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A few passengers cancelled their trip, some chose to travel without tickets and a few others rushed to the bus stand

The counter to issue reserved/ unreserved tickets remained empty at the railway station here on Thursday.The station was manned by a Station Master and the job of issuing tickets, both reserved and unreserved, was vested with a commercial clerk. Thursday happened to be his weekly off. A commercial clerk from Rajapalayam was supposed to join duty. Due to a personal work, he took leave. In such a contingency, the railway authorities are supposed to post a ‘reserve’ person from any other nearby railway station to do the work. But, no such arrangement was adopted on Thursday.As a result, the Station Master (on night duty whose working hour ends at 7.00 a.m.) himself issued unreserved tickets to passengers bound for Shencottah or other stations en route in Pothigai Express since there were only a few passengers and there was only one train at that time (6.50 a.m.). But Madurai to Shencottah Passenger and Shencottah to Madurai Passenger trains reached the station at 8.50 a.m. in both directions. The Station Master abandoned the counter and took care of trains.

The train number, days of Service and timings of  Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT Bi-weeklyExpress train will be  revised as detailed below:
Train No. 22819 / 22820 of Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT-Visakhapatnam bi-weekly Express will be revised as 18519 / 18520 Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT-Visakhapatnam Express with effect from 10th September, 2013 ex. Visakhapatnam  and  from 12th September,  2013 ex. Mumbai  LTT.

Train No. 18519 Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT bi-weekly Express will depart Visakhapatnam at 23 30 hrs instead of 08 45 hrs and arrive Mumbai LTT at 04 40 hrs o­n the  next day  instead of 11 05 hrs with effect from 10thSeptember, 2013.

In the return direction, Train No. 18520 Mumbai LTT-Visakhapatnam by-weekly Express will depart Mumbai LTT at 06 55 hrs instead of 12 25 hrs and arrive Visakhapatnam at 11 15 hrs. o­n the next day instead of 14 45 hrs with effect from 12th September 2013.

Similarly, the days of service will be also changed.  Train No. 18519 Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT bi-weekly Express will depart Visakhapatnam  o­n Wednesdays and Saturdays as existing whereas Train No. 18520 Mumbai LTT-Visakhapatnam by-weekly Express will depart Mumbai LTT o­n Fridays and Mondays instead of Thursdays and Sundays.

In yet another move aimed at transparency for the benefit of bidders, Indian Railways have switched over to 100% e-auction for disposal of scrap eliminating need for physical presence/physical bidding by purchasers. Indian Railways disposes scrap worth Rs.3500 crore every year. Till recently, scrap disposal by Indian Railways was being carried out through public auctions requiring physical presence of purchasers for bidding. This e-auction system has been developed in house by the Ministry of Railways. In this auction system, electronic bidding system has been designed to enable participation in auction through internet using digital certificate (DSC) for security. No physical presence of purchaser is required for biding.  Any purchaser can participate in e-auction for scrap lots put up for auction on entire Indian Railway system by getting themselves one time registered on website www.ireps.gov.in. The e-auction module ensures payment process electronic and smooth for purchasers. No cash handling is required by purchasers and Railway’s cashiers. Bidders participate in the biding process through special arrangement of lien mark instead of any cash transaction. Bidding process is completely transparent widening the reach of the bidder for participation in various auction of different lots through internet from anywhere thus, curtaining the role of middleman.  Till date about 1200 purchasers have got themselves registered for participation in e-auction of scrap on Indian Railways and scrap material worth more than Rs. 1000 crore have been disposed off by Indian Railways through e-auction till date.  Thus, e-auction is saving time and effort both for Railways and bidders, bringing in complete transparency, cost effectiveness and efficiency in disposal of scrap on Indian Railways.  - See more at: http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowBussinessNews.asp?id=44008#sthash.kC8MofjF.dpuf

In order to clear the extra rush of passengers during the festival, Railways have decided to run festival special train nos. 02207/02208 Jammu Tawi- Ahmedabad- Jammu Tawi Weekly A.C. Express, 04604/04603 Jammu Tawi- Pathankot- Jammu Tawi DEMU (Five-Days-a-Week) & 04511/04512 Saharanpur- Ambala Cantt.- Saharanpur Daily MEMU trains as per the following programme:

02207/02208 Jammu Tawi- Ahmedabad-Jammu Tawi Weekly A.C. Festival Special Train (18 Trips)

The 02208 Jammu Tawi- Ahmedabad Weekly A.C. Express festival special train will depart from Jammu Tawi o­n every Thursday from 03.10.2013 to 28.11.2013 (09 trips) at 09.30 a.m. to reach Ahmedabad at 01.20 p.m. the next day. In the return direction, the 02207 Ahmedabad- Jammu Tawi Weekly A.C. Express festival special train will depart from Ahmedabad o­n every Friday from 04.10.2013 to 29.11.2013 (09 trips) at 03.00 p.m. to reach Jammu Tawi at 08.00 p.m. the next day.

