Slide 1: Executive Summary

Macroeconomic Indicators

Slide 2: GDP at Factor Cost: Quarterly (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15), Inflation Rate: Monthly (Jul 2013 - Dec 2013)

Slide 3: Gross Fiscal Deficit: Monthly (Feb 2013 - Jul 2013), Exchange Rate: Half Yearly (Apr 2014 - Sep 2014)

Slide 4: Lending Rate: Annual (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15), Trade Balance: Annual (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14), FDI: Annual (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13)

Introduction

Slide 6: Indian Railways - Overview

Slide 7: Rail Transport (Freight) Market - Value Chain

Market Overview

Slide 8: Rail Transport - Market Overview, Market Size & Growth (Value-Wise; 2009-10 - 2018-19e)

Slide 9: Rail Transport - Market Overview, Market Size & Growth (Volume-Wise; 2009-10 - 2018-19e)

Revenue Generation: Zone-Wise Income

Slide 10: Indian Zonal Railways - Snapshot

Slide 11-26: Zone-Wise Income

Revenue Generation: Commodity-Wise Income

Slide 27: Commodity-Wise Freight Dominant Areas - Snapshot

Slide 28-41: Commodity-Wise Income

Freight Rates

Slide 42-47: Class-Wise and Distance-Wise Freight Rates

Freight Services Initiatives

Slide 48-49: Initiatives for Freight Services

Freight Marketing Schemes

Slide 50-52: Schemes for Freight Marketing

Vision 2020

Slide 53: Plans by Indian Railways for 2020

Slide 54: Short Term & Long Term Targets

Vision 2020: Operational Strategy

Slide 55-57: Operational Strategy to Achieve the Goals Mentioned in Vision 2020

Drivers & Challenges

Slide 58: Drivers and Challenges - Summary

Slide 59-63: Drivers

Slide 64-66: Challenges

Competitive Landscape

Slide 67-68: Container Rail Players - Overview

Slide 69: Porter's Five Forces Analysis

Slide 70-73: Competitive Benchmarking

Slide 74-140: Major Companies

Future Requirements and Investments

Slide 141-143: Modernization Initiatives and Investment Requirements

Slide 144: Cooperation with State Governments

Slide 145: FDI Policy in India: Transport and Logistics

Strategic Recommendation

Slide 146: Key Recommendations

Appendix

Slide 147: Key Ratios Description

Slide 148: Sources of Information

Netscribes' latest market research report titled Rail Transport Market in India 2014 states that with the government opening up the rail freight transport sector to private companies in 2006, the market has developed considerably and offers tremendous potential for players. Freight traffic has increased considerably in the past few years and is projected to grow even further. Although the sector had faced challenges from road freight in the recent past, with several infrastructural development projects being on the verge of completion, the sector is expected to get a major boost. With developments in the sector, efficiency will increase and more companies will be willing to transport products through rail freight. Dedicated freight corridors will vastly aid in this. Further, the country's growing international trade has increased the need for transportation services, especially from the ports. This will further assist growth in the market.
To encourage rail freight and to develop the sector, several marketing schemes have been formulated by Indian Railways. Also, the aim is to modernize the entire railway network. This will provide operational benefits to players active in the sector. At present, there are 16 companies that have the license to operate in the sector with the Government of India undertaking, Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR) dominating the market. The private players are yet to establish themselves with most of them having a very small fleet size compared to CONCOR. However, with the implementation of various wagon investment schemes and wagon leasing schemes, the private players will benefit and the market will exhibit steady growth.