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नकोदर, फिरोजपुर और पठानकोट रूट पर डीएमयू में चलनेवाले यात्रियों को अगले पंद्रह दिन और भीड़भाड़ झेलनी होगी। इन रूट पर चलने वाली डीएमयू में कोच बढ़ाने की मांग उठने के बाद दैनिक भास्कर ने यह पड़ताल की कि आखिर रेलवे यात्रियों की समस्या पर गौर क्यों नहीं कर रहा। पता चला है कि डिवीजन में डीएमयू के पावर इंजन की शॉर्टेज है।
एक पावर इंजन कोच तीन ही डिब्बे खींच सकता है। डिवीजन में डिब्बे तो पर्याप्त हैं, लेकिन पावर इंजन के लिए डिमांड भेजी गई है। साउथ ईस्टर्न रेलवे की ओर से पावर कोच जालंधर भेजा रहा है। दो पावर कोच के साथ चार डिब्बे भी आ रहे हैं। यही नहीं, डीएमयू शेड ने सीएमओ को डीएमयू को डीजल इंजन लगाकर चलाने का भी प्रस्ताव दिया है।
तीन रूट पर ज्यादा समस्या पठानकोट, नकोदर ट्रैक पर केवल तीन कोच वाली डीएमयू चलाई जा रही है। जिसके चलते यात्रियों को काफी परेशानी का सामना करना पड़ रहा है।  नकोदर रूट पर तो लोगों ने शुक्रवार को प्रदर्शन भी किया था। पठानकोट जाने वाली एक डीएमयू में छह कोच लगाए जा सकते हैं। लेकिन अभी तीन ही लगे हैं। कारण पावर इंजन का न होना। फिरोजपुर जाने वाली सिक्स कोच डीएमयू की जगह थ्री कोच डीएमयू चलाई जा रही है।
फिरोजपुर रूट पर ज्यादा डीएमयू
जालंधर से फिरोजपुर सेक्शन में सबसे अधिक दस अप और डाउन की डीएमयू चलती है। जालंधर-होशियारपुर सेक्शन में नौ अप-डाउन डीएमयू चलती है। जालंधर जेजो सेक्शन में तीन अप-डाउन, जालंधर-पठानकोट सेक्शन में पांच अप-डाउन और जालंधर-नकोदर सेक्शन में चार अप-डान डीएमयू चलती है। जिनमें अक्सर भीड़ ही होती है।
जरूरत ४० पावर की, हैं सिर्फ ३३ जालंधर के डीएमयू शेड में इस समय मात्र 33 पावर कोच है। जबकि जरूरत 40 पावर कोच की है। जब पावर कोच अधिक होते हैं तो डीएमयू के दोनों तरफ लगाकर अधिक डिब्बे लगा दिए जाते हैं। अधिकारियों ने बताया कि चारबाग वर्कशाप में भी सात पावर कोच को ओवरहॉलिंग के लिए भेजा गया है। वह भी 15 दिन के भीतर जालंधर पहुंच जाएंगे। तो समस्या का समाधान हो जाएगा।
अभी बाकी है सावन का मेला
होशियारपुर ट्रैक पर अभी तो तीन कोच की डीएमयू से काम चल जा रहा है, लेकिन अगले महीने सावन में जब चाले शुरू होंगे और माता चिंतपूर्णी के दर्शन के लिए लोग जत्थों में जाना शुरू करेंगे, तो भीड़ चरम पर पहुंच जाएगी। तब नौबत यह आ जाती है कि लोग ट्रेन की छतों पर सफर करते हैं। छह डिब्बे लगा दिए जाने पर भी जगह कम पड़ जाती है।

Bathinda: Two new trains have been included in the new timetable of issued for the Bathinda railway station.The new trains include Dhuri-Ganganagar passenger via Bathinda and Ferozpeur to Delhi Intercity Express via Bathinda. Further, the route of the Bathinda-Delhi intercity express has been extended up to Fazilka.The Passengers’ Welfare Association president, Jasvir Singh from Rampura Phul, said the new trains and changed timetable will be applicable from July 1 onwards.He added that the Ganganagar-Haridwar Express has been extended up to Rishikesh. The new timings for Ferozepur to Mumbai Janta Express are 6:57 am as arrival and 7:05 am as departure time. Earlier, the train used to arrive at the Bathinda railway station at 6:35 am.Similarly, the timings of the daily Ganganagar-Delhi train via Jakhal have been changed. Earlier, the train used to arrive at 8:25 pm and depart at 8:30 pm, which has now been changed to 7:55 pm and 8 pm, respectively.The Dhuri-Ganganagar passenger train via Bathinda will now leave Dhuri at 4 am and will reach Bathinda at 6:25 am. It will leave for Ganganagar at 7:05 am.

RLYS RELEASES NEW TIMETABLE
  Two new trains have been included in the new timetable. They are the Dhuri-Ganganagar passenger via Bathinda and Ferozpeur to Delhi Intercity Express via Bathinda.
Further, the route of the Bathinda-Delhi intercity express has been extended up to Fazilka.

Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry D. Purandeswari held a review meeting with the district officials on the long-pending developmental activities in the city. She discussed with district Collector V. Seshadri on the issue of allotment of JNNURM house pattas to Muslim at Parawada. She spoke to GVMC Commissioner M.V. Satyanarayana on the JNNURM housing projects, fly over work and alternative land allotment to Railways for the BRTS work and the Divisional Railway Manager Anil Kumar relating to termination of 261 contract workers, development of Visakhapatnam and Duvvada Railway Stations, feasibility of new trains and installation of escalators at Visakhapatnam Railway Station.

MUMBAI: Passengers travelling to Delhi will have the option of booking a berth on one more air-conditioned train from Mumbai. Central Railway (CR) has decided to introduce LTT-Hazrat Nizamuddin AC weekly express every Tuesday from July. Currently, Punjab Mail is the only Delhi-bound train on the CR route. It makes the 1,544-km journey in 26 hours and halts at 56 stations. Western Railway (WR) runs 14 trains per day for Delhi, including Duronto Express, Garib Rath Express, Rajdhani Express and August Kranti Rajdhani. The distance between Mumbai Central and New Delhi via Surat and Vadodara is 1,384 km. A Rajdhani or August Kranti Rajdhani takes almost 16 hours to reach the national capital. "The train on CR network will be useful as many travellers residing in Thane and Navi Mumbai find it difficult to reach Mumbai Central to board a train for Delhi. The frequency of the service can be increased depending on factors like demand, availability of path and coaches." a CR official said. Some commuters feel the train should halt at Thane or Kalyan. "A halt is necessary at Thane because road connectivity to LTT is poor," said Subash Gupta of the Rail Yatri Sangh. "There should be halt at Kalyan for people living in Ambernath and Badlapur," said P Yadav of Dombivli.

The Railways will not refund your ticket if it is surrendered for cancellation two hours after the actual departure of the train, as per its new refund rules effective from July 1. The time limit for a passenger holding a confirmed ticket to cancel it and claim refund has also been changed. A confirmed ticket can now be surrendered for cancellation within six hours before the actual departure of the train, instead of the existing four hours.No refund will be given on e-tickets having confirmed berth or seat if the request for cancellation is filed online after two hours of the actual departure of the train. Sources in the Railways told The Hindu that the revised rules would ensure early confirmation of RAC or waitlisted passengers or upgrading of passengers with a confirmed ticket.Earlier, passengers could get 50 per cent of the fare as refund and the claims could be submitted up to 30 days after the departure of the train. But as per the new rules, if the ticket is presented for cancellation at least 48 hours in advance, a full refund minus the cancellation charges will be allowed.


No refund if ticket is surrendered for cancellation two hours after actual departure of train

Suburban trains delayed; seven trains on MRTS line cancelled; disruption was caused due to problems with the overhead line

The disruption of EMU services on Saturday evening put commuters in the city to hardship.A delay in the train services by about half an hour affected commuters of suburban trains on the Chennai Beach-Tambaram and Chennai Beach-Chengalpattu sections. The Chennai Beach-Velachery MRTS section too was affected with seven trains cancelled in a period of over an hour.The disruption was caused due to problems with the overhead line between Chennai Beach station and Egmore, officials said.The services resumed on the Chennai Beach-Velachery section by 6 p.m. Meanwhile, a large number of commuters were seen leaving some of the 17 stations on the elevated line that runs over a distance of about 25 km.“I came to Chintadripet MRTS station at 5 p.m. Services scheduled for 5.08 p.m., 5.23 p.m., 5.35 p.m., 5.45 p.m. and 5.55 p.m. did not operate. The train that arrived after 6 p.m. was crowded. So I was unable to board the train. I am late for a meeting,” said Mohan Hamal, a resident of New Delhi who has been using the MRTS for commuting from Taramani to Chintadripet for the past one month.Many commuters, who were stuck in stations such as Chennai Beach, Park station, Chintadripet, were forced to take a bus, which lead to congestion in the bus stops. A few commuters had to hire the services of autorickshaws. Some of them alleged fleecing by auto drivers near MRTS stations.

“I waited for the train for one hour. But there was no announcement on the public address system. I could have reached my destination by an alternative mode of transport if they had made an announcement on disruption of services and the reason for such disruption,” said P.K. Narayanan, another commuter.

The services on the Chennai Beach-Avadi, Chennai Beach-Tiruttani and Chennai Beach-Gummidipoondi/Sullurpetta sections remained undisrupted.

However, around 9.15 p.m., a train was delayed on the Chennai-Beach-Gummidipoondi section, which led to commuters staging a protest. Half an hour later, following the arrival of the police and Railway officials who pacified them, they dispersed.