Consisting of Ten A.C. 3 Tier coaches, the 02207/02208 Jammu Tawi- Ahmedabad- Jammu Tawi Weekly A.C. Express festival special train will stop at Kathua, Chakki Bank, Jallandhar Cantt, Ludhiana, Dhuri, Hissar, Sadulpur, Churu, Ratangarh, Sujangarh,  Ladnun, Didwana, Degana, Merta Road,  Gotan, Jodhpur, Luni, Pali Marwar, Marwar Jn, Falna, Abu Road, Palanpur, Mehesana & Sabarmati Jn. stations enroute in both directions.

04604/04603 Jammu Tawi- Pathankot- JammuTawi DEMU (Five-Days-a-Week) Festival Special Train (88 Trips)

The 04604 Jammu Tawi- Pathankot DEMU (Five-Days-a-Week) festival special train will depart from Jammu Tawi at 09.50 a.m. to reach Pathankot at 12.20 noon the same day, while in the return direction, the 04603 Pathankot- Jammu Tawi DEMU (Five-Days-a-Week) festival special train will depart from Pathankot at 02.20 p.m. to reach Jammu Tawi at 04.50 p.m. the same day from Monday to Friday (except Saturday & Sunday) from 01.10.2013 to 30.11.2013 (61 trips in each direction).

The 04604/04603 Jammu Tawi- Pathankot- Jammu Tawi DEMU (Five-Days-a-Week) festival special train will stop at Bari Brahman,  Vijaypur Jammu,  Block Hut Basantar, Sambha, Ghagwal, Hira Nagar,  Chakdayala,  Chhan Arorian, Budhi, Kathua, Madhopur Punjab, Sujanpur & Bharoli stations enroute in both directions.

04511/04512 Saharanpur- Ambala Cantt.- Saharanpur Daily MEMU Festival Special Train (122 Trips)

The 04511 Saharanpur- Ambala Cantt. Daily MEMU festival special train will depart from Saharanpur at 04.45 a.m. to reach Ambala Cantt. at 06.30 a.m. the same day, while in the return direction, the 04512 Ambala Cantt.- Saharanpur Daily MEMU festival special train will depart from Ambala Cantt. at 08.35 p.m. to reach Saharanpurat 10.35 p.m. the same day from 01.10.2013 to 30.11.2013 (61 trips in each direction).

The 04511/04512 Saharanpur- Ambala Cantt.- Saharanpur Daily MEMU festival special train will stop at  Pilkhani, Sarsawa, Kalanaur, Jagadhari, Jagadhari Workshop, Darazpur, Mustafabad, Barara, Tandwal, Kesri & Dukheri stations enroute in both directions.

In addition to these festival specials, Northern Railway has already announced to run 664 trips of Festival Special trains i.e. 08034/08033 between Anand Vihar Trml.- Santragachi (weekly), 04051/04052 between Anand Vihar – Jammu Tawi (Tri-weekly), 04203/04204 between Varanasi – Delhi Jn. (Tri-weekly), 04201/04202 between Lucknow – New Delhi ( Tri-weekly), 04031/04032 between Delhi Jn. – Ambala Cantt. (Daily), 04033/04034 between New Delhi – Udhampur (tri-weekly), 03125/03126 between Kolkata – Anand Vihar Trml. (Weekly), 03113/03114 between Sealdah – New Delhi (Weekly), 03685/03686 Delhi Jn.-Gaya-Delhi Jn.Weekly Superfast Express Special, 05903/05904 Dibrugarh – Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Weekly Express Special, 05653/05652 Guwahati – Varanasi –Guwahati Weekly Special Express Special, 04504/04503 Chandigarh- Varanasi- Chandigarh Tri- Weekly special, 04035/04036 Udhampur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla- Udhampur Tri-Weekly special Express, 04002/04001 New Delhi- Patna- New Delhi Tri-Weekly express, 04602/04601 Amritsar-Muzaffarpur- Amritsar (Unreserved) Weekly,  04314/04313 Bareilly-Darbhanga-Bareilly Weekly Express,  04022/04021 Delhi Jn.-Patna- Delhi Jn. Tri-Weekly express & 04024/04023 Darbhanga- Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Darbhanga Bi-Weekly Express.

The train number, days of Service and timings of  Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT Bi-weeklyExpress train will be  revised as detailed below:
Train No. 22819 / 22820 of Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT-Visakhapatnam bi-weekly Express will be revised as 18519 / 18520 Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT-Visakhapatnam Express with effect from 10th September, 2013 ex. Visakhapatnam  and  from 12th September,  2013 ex. Mumbai  LTT.

Train No. 18519 Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT bi-weekly Express will depart Visakhapatnam at 23 30 hrs instead of 08 45 hrs and arrive Mumbai LTT at 04 40 hrs o­n the  next day  instead of 11 05 hrs with effect from 10thSeptember, 2013.

