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With the Union Budget 202526 coming close to, market gamers are pinning hopes on considerable statements for the train field, specifically in products procedures and facilities advancement.
Budget 2025
With the Union Budget 2025-26 coming close to, market gamers are pinning hopes on considerable statements for the train field, specifically in products procedures and facilities advancement.
The market additionally emphasized the requirement to raise the typical rate of products trains to 50 kmph and release innovative 12,000 HP electrical engines.
Texmaxo Managing Director Sudipta Mukherjee revealed positive outlook for a considerable wagon order, structure on the federal government’s 2022 statement of about 1.2 lakh wagon orders over 3 years.
“Out of the complete 3 lakh lasting wagon purchase strategy to raise the complete number to 6 lakh wagons, the federal government had actually put almost 1.2 lakh wagon orders in 2022, which are expected to be met by 2025. We really hope the federal government will certainly duplicate a comparable huge order for wagons in the upcoming spending plan to press the trains’ share in logistics to 45 percent from the present 26-27 percent,” Mukherjee said.
He also emphasised the need for increased funding for safety, technology, and predictable train running infrastructure.
Vivek Lohia, Managing Director of Jupiter Wagons Limited, called for a multi-pronged approach to strengthen freight operations.
He highlighted the importance of accelerating the expansion of Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs), including the proposed ‘Central India to Coast via DFC’, to enhance the competitiveness of Indian industries.
Stressing the need to increase the average speed of freight trains to 50 kmph, deploy advanced 12,000 HP electric locomotives, and increase freight train length.
He advocated for strategic railway geography assessments for key sectors like mining, NTPC, petrochemicals, cement, steel, FCI, dry ports, fertilizers, and textiles.
Lohia further suggested prioritising capital expenditure on modernising infrastructure, urban rail projects, and innovative strategies such as the real-time information system (RTIS) and the separation of parcel traffic from passenger operations.
He also proposed dedicated Kisan Rails for perishables to support agricultural supply chains.
With the government’s focus on sustainability and its net-zero mission, the logistics sector anticipates increased attention on railways and waterways in the upcoming budget. Expectations are rife for a 10-20 per cent boost in the railway budget from the previous allocation.
In the previous budget presented in July 2024, Railways received a record capital expenditure allocation of Rs 2.62 lakh crore. This increase is expected to fund track expansion, the addition of high-speed Vande Bharat trains, and improvements in rail freight.
An expenditure report of Indian Railways until January 5, 2025, pointed at substantial investment in capacity augmentation.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