Ludhiana:
Members of the Northern Railwaymen's Union (NMRU) held a protest outside the office of carriage and wagon at the railway station today.A large number of employees joined the protesters and took out a rally.The union leaders said they were forced to protest against the carriage depot officer (CDO), SK Sharma, as he was not addressing their problems.Ashok Kumar, divisional secretary, NRMU, said the union members had decided to gherao the carriage and wagon department.The members said the CDO was deputing Grade I technicians as peons with inspectors in the C&W department which was against the rules.Another union leader said as many as 567 posts were lying vacant in the department.Paramjit Singh, president, NRMU, said, "If the CDO will not revoke his decision, the union will intensify the agitation."

Four more trains will pass through the city soon and the frequency of three trains will be increased, railway officials said. The Lokmanya Tilak-Karaikal weekly express, CST-Solapur, Lokmanya Tilak-Kakinada and Lokmanya Tilak-Hubli Express will pass through the city, the operational dates for which will be announced soon.The frequency of some of the important trains will be increased from July 1.Pune-Indore Express, a tri-weekly will ply four times a week. Yashwantpur-Nizamuddin Express, a biweekly, will ply four times a week. Visakhapatnam-Lokmanya Tilak bi-weekly will now be a daily service.Routes of some trains, as announced in the railway budget will also be changed. CSTM-Latur-CSTM superfast will now go via Nanded. The train will have a new number: 11031 (UP) and 11032 (Down). Also, Yashwantpur-Ahmedabad weekly express has been extended to Badmer.The train used to arrive at Pune Station at 7.20 am and depart at 7.40 am. Now, it will arrive at 1.25 am and depart at 2.15 am. From Pune, the Pune-Indore train will run on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. From Indore, the train will start on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.The departure timing of the Pune-Ahmedabad Duronto Express has been advanced by 10 minutes. The train that used to depart from Pune station at 9.45 pm will now depart at 9.35 pm. Meanwhile, the Indian Railways have revised refund rates of cancellation tickets.A flat rate would be deducted as minimum cancellation charge for unused reserved tickets presented for cancellation more than 48 hours after the scheduled departure instead of 24 hours.The minimum flat rates for cancellation are: AC-I Rs 120, AC-II & Class-I: Rs 100, AC-III & AC chair car, Rs 90, SL Rs 60, Second class Rs 30.Cancellation charges would be 25% of the fare if presented between 48 hours and up to six hours, instead of 24 hours and up to four hours before scheduled train's departure.Cancellation fee would be 50% of the ticket fare if presented for cancellation within six hours instead of four hours before train departure and up to two hours irrespective of distance instead of the existing three, six and 12 hours for distance 200/200-250 and 500 km and above after actual train departure.

As per new trains time table Trains Speed Increased By Southern Railways. Following are the details ....

Several changes have been made to train timings effevtive July 1.

The Palakkad Division of Southern Railway, in a relesase, said Train No. 16348 Mangalore Central-Thiruvananthapuram Express will depart at 2.20 p.m. instead of 2.25 p.m. while Train No. 16687 Mangalore Central-Jammu Tawi Navyug Express will depart at 4.50 p.m. insead of 5.10 p.m.

Following are the other changes in departure timings of trains from Mangalore Central (with old schedule in brackets): Train No. 16649 Mangalore Central-Nagarcoil Jn Parasuram Exp 4.50 a.m. (4.45 a.m.); Train No. 16856 Mangalore Central-Puducherry Exp 4.50 p.m. (5.05 p.m.); Train No. 16630 Mangalore Central-Thiruvananthapuram Malabar Exp 6.20 p.m. (6.25 p.m.); Train No. 16628 Mangalore Central-Chennai West Coast Exp 10 p.m. (9.55 p.m.); Train No. 56654 Mangalore Central-Kozhikode Passenger 5.20 a.m. (5.25 a.m.); Train No. 56324 Mangalore Central-Coimbatore Fast Passenger 8 a.m. (7.45 a.m.); Train No. 56645 Mangalore Central-Kabakaputhur Passenger 6.25 p.m. (6.20 p.m.).

Following are the changes in the arrival timings of trains: Train No. 16604 Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore Central Maveli Exp 8 a.m. (8.15 a.m.); 16629 Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore Central Malabar Exp 10.05 a.m. (10 a.m.); 22851 Santragachi-Mangalore Central Vivek Exp 9.50 a.m. (9 40 a.m.); 16347 Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore Central Exp 10.55 a.m. (11.05 a.m.); 12601 Mas-Mangalore Central Mail 12.20 p.m. (12.25 p.m.); 16606 Nagarcoil Jn-Mangalore Central Ernad Exp 5.20 p.m. (5.35 p.m.); 16688 Jammu Tawi-Mangalore Central Navyug Exp 10.45 p.m. (6.10 p.m.); 16650 Nagarcoil Jn-Mangalore Central Punerasuram Exp 8.30 p.m. (8.20 p.m.); 56323 Coimbatore-Mangalore Central Fast  Passenger 7.50 p.m. (8 p.m.); 56655 Kannur-Mangalore Central Passenger 10.40 a.m. (10.45 a.m.); 56661 Chervattur-Mangalore Central Passenger 8.45 a.m. (9.05 a.m.); 56644 Kabakaputhur-Mangalore Central Passenger 9.25 p.m. (9.30 p.m.).