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To clear extra rush during the festive season and facilitate passengers in view of ensuing o­nam festival, o­neAC Super Fast special train will be run for the benefit of passengers from New Delhi to Kochuvelli via Vasai Road station o­n 12th September, 2013.


Train No. 04096 New Delhi – Kochuvelli Super Fast Special train will depart from New Delhi at 23.30 hrs o­n 12th September, 2013 (Thursday) and reach Vasai Road at 21.00 hrs. o­n 13th September, 2013 (Friday), and will reach Kochuvelli at 02.45 hrs. o­n Saturday. This train will run o­nly o­n i.e 12th September, 2013 from New Delhi.



In return Direction train no 04095 Kochuvelli– New Delhi AC Super Fast Special train will depart from Kochuvelliat 09.40 hrs o­n 17th September, 2013 (Tuesday) and reach Vasai Road at 16.30 hrs o­n 18th September, 2013 (Wednesday), and will reach New Delhi at 15.20 hrs. o­n Thursday. This train will run o­nly for o­ne day i.e 17th September, 2013 from Kochuvelli.



The train will halt at Mathura, Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Nagda , Ratlam, Dahod, Godhara, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Vapi, Vasai Road, Panvel, Roha, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pernem, Madgaon, Karwar, Udupi, Manglore Jn. , Kasaragod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Tirur, Shoranur Jn., Thrisur, Aluva, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam, Tiruvalla, Chengammur, Kayankulam and Quilon stations in both direction .



The train will have Ist AC, AC II Tier & AC III Tier coaches.

South Central Railway will run the following Special Trains between Hyderabad-Kakinada Town  in order to clear extra rush of passengers as per the following schedule:-

1.Special Trains between Hyderabad-Kakinada Town via Guntur (2 Services)

      Train No. 07101 Hyderabad-Kakinada Town Special train will depart Hyderabad at 22 40 hrso­n 13thSeptember, 2013, arrive/depart Secunderabad at 23 10/23 15 hrs and arrive Kakinada Town at 09 45 hrs o­n the next day.

    In the return direction, Train No. 07102 Kakinada Town - Hyderabad Special trainwill depart Kakinada Town at 18 00 hrso­n 14thSeptember, 2013 and arrive / depart Secunderabad at 06 00/06 05 hrs and arrive Hyderabad at 06 40 hrs o­n the next day.

    Enroute, these trains will also stop at Nalgonda, Miryalguda, Nadikude, Piduguralla, Sattenapalle, Guntur, Vijayawada, Eluru, Tadepalligudem, Nidadavolu, Rajahmundry, Anaparti and Samalkot stations in both the directions.

These trains will have 15 coaches viz., seven Sleeper Class, six General Second Class and two Second Class Luggage Cum Brake van Coaches.

2.Special Trains between Kakinada Town-Hyderabad via Gudivada, Bhimavaram & Guntur (2 Services)

Train No. 07201 Kakinada Town-Hyderabad Special Trainwill depart Kakinada Town at 16 00 hrso­n 13th September 2013arrive / depart Secunderabad at 04 15/04 20 hrs o­n the next day and arrive Hyderabad at 04 45 hrs.

In the return direction, Train No. 07202 Hyderabad -Kakinada Town Special trainwill depart Hyderabad at 21 00 hrso­n 14th September 2013,arrive / depart Secunderabad at 21 30/21 35 hrs and arrive Kakinada Town at 09 30 hrs o­n the next day.

Enroute, these trains will also stop at Samalkot, Anaparti, Rajahmundry, Nidadavolu, Tanuku, Bhimavaram Town, Akivedu, Kaikalur, Gudivada, Vijayawada, Guntur, Sattenapalle, Piduguralla, Nadikude, Miryalaguda and Nalgonda stations in both the directions.

        These trains will have 18 coaches viz., o­ne AC II Tier, o­ne AC III Tier, ten Sleeper Class, four General Second Class and two Second Class Luggage Cum Brake van Coaches.

गया : पितृपक्ष मेले के दौरान रेलयात्रा पर लगने वाला अतिरिक्त शुल्क 18 सितंबर से लागू हो जायेगा. यह शुल्क 15 रुपये से अधिक के टिकटों पर ही लागू होगा. कॉमर्शियल क्लर्क लालबाबू ने बताया कि लोकल ट्रेन, मेल व एक्सप्रेस की सामान्य श्रेणी व स्लीपर क्लास में पांच रुपये अतिरिक्त लिये जायेंगे.
इसके अलावा एसी चेयरकार में 10 रुपये, एसी द्वितीय श्रेणी में 15 रुपये व एसी प्रथम श्रेणी में 20 रुपये अतिरिक्त शुल्क देना होगा. यह नियम पांच अक्तूबर तक लागू रहेगा.

