Design and Implementation of their Suburban Rail Strategy Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................... 1 SECTION 1: BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................ 8 1. Urban India is Experiencing Massive Growth and Trying to Transform ................................................. 9 2. Focus of this Technical Assistance (TA) .............................................................................................. 10 3. Objective and Scope of Services under this TA ................................................................................... 10 SECTION 2: PROBLEM SETTING ........................................................................................................ 11 4. Role of Sub Urban Rail Systems in Urban India ................................................................................... 12 4.1 Suburban Rail Passenger Growth in India .................................................. 12 4.2 Suburban Rail Operations in Major Metropolitan Areas of India ..................... 14 4.3 Emerging Urban India and Potentials of Suburban Rail ................................ 17 5. Indian Urban transport – issues and perspective ................................................................................. 21 5.1 Study on Traffic and Transportation Policies and Strategies in Urban Areas in India ................................................................................................... 21 5.2 Key Recommendations of Rakesh Mohan Committee Rep ort ........................ 22 5.3 Financial and Institutional Study of Combined Metropolitan Rail ................... 23 6. Institutional Arrangements for Urban Transport in India....................................................................24 7. Mumbai Suburban Rail System- Issues and Concerns ......................................................................... 27 8. MRVC and its Mandate ..................................................................................................................... 27 9. Problem Statement with Respect to Suburban Rail Transport in India ................................................28 9.1 Suburban Railway Operations .................................................................. 28 9.2 Urban Transport -Utilisation of existing infrastructure Problem Sub Urban Rail needing Urgent Attention ....................................................................... 29 9.3 Problem Domain ................................................................................... 30 9.4 Focus Areas .......................................................................................... 32 9.5 SWOT Anal ysis ..................................................................................... 33 9.6 Key Areas Needing Attention .................................................................. 33 SECTION 3: INSTITUTIONAL OPTIONS .............................................................................................. 35 10. Indian Railway’s view on Suburban Rail with Focus on Operations and Institutional Aspects ............... 36 11. Recent efforts towards restructuring railway board ............................................................................ 38 12. Lessons from Review of International Case Studies ............................................................................ 39 12.1 Lesson from Success in Suburba n Rail ....................................................... 39 12.2 Lesson from Delayed implementation of Suburban Rail ................................ 40 13. Thematic Approach in evolving Suburban Rail Institutional Options ...................................................44 13.1 Considerations ..................................................................................... 44 13.2 Insights to Government of India/ IR Perspective ......................................... 44 13.3 UMTA - Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority ....................................... 45 13.4 Whether Corporation or Authority ............................................................ 46 13.5 Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) ................................................................. 46 13.6 Financing Related Aspects ...................................................................... 46 14. Suburban Rail Institutional Strengthening - Options and Evaluation for Suburban Rail Development Organisations (SRDO) ....................................................................................................................... 47 14.1 Initial Options ...................................................................................... 47 14.2 Evaluation of Options for Further Consideration and Discussions .................. 50 14.3 Principal Stakeholders View on evolving Suburba n Rail Institutional Options .. 54 14.4 Views Expressed in Workshops ................................................................ 56 14.5 Evolved Shared view on Suburban Rail Institutional Strengthening and Options 58 SECTION 4: RECOMMENDATION ...................................................................................................... 59 15. Recommended Suburban Rail Institutional Strategy ........................................................................ 60 15.1 Regional/National level .......................................................................... 60 15.2 Mumbai Specific - Institutional Arrangement ............................................. 64 15.3 Time Bound Action Plan ......................................................................... 67 16. Way Forward ..................................................................................................................................... 73 16.1 National/ Regional Perspective ................................................................ 73 16.2 Mumbai Metropolitan Region .................................................................. 74 16.3 Expediting Projects ............................................................................... 75 i Institutional Development of the Suburban Rail System: Support to Indian Railways in the Design and Implementation of their Suburban Rail Strategy List of Tables Table 4-1: Suburban Rail Passenger Growth in India ......................................................................................................... 13 Table 4-2: Daily Ridership in Suburban Railway of Different Cities (2013-14) ..................................................................... 13 Table 4-3: Suburban Railway System of different Cities .................................................................................................... 13 Table 4-4: Population Growth-Major Urban Agglomerations of India ............................................................................... 18 Table 4-5: Potential of Suburban Rail Growth in India ...................................................................................................... 19 Table 4-6: Potential for Suburban Rail Expansion/ Creation in Major UAs of India .............................................................20 Table 12-1: Broad Perspective on Suburban/ Commuter Rail System Implementation, Operation and Maintenance – Case Countries/ Cities .............................................................................................................................................................. 41 Table 14-1: Alternative Options, Evaluation Criteria and Initial Assessment ...................................................................... 52 Table 15-1: Implementation Program for Interim Arrangement- Enhanced MRVC Model ................................................. 72 List of Figures Figure 14-1: Evolution of Resource Mobilisation and Institutional Arrangements .............................................................. 50 Figure 15-1: Regional Transport Authority ........................................................................................................................ 65 Figure 15-2: Regional Transport Authority, Urban Transport Fund and Regional Suburban Rail Corporation .................... 66 Figure 15-3: UTF - Potential Sources of Funding .............................................................................................................. 66 Figure 15-4: Evolution of Institutional Arrangements & Dedicated Urban Transport Fund for Mumbai .............................. 67 List of Annexure Annexure 3-1 : Detailed Scope of Services Annexure 4-1 : Detailed Insights to Indian Suburban Rail System Annexure 5-1 : Indian National Transport Committees and Policy Documents Annexure 6-1 : Urban Public Transport Scenario in India Annexure 7-1 : Present Organisation Structure of MRVC and Preferred Organization Structure for RVC and Staffing Needs Annexure 9-1 : Overview of PPP Opportunities in Suburban Rail Sector Annexure 12-1 : Suburban Rail Systems-Some Case Studies Annexure 13-1 : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Annexure
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