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SCR dispatches coaches to Haridwar; And a Special train being run and extra coaches attached on trains from Delhi to Secunderabad to clear stranded pilgrims

              South Central Railway has dispatched a special empty rake consisting of 15 coaches (6 Sleeper class; 2 AC III tier; 5 General Second class and 2 General Second class Luggage cum Brake Van coaches) from Secunderabad to Haridwar today i.e. 21th June 2013. It is part of the efforts of Railways to attach extra coaches/operate special trains  for clearing the pilgrims stranded due to floods in Uttarakhand back to their destinations from railway stations in Uttarakhand region/ New Delhi.

    Senior Officials of South Central Railway are in close liaison with Railway Board and Northern Railway authorities to coordinate the movement of special trains/attaching extra coaches o­n trains from Northern region towards Andhra Pradesh to cater to the needs of the stranded pilgrims.

A Special train is being run to Secunderabad from Delhi tonight to clear the passengers bound to Andhra Pradesh. This special train leaves Delhi Nizamuddin at 21:30 hrs. of today i.e., 21st June, 2013 and is expected to arrive Secunderabad o­n23rd June, 2013.In addition, extra coaches are also being attached to Dakshin Express and Duronto Express leaving Delhi today to Secunderabad to clear the extra rush of passengers.

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Hyderabad, June 21 (IANS) The railways is running a special train from Delhi to Secunderabad for survivors of Uttarakhand floods belonging to Andhra Pradesh.

The special train leaving Friday night will bring back the pilgrims who have reached the national capital from Uttarakhand. This special train will leave Nizamuddin at 9.30 p.m. Friday and is expected to arrive Secunderabad on Sunday.

“Extra coaches are also being attached to Dakshin Express and Duronto Express leaving Delhi today (Friday) to Secunderabad to clear the extra rush of passengers,” said a statement by the South Central Railway (SCR) here.

The SCR has also dispatched a special empty rake consisting of 15 coaches from Secunderabad to Haridwar. It is part of the efforts of railways to attach extra coaches/operate special trains for clearing the pilgrims stranded due to floods in Uttarakhand.

Senior officials of SCR are in close liaison with Railway Board and Northern Railway authorities to coordinate the movement of special trains/attaching extra coaches on trains from northern region towards Andhra Pradesh.

About 500 pilgrims from the southern state have reached Andhra Pradesh Bhavan during last two days. Minister of State for Railways Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy visited them and assured that the railways would make all arrangements for their return to their respective destinations.

Union Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi and other central ministers from the state also visited AP Bhavan to meet the pilgrims and review the arrangements being made for their return.

Eight pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh were killed and scores of others were missing. About 3,000 people from Andhra had gone to Uttarakhand for pilgrimage when heavy rains and floods struck the hill state.

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Central Railway

Press Release

MEGA BLOCK o­n 23.6.2013

Central Railway will operate Mega Block o­n its suburban sections for carrying out maintenance work o­n Sunday 23.6.2013: -

   

UP FAST LINE BETWEEN MULUND AND MATUNGA STATIONS

FROM 11.00 AM TO 4.00 PM.

Up fast line services leaving Thane from 10.50 am to 3.08 pm will be diverted o­n Up slow line between Mulund and Matunga stations halting at all stations between Mulund and Sion, further will be re-diverted o­n Up fast line at Matunga and will arrive Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 20 minutes behind schedule.

All Dn fast line services leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus from 11.15 am to 2.51 pm will halt at Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Bhandup and Mulund in addition to their respective scheduled halts and will arrive their destination about 15 minutes behind schedule. 

All slow locals arriving and leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus between 11.00 am to 5.00 pm will arrive destination 15 minutes behind schedule.

UP AND DN SOUTH EAST LINES BETWEEN KALYAN AND AMBERNATH STATIONS

FROM 2.00 PM TO 3.30 PM.

Dn suburban services leaving Kalyan from 1.32 pm to 3.17 pm and Up suburban services leaving Badlapur from 1.49 pm to 3.22 pm will remain suspended between Kalyan and Badlapur. However shuttle services will run between Badlapur and Karjat during the block period.