New Delhi: The Himachal Pradesh Government today sought a special assistance from the Centre for development projects underway in the state and requested Rs 500 crore to strengthen infrastructure network.In his meeting with Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram here, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh also requested that the Chandigarh-Baddi railway line be declared as a project of national importance, considering the geographical and strategic importance.Virbhadra urged the Union Minister to speed up the work on the pending Bhanupalli-Bilaspur railway line and provide funds for the rail project at the earliest. He reminded Chidambaram that it was decided by the Prime Minister’s Office in August 2007 that the state government would provide 25 per cent of the funds and the rest by the Railways for the project.Since Independence, the state has seen the construction of just 44-km rail line. Referring to the report submitted by the Central team on the loss caused by floods in the state, Virbhadra asked the Centre to expedite early release of funds so that development work in the flood-affected areas could be undertaken.

To take the industrialisation process in the state forward, he requested that the industrial package be extended till 2020. He clarified that providing incentive to the state would not affect investment in neighbouring states and as against the proposal of Rs 48,000-crore investment, only Rs 14,000-crore investment by industrial houses had materialised.The state also requested the release of Rs 2,100 crore for the annual plan of 2013-14 in view of the financial constraints and the Planning Commission’s nod to enhanced funds for the plan period.

State Revenue Minister Kaul Singh and Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri accompanied the Chief Minister in the meeting.

VADODARA: Indian Railways (IR) runs more than 12,000 passenger trains carrying around 2.5 crore passengers daily. However, the passenger business of IR is incurring huge losses.

Keeping this in mind, the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), the apex railway institute of training and management, organized a two day seminar here on 'Making IR's Passenger Business Profitable'. The seminar that was held on Tuesday and Wednesday was inaugurated by D P Pande, member traffic of the Railway Board and ex-officio secretary to the Government of India. During seminar, participants which included S B Ghosh Dastidar, ex-member traffic of Railway Board, V N Mathur, ex-member traffic of Railway Board, R K Tandon, managing director of IRCTC, Pramod Uniyal, ex-additional member (C &IS) Railway Board, professor Narayan Rangraj from IIT Mumbai and other railways officers made presentations.

The participants suggested ideas such as improving the quality of services, using innovative ways for providing value added services in trains and stations, increasing revenue by other sources like commercial advertising, parking, indexing the passenger tariff with cost of inputs, with dynamic pricing by revenue management concept, standardising the passenger services increasing productivity of assets among others to make the business profitable.

Rampage at Pratapgarh Railway Station

On August 18, an American national, Michelle Marks, was assaulted inside the first class compartment of a local train near Charni Road by a drug addict, who escaped with her mobile phone.

On August 26, a Nalla Sopara resident, Rupali Shinde, was assaulted by an unidentified man while she was boarding the train at Goregaon railway station around 8 pm.

On September 5, Dombivli resident Aarti Gholapkar, a single mother, fell off a Thane-bound train after being attacked by a robber. She died two days later.

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Three days after train theft victim Aarti Gholapkar succumbed to injuries last weekend, the Mumbai Police wants CCTV cameras on all local trains.

Dombivli resident Gholapkar, 43, was a single mother, and was returning home after work at a shirt-manufacturing unit in Pawane MIDC, when an unidentified person struck her with a stick that had a sharp hook at one end in a bid to snatch her handbag, around 7.30 pm Thursday.

Gholapkar had boarded a Thanebound train at Koparkhairane, and the incident took place near Ghansoli station. The victim, standing on the footboard of a ladies compartment, lost her balance and fell off the train. She slipped into coma on the spot, even as the thief took away her jewellery and money. Gholapkar died on Saturday.

This was the fourth case of attack on women commuters on local trains in the last three weeks, and the underfire Mumbai Police wrote to both Central and Western Railway a couple of days ago, seeking a CCTV camera surveillance system that will cover at least the ladies compartments.

Barely hours before Gholapkar was attacked last Thursday, a robber hit three women travelling on the footboard of a crowded local at Chinchpokli with a stick, and escaped with a mobile phone dropped by one of them.

On August 18, an American national, Michelle Marks, was assaulted inside the first class compartment of a local train near Charni Road by a drug addict, who escaped with her mobile phone. Eight days later, a Nalla Sopara resident, Rupali Shinde, was hit on the head by an unidentified man while she was boarding the train at Goregaon railway station around 8 pm.

Additional Commissioner of Police (Protection & Security) Madhukar Pandey confirmed the police department wrote to the railways regarding the feasibility of CCTV cameras on trains, but refused to give out details.

