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Dindigul Railway Station under security blanket

Preventive measure:Railway police checking passengers inside a train at the Dindigul railway station on Tuesday ahead of Independence Day.PHOTO: G. KARTHIKEYAN The Railway Police have intensified surveillance in express and passenger trains and brought the Dindigul Railway station under security blanket ahead of the Independence Day celebrations here on Tuesday.

A special team led by Railway Police Sub-Inspector R. Mahalakshmi checked the baggage of passengers and parcels on platforms. Metal detectors were used.

Already a check point has been set up at passenger ticket reservation office, entrance of the railway station to check passengers’ luggage.

Night patrolling has also been intensified on platforms. The police were travelling along with the passengers in express trains up to Tiruchi as a protection measure, Ms. Mahalakshmi added.

A door frame metal detector will be installed on Platform no.1 tomorrow to check passengers.

Train No. 18509/18510 Visakhapatnam-Nanded-Visakhapatnam Express will now be tri-weekly. With effect from Tuesday, the 18509 Visakhapatnam-Nanded Express, leaving Visakhapatnam on Wednesdays and Saturdays will now run on Tuesdays too. It will arrive/depart Secunderabad 9 am/9.20 am on  Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. From August 14, No.18510 Nanded-Viskhapatnam Express, now leaving Nanded on Thursdays and Sundays, will run on Wednesdays too. It will arrive/depart  Secunderabad station at 9.10 pm/9.30 pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

From August 15, the 17012 Bellampalli-Hyderabad Express will terminate at Secunderabad. The train will leave Bellampalli at 11 am and reaches Secunderabad at 5 pm.

In a similar manner, 17010 Hyderabad-Bidar Express will start from Secunderabad instead of from Hyderabad. It will leave Secunderabad at 5.30 pm and arrive at Bidar at 9.15 pm.

The timings of 17233 Secunderabad-Balharsha Bhagyanagar Express between Asifabad Road and Vihirgaon will be changed from August 15. It will leave Secunderabad as per the present time i.e. 3.15 pm.

According to the revised section, it will depart from Asifabad Road at 10.25 pm (instead of 8.25 pm), Sirpurkaghaznagar at 11.10 pm (instead of 9.50 pm), Sirpur Town at 11.20 pm (instead of 10.15 pm), Makudi at 11.40 pm (instead of 10.30 pm), Wirur at 11.50 pm (instead of  10.50 hrs), Vihirgaon at 00.15 am (instead of 11.10 pm), leave Manikgarh at its existing time of 00.30 am on the next day and arrive at Balharsha at its existing time of 1 am.

The famed murals of Kerala will soon adorn the Kozhikode railway station, with the pictures bringing out the city’s culture and tradition.

Five mural specialists from Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village are decking the upper-class waiting hall near the fourth platform and the VIP lounge near the first platform. Sargaalaya says the murals will be ready for formal unveiling on Friday.

The murals will visualise the theme “Kozhikode — historical capital of Kerala” and will project the culture and tradition of the city.

The initiative comes as part of the Community Assisted Railway Development Scheme of Southern Railway, aimed at communicating the importance of people’s participation in keeping public places clean and beautiful.

“The railway passengers are sure to get a kaleidoscopic view of the city’s culture from the work. We hope to carry this art mission to nearby stations; one such work is already complete at the Kannur station,” T.K. Rajesh, general manager, Sargaalaya, says.

The project was designed after the visit of Divisional Railway Manager Piyush Agarwal to Sargaalaya two months ago, he adds.

Naveen Kumar, P. Sumesh, K. Shanmughan, K.M. Vipin Lal and M. Shamseer are working on the murals.

The famed murals of Kerala will soon adorn the Kozhikode railway station, with the pictures bringing out the city’s culture and tradition.

Five mural specialists from Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village are decking the upper-class waiting hall near the fourth platform and the VIP lounge near the first platform. Sargaalaya says the murals will be ready for formal unveiling on Friday.

The murals will visualise the theme “Kozhikode — historical capital of Kerala” and will project the culture and tradition of the city.

The initiative comes as part of the Community Assisted Railway Development Scheme of Southern Railway, aimed at communicating the importance of people’s participation in keeping public places clean and beautiful.

“The railway passengers are sure to get a kaleidoscopic view of the city’s culture from the work. We hope to carry this art mission to nearby stations; one such work is already complete at the Kannur station,” T.K. Rajesh, general manager, Sargaalaya, says.

The project was designed after the visit of Divisional Railway Manager Piyush Agarwal to Sargaalaya two months ago, he adds.

Naveen Kumar, P. Sumesh, K. Shanmughan, K.M. Vipin Lal and M. Shamseer are working on the murals.

For the convenience of the rail passengers and to increase the
passenger carrying capacity of trains, Railway has decided to
augment the 12167/12168 Lokmanya Tilak T.- Varanasi- Lokmanya Tilak T. Superfast Express train by o­ne additional A.C. 3 Tier and Two additional Sleeper Class coaches with immediate effect upto 31.08.2013 when departing from Lokmanya Tilak T. & from 15.08.2013 to 01.09.2013 when departing from Varanasi o­n temporary basis. The other features like timings, route, stoppages etc. will remain as unchanged.

EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUGMENTATION OF DELHI SARAI ROHILLA- JAIPUR DOUBLE DECKER TRAIN

          For the convenience of the rail passengers and to increase the
passenger carrying capacity of trains, Railway has decided to
extend the augmentation of the 12986/12985 Delhi Sarai Rohilla- Jaipur- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Double Decker train by Two additional A.C. Chair Car coaches upto 15.09.2013 o­n temporary basis from both the directions.

