Owing to the immense contribution of railways in economic growth and development, modernization of railways is focused in every five year plan by government of India.
Some of the developmental steps taken to modernize railways are:
- Modernization is undertaken in every five year plan by speeding up conversion of railway gauges.
- Facilities are created to make rail travel safer.
- Modernization of railway system is taken up by adding various facilities.
- Railway compartments are modernized to,make passengers feel more comfortable during travel.
- Efforts are continuously made to electrify almost all rail networks so that faster trains can run on all those routes where still traditional coal rains are plying.
- Steps are taken to run trains that rua faster on modern rail network so that travel time can be reduced and goods and passengers can be transported faster.
- India is also about to start extremely fast world famous Talgo and Bullet trains.
