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Introduction of Railbus in Ooty Mountain Railway

December 24, 2018 by indiaadmn456 Leave a Comment


Introduction of Railbus in Ooty Mountain Railway

Introduction of Railbus in Nilgiri Mountain Railway

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 1418
ANSWERED ON 21.12.2018

Introduction of Railbus in Nilgiri Mountain Railway

1418 Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether Railways have planned to introduce Rail bus in Nilgiri Mountain Railway under Southern Railways;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) whether trial run of Railbus is completed;
(d) if so, by when it would be operationalised for tourists/passengers and from which place to which place; and
(e) the total capacity of a Railbus and the number of Railbuses likely to be deployed, along with details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. For this, a proposal for manufacture of Meter Gauge Rail Buses has been sanctioned this year.

(c): The process for manufacturing these rail buses has commenced. Field trial will be undertaken after the first prototype is ready. Meanwhile, design and operational parameters are being tested.

(d) & (e): Five Rail Buses will be deployed after these are manufactured. Schedule for commercial operation, section for operation and passenger capacity will be decided after successful field trials.



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