(a) the number of uneconomic rail/ branch lines in the country, zone-wise;
(b) the loss being suffered by the Government from these rail lines every year;
(c) whether the Government has decided to discontinue some of these rail/branch lines;
(d) if so, the details thereof, zone-wise;
(e) whether the Government has obtained the views of the concerned State Governments in this regard; and
(f) if so, the response of the State Governments thereto?
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI LALU PRASAD)
(a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 384 BY DR. LAXMINARAYAN PANDEY AND SHRI CHANDRA MANI TRIPATHI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 21.4.2005 REGARDING DISCONTINUATION OF UNECONOMIC RAIL LINES.
(a) The number of uneconomic rail/branch lines in the country as on 1.4.2004 is 112. Zone-wise details are given below:
S.No. Name of the Zonal Railway Number of uneconomic Branch lines
1 Central 7 2 Eastern 11 3 East Central 5 4 East Coast 4 5 Northern 13 6 North Central 5 7 North Eastern 6 8 North East Frontier 15 9 North Western 7 10 Southern 6 11 South Central 5 12 South West 0 13 South Eastern 6 14 South East Central 2 15 Western 20 16 West Central 0
Total 112
(b) The loss being suffered by Government from uneconomic branch lines during the last five years is as under:
Year Loss in crore of Rupees
2003-04 409.94 2002-03 460.77 2001-02 434.38 2000-01 449.46 1999-00 347.68