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South Central Railway will run a pair of special trains between Hyderabad and Kakinada via Guntur to clear the extra passenger rush, senior divisional commercial manager C. Ramakrishna said.Train No.07002 Kakinada Town-Hyderabad Special Express will depart from Kakinada Town at 4 p.m. on August 28 and will arrive at Hyderabad station at 4.45 a.m. the next day.It will reach Guntur at 10.45 p.m. on the same day.In the return direction, train No. 07001 Hyderabad-Kakinada Town Special express will leave from Hyderabad at 10.40 p.m. on August 29 and will arrive at Kakinada at 11.35 a.m. the next day.It will pass through Guntur and will reach here at 4.30 a.m.The trains consist of one AC II Tier, one AC III Tier, ten Sleeper Class, four general Second class and two Second Class cum Luggage Brake Van Coaches.

Reserved accommodation can be had on general, ladies and senior citizen and pregnant woman quotas besides Tatkal.

Bookings are made open on Passenger Reservation System, accessible through Railway Reservation Counters and Internet.

28-08-2013
Secunderabad
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SCR to Provide 4608 Additional Berths by attaching Additional Sleeper Class Coaches to Certain Express Trains
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South Central Railway will temporarily augment the following express trains with additional Sleeper Class Coaches to clear the extra rush / waitlisted passengers as detailed below:-

1.Tr.No. 17225 Vijayawada - Hubli Amaravathi Tri Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches  on 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 26thand 28th September, 2013 (Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays)
2.Tr.No. 17226  Hubli - Vijayawada Amaravathi Tri Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches Coaches  on 4th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 25th,28th and 30th September, 2013 (Mondays,Wednesdays, Saturdays)
3.Tr.No. 17208 Vijayawada - Sai Nagar Shirdi Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches o­n 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th September, 2013
4.Tr.No. 17207  Sai Nagar Shirdi - Vijayawada Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches o­n 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th September, 2013

          These additional 64 Sleeper Class Coaches will make available 4608 additional Sleeper Class Berths.

28-08-2013
Secunderabad
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SCR to Provide 4608 Additional Berths by attaching Additional Sleeper Class Coaches to Certain Express Trains
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South Central Railway will temporarily augment the following express trains with additional Sleeper Class Coaches to clear the extra rush / waitlisted passengers as detailed below:-

1.Tr.No. 17225 Vijayawada - Hubli Amaravathi Tri Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches  on 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 26thand 28th September, 2013 (Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays)
2.Tr.No. 17226  Hubli - Vijayawada Amaravathi Tri Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches Coaches  on 4th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 25th,28th and 30th September, 2013 (Mondays,Wednesdays, Saturdays)
3.Tr.No. 17208 Vijayawada - Sai Nagar Shirdi Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches o­n 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th September, 2013
4.Tr.No. 17207  Sai Nagar Shirdi - Vijayawada Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches o­n 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th September, 2013

          These additional 64 Sleeper Class Coaches will make available 4608 additional Sleeper Class Berths.

Ludhiana : The chairman of Yatri Sewa Samiti, which looks after the services being provided to the railway passengers, inspected the city railway station today. The chairman, Jagdish Chander, inspected various areas on the railway station premises and took notes of problems being faced by visitors and passengers at the railway station.While addressing a long-pending demand of city residents, Jagdish Chander said the Lakkar Bridge will be completed by the end of this year. The project has been hanging fire for several years, inconveniencing the residents.Although the station authorities had cleaned the station, Chander was not satisfied by the basic infrastructure. He instructed the railway station staff to keep the station more neat and clean.The chairman said the ongoing construction of foot bridge will be completed by March 31. He said the railway hospital will also be upgraded."The grant for installing escalators on the railway platforms has been released. We have sent the design to Railway Board. When they pass the design, the work will start,” said Jagdish Chander.A delegation of industrialists and Congress leaders also met the Chairman to discuss various problems.The delegation demanded the opening of a ticket reservation centre on the Civil Lines side, and a new Shatabdi from Ludhiana.

Ludhiana : The chairman of Yatri Sewa Samiti, which looks after the services being provided to the railway passengers, inspected the city railway station today. The chairman, Jagdish Chander, inspected various areas on the railway station premises and took notes of problems being faced by visitors and passengers at the railway station.While addressing a long-pending demand of city residents, Jagdish Chander said the Lakkar Bridge will be completed by the end of this year. The project has been hanging fire for several years, inconveniencing the residents.Although the station authorities had cleaned the station, Chander was not satisfied by the basic infrastructure. He instructed the railway station staff to keep the station more neat and clean.The chairman said the ongoing construction of foot bridge will be completed by March 31. He said the railway hospital will also be upgraded."The grant for installing escalators on the railway platforms has been released. We have sent the design to Railway Board. When they pass the design, the work will start,” said Jagdish Chander.A delegation of industrialists and Congress leaders also met the Chairman to discuss various problems.The delegation demanded the opening of a ticket reservation centre on the Civil Lines side, and a new Shatabdi from Ludhiana.

No.239/2013-14 28-08-2013
Secunderabad
SCR to Run 8 Special Trains between Aurangabad-Tirupati

In order to clear extra rush of passengers, South Central Railway will run 8 Special Trains between Aurangabad-Tirupati as per the following schedule:-

Train No. 07405 Aurangabad-Tirupati Special Train will depart Aurangabad at 18 40 hrs o­n 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th September, 2013 (Fridays) and arrive Tirupati at  19 00 hrs o­n the next day.

In the return direction, Train No.07406 Tirupati-Aurangabad Special train will depart Tirupati at 21 15 hrs o­n 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th Septemeber, 2013 (Saturdays) and arrive Aurangabad at 20 30 hrs o­n the next day.

