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25-07-2013
SWR

Press Note No. 87dt. 22-07-2013
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AUGMENTATION OF TRAIN NOS. 15901/15902 DIBRUGARH-YESVANTPUR-DIBRUGARH WEEKLY EXPRESS WITH o­nE ADDITIONAL SECOND CLASS SLEEPER COACH TEMPORARILY
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North East Frontier Railway(NFR) hasadvised this railway that they have decided to augment temporarilyTrain No. 15902/15901 DIBRUGARH -YESVANTPUR-DIBRUGARH WEEKLY EXPRESS with o­nEadditional SECOND CLASS SLEEPER COACH, with effect from DIBRUGARH end from 19th July, 2013 to 30th August, 2013and from YESVANTPUR end from22ndJuly, 2013 to 02nd September, 2013,as per the followingdetails:--
The revised composition ofWeekly Express has total : 23 coaches (instead of 22 coachesearlier), consisting of o­ne AC 2-tier coach, TwoAC 3-tier coaches, Fourteen Second Class Sleeper coaches, Three General Second Class coaches, One General Second Class-cum-luggage-cum–brake Van, OneGeneral Second Class luggage-cum-disabled coach and a Pantry Car.
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(Office of the General Manager, Public Relations Branch, SWR, Keshwapur, Hubli – 23)

A public interest writ petition has been filed in the Madras High Court to restrain the authorities concerned from deleting Royapuram railway station from the list of heritage buildings in phase-I, prepared by the CMDA and the Heritage Conservation panel.

The second bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and T S Sivagnanam before which the PIL from advocate S Sathia Chandran came up for hearing on Wednesday, ordered notice returnable in two weeks.

The PIL’s interim prayer was to restrain the Southern Railway GM from carrying out any repair or renovation work, including painting of the building.

According to the petitioner, he came to know through a newspaper that the Southern Railway officials had approached the Heritage Conservation Committee for removal of the Royapuram railway station building from the list of the heritage buildings so as to enable them to demolish it and undertake some other projects.

It was most unfortunate that the Railways had mooted this extreme, destructive and disastrous step of wiping out the history from its precincts and at the same time, claiming heritage of various kinds.

The building is of historic importance, remaining the oldest station in the entire sub-continent from 1856. On the 72-acre station premises, the heritage building did not even occupy a quarter ground of 2,400 sq.ft.

Hence the insensitivity of the railways to the history and heritage of the station building was highly condemnable, the petitioner contended.

25-07-2013
SWR

Press Note No. 87dt. 22-07-2013
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AUGMENTATION OF TRAIN NOS. 15901/15902 DIBRUGARH-YESVANTPUR-DIBRUGARH WEEKLY EXPRESS WITH o­nE ADDITIONAL SECOND CLASS SLEEPER COACH TEMPORARILY
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North East Frontier Railway(NFR) hasadvised this railway that they have decided to augment temporarilyTrain No. 15902/15901 DIBRUGARH -YESVANTPUR-DIBRUGARH WEEKLY EXPRESS with o­nEadditional SECOND CLASS SLEEPER COACH, with effect from DIBRUGARH end from 19th July, 2013 to 30th August, 2013and from YESVANTPUR end from22ndJuly, 2013 to 02nd September, 2013,as per the followingdetails:--
The revised composition ofWeekly Express has total : 23 coaches (instead of 22 coachesearlier), consisting of o­ne AC 2-tier coach, TwoAC 3-tier coaches, Fourteen Second Class Sleeper coaches, Three General Second Class coaches, One General Second Class-cum-luggage-cum–brake Van, OneGeneral Second Class luggage-cum-disabled coach and a Pantry Car.
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(Office of the General Manager, Public Relations Branch, SWR, Keshwapur, Hubli – 23)

