The Hindu Business Line : Indian Rlys plans to tie up with Chinese counterpart

After entering into broad agreements, officials of the Indian Railways and other foreign railways follow up with joint working groups on the agreement to finalise possible areas of cooperation.

New Delhi , Nov. 8

After tying up with several international railways for cooperation, the Indian Railways now proposes to enter into an agreement with the Chinese Railways.

The Chinese Railways is embarking on a massive railway expansion programme as well, with plans to invest at least two trillion yuan ($250 billion) railway expansion by 2020 and construct an additional 1,00,000 km of track during the time.

While there are several areas where the two railways can cooperate, the exact areas would be finalised later, said officials.

In the recent past, the Indian Railways has increasingly tied up with several international railways such as the French Railways (SNCF), the Russian Railways, the Austrian Railways, the German Railways (Deutsche Bahn), the South African Railways (Spoornet) and the Italian Railways, for possible cooperation in different areas.

After entering into broad agreements, officials of the Indian Railways and other foreign railways follow up with joint working groups on the agreement to finalise possible areas of cooperation.

For example, from the French Railways, the Indian Railways is trying to adopt software that simulates the effect of a fire in the coach.

However, since the software is designed for coaches being used by SNCF, it has to be examined if the same can be adapted for coaches used in India.

Similarly, the German Railways has had a fairly successful railway reforms programme from which the Indian Railways can learn, said an official.

The South African Railway (Spoornet) is interested in sourcing locomotives, trained artisan from the Indian Railways.

Austria, on the other end, has a strong industry in rail track equipment.

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