Question

which railway division became the first to eliminate all unwanted level crosings

Answer 1

West Central Railway Zone

Answer 2

At present, there are 30348 level crossings on Indian Railways across the country. Out of these, 18785 are manned and 11563 are unmanned level crossings.

          A total number of 4792 level crossings have been removed on Indian Railways in the last five years.

These jobs are being done by respective Zonal Railways. The Ministry of Railways has decided to progressively eliminate all level crossings by either of the following methods based on the availability of funds:

·        Closure – Closing unmanned level crossings having NIL/negligible Train Vehicle Units (TVU).

·        Merger – Merger of unmanned level crossing gate to nearby manned or unmanned gates or subway or Road Under Bridge (RUB) or Road Over Bridge (ROB) by construction of diversion road.

·        Provision of Subways/RUBs.

·        Manning – The unmanned level crossings which cannot be eliminated by above means will be progressively manned based on rail-road traffic volume, visibility conditions.

·        Provision of ROBs – Busy manned level crossings having TVU more than 1 lakh are being replaced by ROBs on cost sharing basis.

          This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.