Enroute, these special trains will stop at Jalna, Parbhani, Purna, Nanded, Mudhked, Basar, Nizambad, Kamareddi, Secunderabad, Kazipet, Warangal, Khammam, Vijayawada, Tenali, Chirala, o­ngole, Nellore, Gudur, Venkatagiri, Srikalahasti and Renigunta Stations in both directions.  These trains will consist of 15 Coaches viz., o­ne AC Three Tier, six Sleeper Class, six General Second Class and two Luggage Cum Brake Van Coaches.

Visakhapatnam: A Zonal Electrical Training Institute of East Coast Railway for imparting various training courses to the loco running staff and loco maintenance staff was inaugurated by Divisional Railway Manager Anil Kumar at Marripalem here on Tuesday.

Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (Op.) of Waltair Division M.S.Sansanwal and other Branch Officers and staff were present. The foundation stone for the training institute was laid by then Railway Board Chairman K.C. Jena on October, 31, 2008. The Railway Board had sanctioned the training institute at an estimated cost of Rs.4.35 crore.

The training institute offers induction courses for newly recruited Assistant Loco Pilots from RRBs, newly promoted Loco Inspectors, refresher courses for Loco Pilots, EMU Pilots, Promotional Courses to the LP (Shunter), LP(Goods), LP(Passenger) and Conversion Courses to Diesel ALP/LP to Electrical ALP/LP. It also imparts initial courses, refresher course and promotional courses to maintenance supervisors and technicians. The training institute started imparting initial course of ALP training to first batch of 43 Assistant Loco Pilots recruited through Railway Recruitment Board on August 20. The training institutehas 64 bedded hostel accommodation with recreation facilities like meditation/yoga room, play ground, spacious class rooms, hi-tech computer lab, library facility, seminar hall and trouble shooting Electric Locomotive Simulator for imparting the trouble shooting training to the running staff.

“We like the job and we are confident of operating the trains on par with male drivers. The job is good and the encouragement from parents and staff is good,” said the eight women loco pilots who successfully completed training at Electric Traction Training Centre (ETTC), Vijayawada.

The eight loco pilots who passed out were — G.V.S. Nalini Kumari, G. Sirisha, P. Lavanya, B. Hymavathi, Ch. Sirisha, Binni Kumari, Seema Kumari, and K. Reenam.

“Out of them, five are from Andhra Pradesh, two from Bihar, and one from Odisha,” Vijayawada Divisional Railway Manager Pradeep Kumar told The Hindu on Tuesday.

“For the first time, we have imparted training for 14 women. The successful candidates would be appointed as Assistant Loco Pilots (APLs) in the South Central Railway,” said Mr. Pradeep Kumar.

The women pilots were trained in engine components, driving skills, troubleshooting, identifying and rectifying faults, wheel alignment, brakes, driving rules, simulator, and other parts, said ETTC principal D.R.J. Prasad.

During the 79-day training, we taught them on technical and general and subsidiary rules. Already, the Apprentice Loco Pilots underwent training at the Zonal Railway Training Centre (ZRTC) at Moulali on signalling, said instructor Vivekananda.

“My father is a loco pilot and my dream to become a train driver has come true now. The job is good and I am ready to face the challenges, if any,” said Ms. Reenam, a native of Bihar.

Ms. Seema Kumari, who completed ITI in Electronics in Odisha, said the encouragement from parents and the trainers was good.

Meanwhile, South Central Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation president Preeti Awasthi felicitated the eight women loco pilots. “It is a proud moment for women of the country that the fair sex has forayed into loco pilot profession, which is a male bastion till date. The SCRWWO will make efforts to arrange separate food and rest rooms for women pilots,” said Ms. Awasthi.

South Central Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation president Preeti Awasthi felicitates the eight women

loco pilots

28-08-2013
Secunderabad
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SCR to Provide 4608 Additional Berths by attaching Additional Sleeper Class Coaches to Certain Express Trains
..
South Central Railway will temporarily augment the following express trains with additional Sleeper Class Coaches to clear the extra rush / waitlisted passengers as detailed below:-

1.Tr.No. 17225 Vijayawada - Hubli Amaravathi Tri Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches  on 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 26thand 28th September, 2013 (Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays)
2.Tr.No. 17226  Hubli - Vijayawada Amaravathi Tri Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches Coaches  on 4th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 25th,28th and 30th September, 2013 (Mondays,Wednesdays, Saturdays)
3.Tr.No. 17208 Vijayawada - Sai Nagar Shirdi Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches o­n 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th September, 2013
4.Tr.No. 17207  Sai Nagar Shirdi - Vijayawada Weekly Express will be augmented with two additional Sleeper Class Coaches o­n 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th September, 2013

          These additional 64 Sleeper Class Coaches will make available 4608 additional Sleeper Class Berths.

PUNE: Passenger movement on platform number one of the Pune railway station was disrupted for some time on Tuesday afternoon, when a portion of the false ceiling became dislodged around 4.30 pm and was left dangling.

Railway officials later removed the dangling portion. No casualty or damage was reported.

Officials said the portion of the aluminium ceiling came unstuck near a book stall on the platform and was dangling about one to two feet below its original position. It had to be removed as there was not enough support to reattach it.

An official said the portion was dislodged as the rods that attached it to the roof had been stolen. The administration will now ask the government railway police (GRP) and railway protection force (RPF) to increase vigil at the station to avoid such incidents, he said.

Both agencies will also be asked to restrict entry of people creating nuisance at the station premises. The official added that the engineering department would check if the remaining ceiling needed to be removed.

Harsha Shah of the Railway Pravasi Group said, "Such incidents of thefts have been reported on the station premises. The administration needs to restrict illegal activities at the station and initiate regular drives on all platforms." Shah said the security at platform number one should be increased as most trains operate from this platform.