DN HARBOUR LINE BETWEEN CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS AND KURLA &

UP AND DN HARBOUR LINES BETWEEN VADALA ROAD AND BANDRA STATIONS

FROM 11.10 AM TO 3.10 PM.

Dn Harbour line services to Bandra/Andheri leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus from 10.48 am to 3.33 pm and Up Harbour line services towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus leaving Bandra /Andheri from 10.40 am to 3.13 pm will remain suspended.

Dn Harbour line services for Panvel / Belapur/Vashi leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus from 10.52 am to 3.13 pm will run via Main line between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Kurla further will be diverted o­n Dn Harbour line. These trains will not halt at Chinchpokli and Currey Road stations.

Harbour line passengers for Bandra/ Andheri are permitted to travel Via Main line and Western Railway from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm o­n 23.6.2013.

All Up and Dn Harbour line services leaving and arriving Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus between 11.00 am and 4.30 pm will arrive destination about 10 minutes behind schedule.

As a result of this, suburban trains are likely to be more crowded than usual. Passengers are requested not to take any risks while travelling. They are also requested to avoid travelling o­n foot board, roof top of locals and not to board extremely over crowded trains.

Passengers are requested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused.

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Date: June 21, 2013

This news comes to you from Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai. 

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MUMBAI: A day after a motorman of a Churchgate-bound train jumped the red signal at Borivli, Western Railway (WR) personnel said the signal should be shifted.

Western Railway had to cancel 24 services in the wake of Wednesday's incident. The motorman J K Saha was immediately taken off duty and an inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause.

A motorman said, "More than a year ago, the signal on platform 5 was moved from the left side of the track to the right. Motormen are comfortable with signals on the left. In fact, we have complained to the administration about the confusion at Borivli." "A motorman loco inspector, who is on the signal-sighting committee, had refused to approve the location of the signal on the grounds that led to Wednesday incident. If the administration had paid attention to the problem identified by the Mumbai division motorman loco inspector, the signal would not have come at the place," he added.

The signal-sighting panel comprises members from the signal department, traffic department and an inspector from the motorman loco cadre. "The administration, in order to have its way, invited a loco inspector from Valsad to complete the formality of selecting the point. This loco inspector approved the point on the basis mail/express train, whose engine halt a few feet away from this objectionable signal point. For mail/express train the sighting is clear but the problem is acute for those piloting local trains," he claimed.

The motorman said, "The position of the signal on at this location is such at when the train enter Platform No. 5 his sight falls on the signal meant for train on Platform No. 6."

The motorman also said that a repeat signal at the rear end of the train is also provided at Platform No. 5 at Borivali. A motorman on the condition of anonymity said, "The guard should have seen the signal being red aspect and warned the motorman from starting the train. Till 2003, the guard were also liable to observe the repeat signal. This dual-checking system was done away without any logical reasons."

The motorman said that the punishing the erring staff is not going to solve the problem. The solution lies in making the system fool proof."

Friday's incident could have proved serious had the train on Platform No. 6 also pulled out of the station. This would have resulted in side collision. The other possibility was of the train coming out of Platform No 5 getting derailed as the cross-over point was set for forward movement of train moving out of Platform No. 6. Fortunately, the erring train did not reach the cross over point. The erring motorman managed to apply emergency brake soon after three compartments had crossed the signaling pole.

RAJKOT: Western Railway will run special trains for clearing extra rush of commuters between Rajkot and Okha on June 22 and between Okha and Rajkot on June 23 on the occasion of Poonam. Divisional railway manager (Rajkot) Vinay Babtiwale said Rajkot-Okha train will depart from Rajkot on Saturday at 11.45 pm and will reach Okha on Sunday at 6.10 am. The train will reach Dwarka at 5.20 am. The Okha-Rajkot train will depart from Okha on Sunday morning at 08.30 am and will reach Rajkot on the same day at 3:50 pm. The train will depart from Dwarka at 9.10 am. These trains will comprise five general coaches and one luggage van.