25-07-2013
SWR

Press Note No. 83dt. 19-07-2013

RAILWAYSTO EXTEND TRAIN NOS. 12577/12578 DARBANGA-BANGALORE CITY-DARBANGA WEEKLY BHAGMATI EXPRESS TO MYSORE

Ministry of Railwayshave decided to extend Train Nos.12577/12578 DARBANGA-BANGALORE CITY-DARBANGA WEEKLY BHAGMATI EXPRESS to MYSORE as per the following details:--
The timings in the extended portion are as follows:-
I.Accordingly,Train No.12577 DARBANGA-MYSORE WEEKLY BHAGMATI EXPRESS
will depart at DARBANGA at 16-10 hrs.on Tuesdays, commencing from 23rd July, 2013 and arrive at MYSORE at 23-35 hrs. on Thursdays.
En route, the Weekly Express train will arrive/depart at Bangalore City at 20-55/21-10 hrs; Kengeri at 21-28/21-29 hrs; and arrive/depart at Mandya at 22-38/22-40 hrs., on Thursdays.
In the return direction, Train No.12578 MYSORE-DARBANGA WEEKLY BHAGMATI EXPRESSwill depart at MYSORE at 07-20 hrs. On Saturdays, commencing from 27thJuly, 2013 and arrive at DARBANGA at 14-25 hrs. on Mondays.
En route, the Weekly Expresswill arrive/depart atMandya at 07-58 hrs.;Kengeri at 09-19/09-20 hrs; and arrive/depart at BANGALORE CITY at 09-55/10-10 hrs. on Saturdays.
II.Train Nos.56514/56513 BANGALORE CITY-NAGERCOIL-BANGALORE CITY DAILY PASSENGERTOKARAIKAL:
The timings in the extended portion are as follows:-
Accordingly, Train No.56514 BANGALORE CITY- KARAIKAL DAILY PASSENGER will depart at BANGALORE CITY at 07-15 hrs. with effect from 19th July, 2013and arrive at KARAIKAL at 22-300 hrs., o­n the same day.En route, it will arrive/depart at NAGORE at 21-48/21-50 hrs.
In the return direction, Train No.56513 KARAIKAL-BANGALORE CITYDAILY PASSENGER will depart at KARAIKAL at 03-40 hrs., with effect from 20th July, 2013 and arrive at BANGALORE CITY at 19-00 hrs., o­n the same day.En route, it will arrive/depart atNAGORE at 03-58/04-00 hrs.
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(Office of the General Manager, Public Relations Branch, SWR, Keshwapur, Hubli – 23)

A public interest writ petition has been filed in the Madras High Court to restrain the authorities concerned from deleting Royapuram railway station from the list of heritage buildings in phase-I, prepared by the CMDA and the Heritage Conservation panel.

The second bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and T S Sivagnanam before which the PIL from advocate S Sathia Chandran came up for hearing on Wednesday, ordered notice returnable in two weeks.

The PIL’s interim prayer was to restrain the Southern Railway GM from carrying out any repair or renovation work, including painting of the building.

According to the petitioner, he came to know through a newspaper that the Southern Railway officials had approached the Heritage Conservation Committee for removal of the Royapuram railway station building from the list of the heritage buildings so as to enable them to demolish it and undertake some other projects.

It was most unfortunate that the Railways had mooted this extreme, destructive and disastrous step of wiping out the history from its precincts and at the same time, claiming heritage of various kinds.

The building is of historic importance, remaining the oldest station in the entire sub-continent from 1856. On the 72-acre station premises, the heritage building did not even occupy a quarter ground of 2,400 sq.ft.

Hence the insensitivity of the railways to the history and heritage of the station building was highly condemnable, the petitioner contended.

A public interest writ petition has been filed in the Madras High Court to restrain the authorities concerned from deleting Royapuram railway station from the list of heritage buildings in phase-I, prepared by the CMDA and the Heritage Conservation panel.

The second bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and T S Sivagnanam before which the PIL from advocate S Sathia Chandran came up for hearing on Wednesday, ordered notice returnable in two weeks.

The PIL’s interim prayer was to restrain the Southern Railway GM from carrying out any repair or renovation work, including painting of the building.

According to the petitioner, he came to know through a newspaper that the Southern Railway officials had approached the Heritage Conservation Committee for removal of the Royapuram railway station building from the list of the heritage buildings so as to enable them to demolish it and undertake some other projects.

It was most unfortunate that the Railways had mooted this extreme, destructive and disastrous step of wiping out the history from its precincts and at the same time, claiming heritage of various kinds.

The building is of historic importance, remaining the oldest station in the entire sub-continent from 1856. On the 72-acre station premises, the heritage building did not even occupy a quarter ground of 2,400 sq.ft.

Hence the insensitivity of the railways to the history and heritage of the station building was highly condemnable, the petitioner contended.

GUWAHATI: Differences in opinion among senior officials of the Northeast Frontier Railway came to the fore over shifting of 10 unreserved ticketing system (UTS) counters from inside the Guwahati railway station to outside the building.

The divisional railway manager (DRM) of Lumding division, R K Goel, under whose jurisdiction the Guwahati railway station falls, is in favour of shifting the UTS ticket counters to the place where the passenger reservation system (PRS) counters are located, 50 metres away from the station, in order to provide more passenger amenities in the space where these counters are now located.

But, some senior officials are of the opinion that the move will make crowd management difficult on the station premises, which sees thousands of passengers depart and arrive every day.

In a recent letter to the DRM, the chief commercial manager of NF Railway wrote that his proposal of shifting the UTS counters from inside the station building to outside where the PRS counters are located is inappropriate.

"Passengers without reservations prefer to purchase tickets after ascertaining the availability and running schedule of the trains through the enquiry counter. The present arrangement enables the general public, including ladies, to purchase unreserved tickets on the station premises without going to any isolated area, particularly at night," said the chief commercial manager in his letter.

The manager also wrote that the proposed shift of the counters would be inconvenient for passengers who get off at the station from one train and buy tickets to catch another train to reach their desired destinations.

