Ø
Meaning:
Activity of actual haulage of the Wagon or consignment from the
ORIGINATING to DESTINATION station.
Ø
Means expenses incurred
in the haulage/transport between the First and Last Marshalling Yard in
movement of Wagons/consignments.
Ø
LHC includes
- A) Traction/Fuel cost B) Other transportation cost (staff etc)
& C) Track & Signaling cost
Ø
LHC excludes – A) Marshalling B) Transshipment & C) Repacking
Ø
The importance of LHC is, it is one of the
components for arriving total cost of transportation of passengers and
freight. Thus LHC plays a major role in
revising the fares of Indian Railways.
Ø
It is calculated for
every 1000 GTKM (Gross Tonne Kilo Meter)
Ø
It is calculated separate for Traction &
Diesel. Also calculate separate for Coaching and Goods.
Ø
LHC of various Zonal Railways shows no
uniformity. The huge variation may be on
account of various reasons such as pricing of fuel/ traction, HRA of staff etc.
2012-13 year data of LHC of Zonal Railways is as follows.
|
2012-13 year
data per 1000 GTKMs
|
||
|
Zonal Railway
|
LHC-Diesel
|
Remarks
|
|
Eastern Railway
|
Rs.444.41
|
Highest
|
|
East Central Railway
|
Rs.226.03
|
Lowest
|
|
Indian
Railways as a whole
|
Rs.314.40
|
Average
|
|
2012-13 year
data per 1000 GTKMs
|
||
|
Zonal Railway
|
LHC-Electrical
|
Remarks
|
|
East Central Railway
|
Rs. 425.17
|
Highest
|
|
North Central Railway
|
Rs. 109.28
|
Lowest
|
|
Indian
Railways as a whole
|
Rs.167.05
|
Average
|
Ø
Such wide variations among Zonal Railways in
respect of LHC should be investigated and the suitable corrective measures
should be taken.
Ø
Costing analysis should be done duly comparing
the LHC of various Railways to pinpoint the wastage/obsolete expenses.
Ø
In terms of Line Haul Cost (Summary of End
Results 2015-’16), electric traction is cheaper by about 47% for freight
traffic & 50% cheaper for coaching traffic, as compared to diesel traction.
This is evident from table given below:-
|
LHC (In Rs.) per 1000 GTKMs (2014-15
year)
|
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|
Freight
|
Coaching
|
||
|
Diesel
|
Electrical
|
Diesel
|
Electrical
|
|
265.09
|
139.65
|
373.51
|
186.08
|
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