The Mumbai Police says the CCTV surveillance has worked very well for the BEST. "The BEST has a fleet of more than 6,000 buses, of which around 3,500 have CCTV cameras. Besides helping in identifying the suspects, the cameras act as deterrent. They have been a great help in solving cases of thefts and sexual harassment on buses," a senior police officer said.

The BEST caters to 40 lakh commuters every day, and the local trains carry 60 lakh passengers. "The BEST has covered more than 50 per cent of its buses with CCTV cameras, and such surveillance has been made mandatory for the metro rakes," the officer said.

Every time there has been a case of robbery or assault on local trains, the Government Railway Police, in-charge of security of the suburban rail network along with the railways, points to the lack of manpower. After the attack on Michelle Marks, the GRP demanded 900 personnel.

The railway officials said they did install CCTV cameras on some locals on an experimental basis, but "things didn't work out". A senior railway official said, "Local trains are parked at desolated spots in the night, and CCTV cameras are often stolen. Besides, many women commuters objected to the cameras, saying it was intrusion in privacy. Then there is the cost factor. Such surveillance is very, very expensive."

Another official said women themselves said they preferred cops in the compartments, rather than CCTV cameras. "During one of our meetings with the commuters, several women said they were not comfortable with the idea of being filmed. Recently, the Western Railway installed CCTV cameras in few of their rakes, but dropped the idea as the results weren't satisfactory," the official said.

VADODARA: Indian Railways (IR) runs more than 12,000 passenger trains carrying around 2.5 crore passengers daily. However, the passenger business of IR is incurring huge losses.

Keeping this in mind, the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), the apex railway institute of training and management, organized a two day seminar here on 'Making IR's Passenger Business Profitable'. The seminar that was held on Tuesday and Wednesday was inaugurated by D P Pande, member traffic of the Railway Board and ex-officio secretary to the Government of India. During seminar, participants which included S B Ghosh Dastidar, ex-member traffic of Railway Board, V N Mathur, ex-member traffic of Railway Board, R K Tandon, managing director of IRCTC, Pramod Uniyal, ex-additional member (C &IS) Railway Board, professor Narayan Rangraj from IIT Mumbai and other railways officers made presentations.

The participants suggested ideas such as improving the quality of services, using innovative ways for providing value added services in trains and stations, increasing revenue by other sources like commercial advertising, parking, indexing the passenger tariff with cost of inputs, with dynamic pricing by revenue management concept, standardising the passenger services increasing productivity of assets among others to make the business profitable.

Rampage at Pratapgarh Railway Station

Union minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo has proposed Visakhapatnam as coastal Andhra’s capital and a realignment of rail zones, including shifting the South Eastern Railway headquarters from Calcutta, once Telangana is created.

Deo, a Congress MP from Visakhapatnam (Vizag) that is part of coastal Andhra, has made the suggestions in a letter to a committee headed by defence minister A.K. Antony. The panel is examining how the concerns of the region can be addressed and a smooth division of Andhra made possible.

Deo’s proposal is aimed at minimising the impact from Telangana’s creation and the plan to rearrange railway zones is aimed at giving Visakhapatnam extra amenities.

Zonal headquarters bring a lot of development work, jobs for many residents and work for labourers to maintain the railway network.

The rail network in coastal Andhra now comes under South-Central Railway, based at Secunderabad in the Telangana region. Once Telangana is created, coastal Andhra will be deprived of any railway zone headquarters, Deo said.

He has proposed shifting the headquarters of the East Coast Railway, now located in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar, to Visakhapatnam.

To compensate Odisha, the South Eastern Railway (SE) hub should be transferred from Calcutta to Bhubaneswar, the Union tribal affairs minister has said.

But the suggestion has raised hackles in Bengal and Odisha.

Asked about the Calcutta-related proposal, junior railway minister Adhir Chowdhury said “there’s no such plan.”

Trinamul spokesperson Derek O’Brien said he hadn’t heard about the idea. “It would be unfair for me to comment on what the minister has said.”

But another Trinamul leader mocked the Congress. “They (the Congress) are not sure whether they will last the next six months and now they say they want to shift (railway) offices.”

The outcry was shriller in Odisha, with the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) planning demonstrations at stations for three days from tomorrow. State Congress and the BJP leaders have also slammed the idea.

“The headquarters of the East Coast Railway were set up in Bhubaneswar in 2003 after a long struggle. The proposal seems to be a conspiracy hatched by the Congress-led UPA government. We must oppose it unitedly,” finance minister and senior BJD leader Prasanna Acharya said.

But Deo said “the whole thing has been misunderstood” while adding he had not written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge on the issue.

“It is not my intention to deprive Odisha. If my suggestion is accepted, the entire rail network of Odisha will come under the SE zone (based in Calcutta). I have suggested that the SE headquarters be shifted first. Then the EC headquarters can be relocated to Visakhapatnam.”