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Due to operational reasons,Railway has decided to renumber the train no. 12430/12429 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bangalore City- Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express train as 22692/22691 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Bangalore City- Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express train from 01.10.2013 from both the directions.
The other features like timings, route, stoppages, composition etc. will remain as unchanged.

Imagine a railway court functioning in a moving train! In an initiative to speed up disposal of criminal and petty cases which are pending at the Railway Magistrate Court in Kollam, the Thiruvananthapuram division of railways will start ‘Court on Wheels’ in the coming months.

The coach of the ‘court’ will be attached to a train plying in the Thiruvananthapuram division. Any case, ranging from ticketless travel, irregularities in train travel, abuse of woman travellers and thefts caught by the RPF, will be brought before the railway magistrate who will travel in the coach. The cases will be settled immediately.

The court will function akin to any other court with the magistrate in chair. However, if the passenger demands that he would like to appoint a lawyer to contend the case, it will then be referred to the Railways’ Kollam Second Class Magistrate. Currently, all cases under the Thiruvananthapuram division are settled in Kollam. Occasional sittings by the railway magistrate are held at major stations once or twice in a month.

“However, the ‘Court on Wheels’ will function almost everyday and will be attached to different trains throughout the month. If on one day the coach is attached to the Guruvayur-Ernakulam- Trivandrum Intercity Express, it will be linked to Venad Express the other day. Crimes related to that particular train will be settled in the train itself,” said Thiruvananthapuram Divisional Security Commissioner R K Tripathi. The idea is to bring down the rate of crimes taking place within trains. “The number of ticket-less travel has increased over the months. People who are not willing to pay the fine can settle their case with the railway magistrate. However, if the passenger realises that a magistrate is onboard, he would think twice about travelling without a ticket,” the official said.

More Railway Protection Force and Government Railway police will be deputed onboard the train. They will be given the responsibility of bringing the offenders to the magistrate. RPF officials said even though the initiative is on their agenda, they were yet to make a full-fledged plan. A special coach for the purpose has to be set up and a date fixed for the launch. Recently, the Palakkad division had started the mobile railway court, a first in the state. It settled over 60 cases last week, collecting fine of up to Rs 20,000.

New Delhi: In a setback to Udhampur-Katra rail link project, the work on the 25-km-long stretch has been slowed down after the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir over the BSF firing incident at Ramban.

The Katra line was expected to be operational by the end of August as work was going on full throttle. But now it is further delayed and likely to be commissioned in October this year.

"The workforce involved in laying the tracks between Udhampur and Katra, part of the Kashmir rail link project, had fled after the turmoil in the state due to the firing incident and it has affected the progress of the ongoing work," a senior Northern Railway official involved in the project said.



He said majority of the skilled workforce were from outside of the state including Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar.

Though the work has been resumed in the section, the pace is slow as all the workers have not yet returned, the official said.

The ballast-less track is being laid on the Udhampur-Katra section which involves about 11 km of tunnelling, nine major bridges, 29 minor bridges and 10 rail overbids/rail under-bridges.

Trial run will be conducted on the route after the completion of laying the track and the Commissioner Railway Safety will inspect the line before giving the clearance.

We are trying to make the line operational before the commencement of Navaratri, official said.

All the tunnelling as well as bridge works have been completed.

South Western Railway has decided to attach 02 additional General Second Class Chair Cars permanentlybyTrain Nos. 16557/16558 BANGALORE CITY-MYSORE-BANGALORE CITY RAJYA RANI EXPRESS with immediate effect.
The revised composition is total : 20 coaches (instead of 18 coaches), consisting of One AC Chair Car, Seventeen General Second Class (sitting) Cars & o­ne General Second Classluggage-cum-disabled coach.
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(Office of the General Manager, Public Relations Branch, SWR, Keshwapur, Hubli – 23)

South Western Railway has decided to attach 02 additional General Second Class Chair Cars permanentlybyTrain Nos. 16557/16558 BANGALORE CITY-MYSORE-BANGALORE CITY RAJYA RANI EXPRESS with immediate effect.
The revised composition is total : 20 coaches (instead of 18 coaches), consisting of One AC Chair Car, Seventeen General Second Class (sitting) Cars & o­ne General Second Classluggage-cum-disabled coach.
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(Office of the General Manager, Public Relations Branch, SWR, Keshwapur, Hubli – 23)

SURAT: Next time you are at the railway station, think twice before spitting and littering the platforms. Chances are that you may end up paying a fine up to Rs 500 to the railway squad.Authorities at Surat railway station have launched a cleanliness drive to keep the platforms and railway tracks clean. In the last two days, more than 40 persons have been fined for littering and spitting on the platforms and subways. The railways have collected Rs 20,000 from the offenders.Officials have appealed to the passengers and visitors at the station not to throw wrappers, plastic bags and garbage on platforms. The railways can also fine people found washing clothes at water pipes and basins. Passengers are expected to make use of dustbins and help the administration to keep the station premises clean.Raees Mirza, area manager of Surat railway station told TOI, "It is an offence to spit and litter the railway premises including platforms, trains and tracks. The provision of fine has been there but it was not implemented properly. The situation warrants its strict implementation. Our staff including ticket checkers is catching the offenders."

