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Saturday, Oct 22, 2005
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Railways Indo-Pak rail link may be operational next year Our Bureau
New Delhi , Oct. 21 THE Indian Railways plans to start running trains between India and Pakistan through the Munnabao-Kokrapar link by January 2006. However, the modalities would have be worked out by the External Affairs Ministry, he said. There is one Indo-Pak rail link between Attari and Wagah. It is also contemplating running container traffic and passenger trains between India and Bangladesh. There are three rail links between India and Bangladesh through which only freight trains run, said Mr J.P. Batra, Railway Board Chairman, while speaking at the International Union of Railways (UIC) meet here on Thursday. The UIC is a railway body, with membership of 170 railway organisations worldwide. "The UIC has traditionally been Europe centric. But, we are now trying to re-position it as a real worldwide body. The World Executive Council of UIC is meeting outside Europe for the first time," said Mr Benedikt Weibel, Chairman, UIC. The UIC has decided to set up an international rail management institute for the top brass of railways worldwide here in India. "An international Railway Strategic Management Institute would be set up in Delhi," said Mr Batra. Part of the course modules would be held in Railway Staff College, Vadodara and part of it would be held in Paris, where the UIC is headquartered. Earlier, at the inaugural session, the Minister of State for Railways, Mr R. Velu, said India should explore the possibility of running bullet trains that run at speeds of 500 km per hour. Mr Batra said the Railways would do a feasibility study to check the possibility of running high-speed passenger trains. In another development, an ADB-funded project for reforming the Railways' accounting system has been awarded to a consortium of Ernst & Young, Wipro and SNCF International, the French Railway organisation. "We would be assisting in separating accounts for different lines of businesses from a rail operator's perspective," Mr Jean Pierre Loubinoux, President-Director General, SNCF International, told Business Line. On the dedicated rail freight corridor, Mr Batra said, "We would need help from various countries including South Africa, Brazil, the US and Australia."
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