"The operation of reserved and unreserved ticket counters in one row will confuse many passengers," the letter said. The manager noted that in major cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Patna, the PRS counters are kept separate from UTS counters for better crowd management.

However, the DRM informed that the shifting of the counters is underway. "We have planned to shift out the UTS ticket counters from the station building to provide passenger amenities like ATMs, internet cafe etc for the passengers in that space," Goel said.

A senior official of NF Railway said 13,000 to 14,000 tickets are issued to passengers from the UTS counters every day.

25-07-2013
SWR

Press Note No. 83dt. 19-07-2013

RAILWAYSTO EXTEND TRAIN NOS. 12577/12578 DARBANGA-BANGALORE CITY-DARBANGA WEEKLY BHAGMATI EXPRESS TO MYSORE

Ministry of Railwayshave decided to extend Train Nos.12577/12578 DARBANGA-BANGALORE CITY-DARBANGA WEEKLY BHAGMATI EXPRESS to MYSORE as per the following details:--
The timings in the extended portion are as follows:-
I.Accordingly,Train No.12577 DARBANGA-MYSORE WEEKLY BHAGMATI EXPRESS
will depart at DARBANGA at 16-10 hrs.on Tuesdays, commencing from 23rd July, 2013 and arrive at MYSORE at 23-35 hrs. on Thursdays.
En route, the Weekly Express train will arrive/depart at Bangalore City at 20-55/21-10 hrs; Kengeri at 21-28/21-29 hrs; and arrive/depart at Mandya at 22-38/22-40 hrs., on Thursdays.
In the return direction, Train No.12578 MYSORE-DARBANGA WEEKLY BHAGMATI EXPRESSwill depart at MYSORE at 07-20 hrs. On Saturdays, commencing from 27thJuly, 2013 and arrive at DARBANGA at 14-25 hrs. on Mondays.
En route, the Weekly Expresswill arrive/depart atMandya at 07-58 hrs.;Kengeri at 09-19/09-20 hrs; and arrive/depart at BANGALORE CITY at 09-55/10-10 hrs. on Saturdays.
II.Train Nos.56514/56513 BANGALORE CITY-NAGERCOIL-BANGALORE CITY DAILY PASSENGERTOKARAIKAL:
The timings in the extended portion are as follows:-
Accordingly, Train No.56514 BANGALORE CITY- KARAIKAL DAILY PASSENGER will depart at BANGALORE CITY at 07-15 hrs. with effect from 19th July, 2013and arrive at KARAIKAL at 22-300 hrs., o­n the same day.En route, it will arrive/depart at NAGORE at 21-48/21-50 hrs.
In the return direction, Train No.56513 KARAIKAL-BANGALORE CITYDAILY PASSENGER will depart at KARAIKAL at 03-40 hrs., with effect from 20th July, 2013 and arrive at BANGALORE CITY at 19-00 hrs., o­n the same day.En route, it will arrive/depart atNAGORE at 03-58/04-00 hrs.
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(Office of the General Manager, Public Relations Branch, SWR, Keshwapur, Hubli – 23)

For the convenience of the passengers, Railway has decided to introduce new Daily Link Intercity Express train No. 23345/23346 between Shaktinagar and Varanasi from 26.07.2013 as per the under-mentioned details:-

The 23345 Varanasi- Shaktinagar Daily Link Intercity Express train will depart from Varanasiat 02.10 p.m. to reach Shaktinagar at 09.45 p.m. the same day. In the return direction, the 23346 Shaktinagar- Varanasi Daily Link Intercity Express train will depart from Shaktinagar at 05.15 a.m. to reach Varanasi at 01.00 p.m. the same day.


Comprising of o­ne A.C. Chair Car, Four General Class and Two Disabled Friendly Second Class cum luggage van coaches, the 23345/23346 Shaktinagar- Varanasi- Shaktinagar Daily Link Intercity Express train will stop at Krishnashila, Karalia Road, Obradan and Chopan enroute in both the directions.


Consequently, the composition of 13345/13346 Shakti Nagar-Varanasi-Shakti Nagar Express will also be revised from 26.7.2013 as the composition of 23345/23346 Shakti Nagar-Varanasi-Shakti Nagar Daily Link Intercity Express, i.e. o­ne A.C. Chair Car, Four General Class and Two Disabled Friendly Second Class cum luggage van coaches.

Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge today assured to take up the issue of setting up a separate Divisional Railway Headquarters based in this city of North Karnataka in view of the long pending demand of the people of his home town.
Speaking to reporters here last night, he said in addition to the Central, South Central and South Western Railway Zones, efforts were on to carve out a new Division based in Gulbarga.
The proposed division may cover Yadgir, Bidar, Raichur, parts of Bijapur besides Gulbarga, he said. While the state has three Railway divisions for over 3,150 kms of railway tracks, Maharashtra has seven and Andhra Pradesh six, he said.