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  Mr. Shri Prakash, MT, Railway Board 

Born on 28^th December, 1949, Mr Shri Prakash, is a Post Graduate in Mathematics with MBA . He joined Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) in 1972. Prior to joining as Member Traffic/Railway Board, he was the General Manager of Northern Railway.

An officer of varied experience, Mr Shri Prakash held various key positions on different Zonal Railways as well as in Railway Board. He has worked as Divisional Railway Manager of Dhanbad Division, on the erstwhile Eastern Railway (now East Central Railway). In the Railway Board, he held the assignments of Executive Director Traffic Transportation (M),Executive Director (Statistics & Economics) as well as Executive Director and Team Leader of Project for development of Long Range Decision Support System. Before assuming the charge of General Manager, Northern Railway, he was holding the post of Adviser (Infrastructure), Railway Board. He is a Visiting Senior Fellow to the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), New Delhi.

He has rich experience in working on different Departments and his specialization includes Operations, Planning, Information Technology, Safety, besides General Management. 

6/10/2008 

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  MESSAGE FROM V. N. MATHUR 

I shall be laying down the office of Member Traffic today, after 37 years of service. There has been remarkable achievement in terms of both freight and passenger traffic and commendable results in other coaching and sundry earnings.

I would like to thank each and every officers of the cadre for their dedication and hard work without which these results would not have been possible. I take this opportunity to offer my best wishes to all officers of the cadre for their future career. I am confident that Indian Railways would grow from strength to strength in the years ahead.


V. N. Mathur 

28/9/2008 

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  Railways Performance during 2007 

Indian Railways have continued its good run in the year 2006 with an even better performance in the calendar year 2007. The growth in freight and passenger traffic during this year has been significant as compared to the figures of 2006. The freight loading increased from a level of 714.06 million tonnes in 2006 to 769.8 million tonnes in 2007, a growth of nearly 8%. The freight earnings during the same period went up from Rs.41,042.7 crores to Rs.45,421.2 crores i.e. a growth of over 10%. On the passenger front, the number of passengers increased from 6255.4 millions in 2006 to 6613.1 millions in 2007, a growth of 5.7%. The passenger earnings during the same period grew from Rs.15,398.6 crores to Rs.19,032.7 crores i.e. a growth of over 23%. To cater to this massive growth in traffic, Indian Railways have embarked on a major programme of capacity augmentation. In 2007, the 11th Plan of the Railways has been approved by the Government and it envisages a three-fold increase in investment during the Plan period. As against the 10th Plan size of Rs.84,000 crores, the 11th Plan of the Railways will be Rs.2,51,000 crores. A major portion of this investment will be for capacity generation by way of network expansion, Dedicated Freight Corridors, rolling stock procurement, technology upgradation and renewals & rehabilitation of assets. The year 2007 has seen major developments in the private sector participation in the Rail sector. A Concession Agreement was signed in January 2007 with the container train operators enabling private participation in container operations. This has opened up the investment possibilities for rail-linked ICDs and in container flat wagons and would pave the way for major increase in rail traffic on containers. Initiative for private participation for development of world-class stations has also been taken in 2007 and this would bring a sea-change in the facilities and ambience of our major 

1/1/2008 

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  Launch of IRTS Association website 

My dear colleagues,

I am very happy that the IRTS officers’ fraternity has set up a website for the members of the cadre. I am sure, the website will be a source of information, knowledge and inspiration for all members, young and old. I understand that the site will provide data on all members of the cadre, present and retired, including details of current postings, professional interests, hobbies, etc. and will assist members in tracing long lost friends and colleagues. I do hope the website will also help in developing professional expertise within the cadre by providing a strong database on the latest developments in operating and commercial practices, technological developments both on Indian Railways and elsewhere in the world. With the rapidly changing market conditions and railway technology, it is necessary that every individual member of the cadre keep himself abreast of the latest developments. I expect the facilities provided – user groups/chat rooms- will be extensively utilized both for professional and personal exchange of ideas and information. One of the important tasks in maintaining a website is ensuring timely regular updating of information on it. I am confident that the dedicated team managing the website will ensure this aspect.

With greetings and best wishes. 

6/12/2007