In the return direction, Train No. 18520 Mumbai LTT-Visakhapatnam by-weekly Express will depart Mumbai LTT at 06 55 hrs instead of 12 25 hrs and arrive Visakhapatnam at 11 15 hrs. o­n the next day instead of 14 45 hrs with effect from 12th September 2013.

Similarly, the days of service will be also changed.  Train No. 18519 Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT bi-weekly Express will depart Visakhapatnam  o­n Wednesdays and Saturdays as existing whereas Train No. 18520 Mumbai LTT-Visakhapatnam by-weekly Express will depart Mumbai LTT o­n Fridays and Mondays instead of Thursdays and Sundays.

To bring more transparency in the bidding process, railways have switched over completely to e-auction system for disposal of scrap eliminating need for physical bidding by purchasers.

Railways disposes scrap worth Rs 3,500 crore every year.

Till recently, scrap disposal by the national transporter was being carried out through public auctions requiring physical presence of purchasers for bidding.

"The e-auction system has been developed in-house by the Railways where no physical presence of purchaser is required for biding," said a senior Railway Ministry official.

Electronic bidding system has been designed to enable participation in auction through internet using digital certificate (DSC) for security in the e-auction system.

"Any purchaser can participate in e-auction for scrap lots put up for auction on entire railway system by getting themselves one time registered on website www.Ireps.Gov.In," he said.

The e-auction module ensures payment process electronic and smooth for purchasers. No cash handling is required by purchasers and railways cashiers. Bidders participate in the biding process through special arrangement of lien mark instead of any cash transaction.

Bidding process is completely transparent widening the reach of the bidder for participation in various auction of different lots through internet from anywhere thus, curtaining the role of middleman.

There are about 1,200 purchasers who have got themselves registered for participation in e-auction of rail scrap and scrap materials worth more than Rs 1,000 crore have been disposed off by through e-auction till date.

The official claimed e-auction is saving time and effort both for railways and bidders, bringing in complete transparency, cost effectiveness and efficiency in disposal of scrap.

In its continuing efforts to enhance access to its popular e-ticket portal, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC), a Public Sector undertaking of the Ministry of Railways, has launched a new application (App)

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To bring more transparency in the bidding process, railways have switched over completely to e-auction system for disposal of scrap eliminating need for physical bidding by purchasers.

Railways disposes scrap worth Rs 3,500 crore every year.

Till recently, scrap disposal by the national transporter was being carried out through public auctions requiring physical presence of purchasers for bidding.

"The e-auction system has been developed in-house by the Railways where no physical presence of purchaser is required for biding," said a senior Railway Ministry official.

Electronic bidding system has been designed to enable participation in auction through internet using digital certificate (DSC) for security in the e-auction system.

"Any purchaser can participate in e-auction for scrap lots put up for auction on entire railway system by getting themselves one time registered on website www.Ireps.Gov.In," he said.

The e-auction module ensures payment process electronic and smooth for purchasers. No cash handling is required by purchasers and railways cashiers. Bidders participate in the biding process through special arrangement of lien mark instead of any cash transaction.

Bidding process is completely transparent widening the reach of the bidder for participation in various auction of different lots through internet from anywhere thus, curtaining the role of middleman.

There are about 1,200 purchasers who have got themselves registered for participation in e-auction of rail scrap and scrap materials worth more than Rs 1,000 crore have been disposed off by through e-auction till date.

The official claimed e-auction is saving time and effort both for railways and bidders, bringing in complete transparency, cost effectiveness and efficiency in disposal of scrap.

In its continuing efforts to enhance access to its popular e-ticket portal, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC), a Public Sector undertaking of the Ministry of Railways, has launched a new application (App)

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Rajesh Agrawal, Thiruvananthapuram Divisional Railway Manager, has expressed serious concern over the gross underutilisation of the rail corridor linking the Vallarpadam transshipment terminal with Edappally. He was interacting with reporters here on Thursday.

He said now, only one train plied the railway link, exclusively meant for goods container traffic to and from ICTT, every week. This was mostly because goods transporters preferred to transport containers by road. The rail corridor could be put to optimum use only if at least three to five trains ply the route every day, he said.

(Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) had constructed the dedicated track linking the terminal with Edappally station in record time. The track is underused as most containers are transported in lorries through congested highways.

This practice has derailed the Railway’s ambitious project to transport 10 million tonnes of cargo in five years’ time from the terminal and Kochi port.

The port had lost out to other ports in the South India, Mr. Agrawal said.

Aimed at ferrying more goods from the terminal and port through trains, railway engineers are engaged in restoring deserted tracks and wharfs of Kochi port.

“We hope to achieve some breakthrough in transporting goods from the adjacent Harbour Terminus railway station,” he said.