The ‘missing link’ between Virudhunagar and Manamadurai has been finally established with the conversion of the metre gauge railway track into broad gauge.Commissioner of Railway Safety Sathish Kumar Mittal began an inspection of the track from here on a trolley along with senior railway officials on Thursday. Regular train service will start on the track in a few months after he certifies its safety.With this, people going from Rameswaram to Kanyakumari can avoid touching Madurai. Similarly, people can go from Kanyakumari to Rameswaram and reach Chennai without going to Madurai. It will save a lot of time for passengers. Goods trains can also be diverted through this route so that over-utilisation of Madurai line can be minimised. It will also help maintain timings of all trains.However, more remains to be done. The most vital is the ‘missing link’ to the fourth platform at the junction. The overbridge is now extended only up to the third platform. The newly laid track is on the fourth platform but passengers do not have access to the platform. Till the foot overbridge is extended, no passenger train could be operated on this new track. The first three tracks are utilised to the maximum.

Only one counter

The railway station has only one counter to issue unreserved tickets for all the trains. Express trains such as the ones from Madurai to Shencottah, Mysore to Tuticorin, Tirunelveli to Erode/Mayavaram and Nagercoil to Mumbai run between 8.00 a.m. and 9.00 a.m. Likewise, trains such as those from Madurai to Shencottah, Shencottah to Madurai, Tuticorin to Mysore, Chennai to Guruvayur, Erode/Mayavaram to Tirunelveli run between 5.30 p.m. and 6.15 p.m.

Besides, special trains operated from Tirunelveli to Jummudavi (two days a week) and from Nagercoil to Mumbai (three days a week) are passing through this station.

The staff manning the single counter could not handle the large number of passengers waiting to board these trains. There has been a demand for opening a counter on the eastern side, where about 50 per cent of town’s population lives. They have to take a circuitous route and travel two to three more kilometres to reach the station in the absence of an overbridge and a counter.

If the railway level-crossing is closed, the plight of passengers becomes worse.

Kolkata: A large number of tourists and pilgrims from West Bengal, who were stranded in Uttarakhand, were likely to board trains for Kolkata from Haridwar tonight, West Bengal Disaster Management department sources said.

The ‘missing link’ between Virudhunagar and Manamadurai has been finally established with the conversion of the metre gauge railway track into broad gauge.Commissioner of Railway Safety Sathish Kumar Mittal began an inspection of the track from here on a trolley along with senior railway officials on Thursday. Regular train service will start on the track in a few months after he certifies its safety.With this, people going from Rameswaram to Kanyakumari can avoid touching Madurai. Similarly, people can go from Kanyakumari to Rameswaram and reach Chennai without going to Madurai. It will save a lot of time for passengers. Goods trains can also be diverted through this route so that over-utilisation of Madurai line can be minimised. It will also help maintain timings of all trains.However, more remains to be done. The most vital is the ‘missing link’ to the fourth platform at the junction. The overbridge is now extended only up to the third platform. The newly laid track is on the fourth platform but passengers do not have access to the platform. Till the foot overbridge is extended, no passenger train could be operated on this new track. The first three tracks are utilised to the maximum.

Only one counter

The railway station has only one counter to issue unreserved tickets for all the trains. Express trains such as the ones from Madurai to Shencottah, Mysore to Tuticorin, Tirunelveli to Erode/Mayavaram and Nagercoil to Mumbai run between 8.00 a.m. and 9.00 a.m. Likewise, trains such as those from Madurai to Shencottah, Shencottah to Madurai, Tuticorin to Mysore, Chennai to Guruvayur, Erode/Mayavaram to Tirunelveli run between 5.30 p.m. and 6.15 p.m.

Besides, special trains operated from Tirunelveli to Jummudavi (two days a week) and from Nagercoil to Mumbai (three days a week) are passing through this station.

The staff manning the single counter could not handle the large number of passengers waiting to board these trains. There has been a demand for opening a counter on the eastern side, where about 50 per cent of town’s population lives. They have to take a circuitous route and travel two to three more kilometres to reach the station in the absence of an overbridge and a counter.

If the railway level-crossing is closed, the plight of passengers becomes worse.