For the convenience of rail passengers and to increase the

passenger carrying capacity of trains, Railway has decided to augment the train no. 12313/12314 New Delhi- Sealdah- New Delhi Rajdhani Express train by One Additional A.C. 3 Tier coach on permanent basis from 16.08.2013 when departing from New Delhi & from 15.08.2013 when departing from Sealdah. The other features like route, timings, stoppages etc. will remain as unchanged.

REVISION IN COMPOSITION OF  UDHNA- VARANASI & VALSAD- HARIDWAR EXPRESS TRAINS

          For the convenience of rail passengers and to increase the
passenger carrying capacity of trains, Railway has decided to revise the composition of the train nos. 19057/19058 Udhna- Varanasi –Udhna & 12911/12912 Valsad- Haridwar- Valsad Express trains as Eight Sleeper Classcoaches instead of  Seven Sleeper Class coaches on permanent basis with immediate effect in both the directions. The other features like route, timings, stoppages etc. will remain as unchanged.

New Delhi: No platform tickets will be sold at New Delhi, Nizamuddin and Old Delhi railway stations from 14th August till August 15 due to security reasons on account of the Independence Day. However, platform tickets will be sold on demand to senior citizens, physically challenged and patients, said a senior Northern Railway official.      He said tickets would also be provided to ladies travelling alone or with children.      The railways had earlier decided to stop the movement of trains between Old Delhi and Shahadara on the morning of August 15 in view of the Independence Day function at the nearby Red Fort.

To clear the extra rush of passengers, Southern Railway will operate three special trains through Salem – Karur sector.

A release from the railways said that Train No. 06001 Chennai Central – Nagercoil Super Fast Garib Rath Special will leave Chennai Central at 9 p.m. on August 14, Wednesday and arrive Nagercoil at 11 a.m. the next day. Train No. 06002 Nagercoil – Chennai Central Garib Rath Special will leave Nagercoil at 4.30 p.m. on August 15, Thursday and arrive Chennai Central at 8.30 a.m. the next day. The trains will stop at Arakkonam, Katpadi, Gudiyattam, Vaniyambadi, Jolarpet, Salem, Rasipuram, Namakkal, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Sattur, Kovilpatti, Vanchi Maniyachchi, Tirunelveli and Valliyur. Train No.06002 will stop at Perambur also.

Train No. 06348 Nagercoil - Chennai Central Special will leave Nagercoil at 4.30 p.m. on August 18, Sunday and arrive Chennai Central at 8.30 a.m. the next day. Train No. 06347 Chennai Central - Nagercoil Special will leave Chennai Central at 11.15 a.m. on August 19, Monday and arrive Nagercoil at 3.15 a.m. the next day. The trains will stop at Valliyur, Tirunelveli, Vanchi Maniyachchi, Kovilpatti, Sattur, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Dindigul, Karur, Namakkal, Rasipuram, Salem, Jolarpettai, Vaniyambadi, Gudiyattam, Katpadi and Arakkonam. Train No.06348 will stop at Perambur also.

Train No. 06746 Tirunelveli -Yesvantpur Special will leave Tirunelveli at 8.20 p.m. on August 18, Sunday and arrive Yesvantpur at 8 a.m. the next day. Train No. 06745 Yesvantpur – Tirunelveli Special will leave Yesvantpur at 5 p.m. on August 19, Monday and arrive Tirunelveli at 6 a.m. the next day. The trains will stop at Vanchi Maniyachchi, Kovilpatti, Sattur, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Dindigul, Karur, Namakkal, Rasipuram, Salem, Dharmapuri, Hosur and Banaswadi.

Advance reservation for the above trains will commence from August 14.

The Railway authorities have decided to introduce a New Weekly express train between Sainagar Shirdi and Puri for the benefit of passengers.

According to an official release here today, Train No. 18408 Sainagar Shirdi- Puri Weekly Express will leave Sainagar Shirdi at 1300 hrs on every Sunday from August 18, this year, and will arrive Puri at 2300 hrs the next day. Train No 18407 Puri-Sainagar Shirdi Weekly Express will leave Puri at 2215 hrs, every Friday from August 16 and will arrive at Sainagar Shirdi at 0825 hrs on the third day.

It will halt at Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusaval, Akola, Badnera, Wardha, Nagpur, Gondia, Durg, Raipur, Mahasamund, Khariar Road, Kantabanji, Titlagarh, Balangir, Bargarh Road, Sambalpur, Boinda, Angul, Talcher Road, Dhenkanal, Mancheswar, Bhubaneshwar and Khurda Road, it added.

The famed murals of Kerala will soon adorn the Kozhikode railway station, with the pictures bringing out the city’s culture and tradition.

Five mural specialists from Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village are decking the upper-class waiting hall near the fourth platform and the VIP lounge near the first platform. Sargaalaya says the murals will be ready for formal unveiling on Friday.

The murals will visualise the theme “Kozhikode — historical capital of Kerala” and will project the culture and tradition of the city.

The initiative comes as part of the Community Assisted Railway Development Scheme of Southern Railway, aimed at communicating the importance of people’s participation in keeping public places clean and beautiful.

“The railway passengers are sure to get a kaleidoscopic view of the city’s culture from the work. We hope to carry this art mission to nearby stations; one such work is already complete at the Kannur station,” T.K. Rajesh, general manager, Sargaalaya, says.

The project was designed after the visit of Divisional Railway Manager Piyush Agarwal to Sargaalaya two months ago, he adds.

Naveen Kumar, P. Sumesh, K. Shanmughan, K.M. Vipin Lal and M. Shamseer are working on the murals.