Short-Term Plan
- Wagon turnaround time to be reduced adopting the ‘increase volume, reduce unit cost strategy’
- Prices of AC I and AC II classes slashed to compete with low-budget airlines
- Automatic upgradation of passengers to higher classes
- Dynamic Pricing Policy to be introduced
- Travel time and increase in coaches in trains to improve occupancy
Long-Term Blueprint
- A dedicated freight corridor to be constructed
- New, high-load freight wagons that can ferry 80 tonnes of freight
- Allowing private sector into railways container business
- New modern technology for new wagon construction
- Cut in petrol and diesel freight by 8 per cent