He further said that beggars are a big nuisance in the railway premises. "We are seeking the help of NGOs to help us remove the beggar from the platforms and the subways," he added.

दिल्ली-रेवाड़ी सेक्शन के बिजवासन रेलवे यार्ड में ओवरब्रिज कार्य हो रहा है, जिससे 31 जुलाई से दो अगस्त तक रेल परिचालन बाधित रहेगा। इस दौरान मध्यरात्रि 12.40 बजे से तड़के 3.40 बजे तक इस सेक्शन पर रेल यातायात बंद रहेगा। 31 जुलाई को हरिद्वार-अजमेर एक्सप्रेस (19610) ट्रेन को दिल्ली रेलवे स्टेशन पर 85 मिनट रोककर चलाया जाएगा। जबकि दो अगस्त को अजमेर-हरिद्वार एक्सप्रेस (19609) ट्रेन को गुड़गांव रेलवे स्टेशन पर 75 मिनट तक रोका जाएगा।
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कई ट्रेनों में अतिरिक्त कोच
जासं, नई दिल्ली : यात्रियों की सुविधा के लिए कई ट्रेनों में अक्टूबर माह तक अतिरिक्त कोच लगाए गए हैं। दुर्ग-निजामुद्दीन छत्तीसगढ़ संपर्क क्रांति एक्सप्रेस (12823/12824) में एक नवंबर तक तथा दुर्ग-जम्मूतवी सुपरफास्ट (12549/12550) में 31 अक्टूबर तक एसी-2 के एक-एक अतिरिक्त कोच लगाए गए हैं। वहीं बिलासपुर-अमृतसर छत्तीसगढ़ एक्सप्रेस (18237/18238) में दो नवंबर तक एक एसी-3 अतिरिक्त कोच लगेगा।
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ट्रेन का नंबर बदलेगा
जासं, नई दिल्ली : हजरत निजामुद्दीन-बेंगलूर सिटी राजधानी एक्सप्रेस का नंबर एक अक्टूबर से बदल जाएगा। अभी इसका नंबर 12430/12429 है, जिसे बदलकर 22692/22691 किया जा रहा है।

A development proposal of Rs. 16 crore has been submitted to the Railway Board

Mangalore Central Railway Station may get an additional high-level platform and a third foot overbridge if the proposals of the Southern Railways to add these facilities at a cost of Rs. 16 crore in 2014-15 are approved by the Railway Board.The facilities proposed also include laying of two new lines and a pit line which would enable it to handle more trains.The information was disclosed by Additional Divisional Railway Manager of Palakkad Division Mohan A. Menon at a tri-monthly meeting chaired by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel to review the progress of railway projects in Dakshina Kannada.Mr. Menon said the highest amount of Rs. 3.75 crore was being sought for the construction of a new foot overbridge and extension of the second foot overbridge, followed by Rs. 2.70 crore for a 540m pit line (a track with a pit under it all along to clean coaches); Rs. 2.55 crore for a new 540m platform; Rs. 1.71 crore for platform shelter and vacuum de-watering; Rs. 1.35 crore for a concrete apron for tracks to keep them clean; Rs. 1.29 crore for office accommodation and store; Rs. 73 lakh for two new lines; Rs. 50 lakhs for signalling arrangements; Rs. 50 lakh for improvement to circulating areas and Rs. 27 lakh for a compound wall, among others.

He noted that proposals worth Rs. 17 crore sent to the Railway Board were not cleared for the year 2013-14 and fresh proposals are being sent with modifications for the year 2014-15.

Mr. Menon expressed the inability of Railways to extend the Mumbai CST-Mangalore Junction Express train up to Mangalore Central station owing to the crowding of trains during afternoons.

The station would be able to handle more trains when the proposed facilities are added, he said. Extension of the proposed push-pull Bhatkal-Mangalore Junction train was also made at the meeting.

Mr. Menon said Kerala Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organisation (KITCO) has been appointed as consultants for the development of world class stations in Kerala and Mangalore. KITCO had come out with perception maps and it would hold meetings with stake holders.

The railway manager offered to inspect the Mangalore Station with regard to complaints of failure to maintain cleanliness. He also promised to look into the failure of authorities to provide sign boards and application forms in Kannada under the Tribhasha scheme of the railways to include local language.

He said the problems regarding wrong location of the pre-paid autorickshaw kiosk at Mangalore Junction railway station could have been avoided had the Railways been taken into confidence in advance. With the railways insisting on shifting the kiosk to prevent movement of the public being hit, the introduction of pre-paid autorickshaw service has been delayed.

South Western Railway has decided to attach 02 additional General Second Class Chair Cars permanentlybyTrain Nos. 16557/16558 BANGALORE CITY-MYSORE-BANGALORE CITY RAJYA RANI EXPRESS with immediate effect.
The revised composition is total : 20 coaches (instead of 18 coaches), consisting of One AC Chair Car, Seventeen General Second Class (sitting) Cars & o­ne General Second Classluggage-cum-disabled coach.
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(Office of the General Manager, Public Relations Branch, SWR, Keshwapur, Hubli – 23)

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