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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is on a three-day visit to China to take part in the World Economic Forum (WEF), met Hakubun Shimomura, Japan’s Minister for Education and Science and Technology, and discussed the possibility of seeking Japan’s support for setting up a high speed rail network and infrastructure corridors in Karnataka. — Special Correspondent

The newly appointed General Manager of Central Railway B Khare inspected LTT yesterday for almost two hours, with his team of officers from MMRDA September 13, 2013 MUMBAI Shashank Rao

They also paid a visit to Kurla station, and suggested several changes. Here are some of them

Escalator, travelator Sources in CR say that finances for the travelator, pegged at around Rs 60 crore, is a problem. The authorities are thinking of asking the MMRDA to fund it entirely or partly. Plans are also in place to have escalators at Kurla LTT connecting to the foot over bridge (FOB).

Seating, shifting Also on the cards are improvements in the seating arrangements at the main hall. A partition inside the AC dormitory will also be built for privacy of passengers. All facilities still at the old building are expected to be shifted.

Platforms The authorities will also revive platforms six and seven at the Kurla LTT near the railway yard. The authorities will eventually dismantle the tracks and platforms, which extend all the way to the old building.

New waiting lounge Waiting passengers can be seen squatting on the floor outside the ticket booking counters and sleeping there at night. The stairs are also broken. Khare has asked CR authorities to dismantle the old ticket counter building completely. “We are looking at building a huge waiting lounge for passengers with proper arrangements,” said a CR official.

Levelling the road Entering the railway terminus is a task in itself, with the pothole-ridden road, haphazardly parked auto and taxi stands creating problems for passengers. The road outside the old terminus block from where trains depart is also uneven and full of craters. The railways have decided to level this road completely, and will widen the one going towards Tilak Nagar station from LTT. 

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The Electrical Department students of Vaageshwari College of Engineering conducted a field visit to Railways Electrical Loco-shed in Kazipet on Thursday. Department head Chandramouli, along with studentsinquired about the operation of electric railway engine .

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.

Permanent Augmentation of Nimach-Udaipur-Nimach Passenger Train.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today asked protesters to withdraw road and rail blockades immediately, otherwise the government will be compelled to take appropriate steps."The Government cannot remain a passive spectator to the series of road and rail blockades which have caused great inconvenience to the people and put a spanner in the wheels of development," Gogoi said in a statement issued here today."We cannot allow the situation to deteriorate further. The rail and road blockades have caused great miseries and hardships to the people and affected the economy. Such agitations are detrimental to the state's march towards the path of development and we cannot allow this to continue," the chief minister asserted.Various agitating groups and organisations have been for the last few months resorting to road and rail blockades without prior warning in support of their demands or in protest against incidents, arrest of local people, road accidents.

-प्रदेश सरकार व रेल मंत्रालय की बैठक कल नई दिल्ली में
-मुख्यमंत्री ने खड़गे के समक्ष रखा रेल परियोजनाओं में भागीदारी का प्रस्ताव रखा
शिमला : हिमाचल प्रदेश में विभिन्न रेल परियोजनाओं के कार्यान्वयन व संबंधित परियोजनाओं से जुड़ी औपचारिकताओं पर शनिवार को नई दिल्ली में मंथन हो रहा है। इस सिलसिले में प्रदेश सरकार व केन्द्रीय रेल मंत्रालय के उच्च अधिकारियों के बीच विचार-विमर्श होगा।
यह निर्णय मुख्यमंत्री वीरभद्र सिंह व केंद्रीय रेल मंत्री मल्लिकार्जुन खड़गे के बीच शुक्रवार को नई दिल्ली में हुई उच्च स्तरीय बैठक में लिया गया है। सरकारी प्रवक्ता ने बताया कि बैठक में निर्णय लिया गया कि मुख्य सचिव एस राय व केन्द्रीय रेल बोर्ड के अध्यक्ष अरुणेन्द्र कुमार हिमाचल में रेल नेटवर्क को सुदृढ़ बनाने व विभिन्न रेल परियोजनाओं को गति देने के लिए विचार-विमर्श करेंगे। नई दिल्ली में केंद्रीय रेल मंत्री के साथ भेंट के दौरान मुख्यमंत्री वीरभद्र सिंह ने जहां बिलासपुर-भानुपल्ली-बैरी ब्रॉडगेज रेल मार्ग की कुल लागत का पच्चीस फीसद खर्च वहन करने का प्रस्ताव रखा है, वहीं रेल सरेखण (अलाइनमेंट) के लिए सरकारी भूमि निशुल्क उपलब्ध करवाने का भी प्रस्ताव रखा है। उन्होंने बद्दी-बरोटीवाला-नालागढ़ क्षेत्रों में तेजी से उभरते औद्योगिक व व्यावसायिक परिसरों के दृष्टिगत बद्दी को जोड़ने वाले नए रेलमार्ग की निर्माण लागत में भागीदारी का भी प्रस्ताव रखा है। मुख्यमंत्री ने रेल मंत्री से नंगल-तलवाड़ा ब्रॉडग्रज रेल मार्ग को समय पर पूरा करने के लिए पर्याप्त धनराशि उपलब्ध करवाने का आग्रह करते हुए कहा कि बीते 33 वर्षो के दौरान नंगल से अम्ब-अंदौरा तक इस रेल मार्ग पर केवल 44 किमी. रेल ट्रैक का ही निर्माण किया गया है। कुल 83.74 किमी रेल ट्रैक में से करीब 62 किमी ट्रैक राज्य में पड़ता है। वीरभद्र सिंह ने केन्द्रीय मंत्री से इस रेल मार्ग के निर्माण के लिए समय सीमा निर्धारित करने का अनुरोध किया व रेल मंत्रालय से घनौली-बद्दी-काला अम्ब-पांवटा साहिब-देहरादून ब्रॉडगेज रेल मार्ग पर सर्वेक्षण कार्य जल्द पूरा करने के लिए पर्याप्त बजट उपलब्ध करवाने की भी मांग की। साथ ही रेल बजट में घोषित सभी रेल मागरें के निर्माण के लिए भी पर्याप्त धनराशि उपलब्ध करवाने का आग्रह किया।

The newly appointed General Manager of Central Railway B Khare inspected LTT yesterday for almost two hours, with his team of officers from MMRDA September 13, 2013 MUMBAI Shashank Rao

They also paid a visit to Kurla station, and suggested several changes. Here are some of them

Escalator, travelator Sources in CR say that finances for the travelator, pegged at around Rs 60 crore, is a problem. The authorities are thinking of asking the MMRDA to fund it entirely or partly. Plans are also in place to have escalators at Kurla LTT connecting to the foot over bridge (FOB).

Seating, shifting Also on the cards are improvements in the seating arrangements at the main hall. A partition inside the AC dormitory will also be built for privacy of passengers. All facilities still at the old building are expected to be shifted.

Platforms The authorities will also revive platforms six and seven at the Kurla LTT near the railway yard. The authorities will eventually dismantle the tracks and platforms, which extend all the way to the old building.

New waiting lounge Waiting passengers can be seen squatting on the floor outside the ticket booking counters and sleeping there at night. The stairs are also broken. Khare has asked CR authorities to dismantle the old ticket counter building completely. “We are looking at building a huge waiting lounge for passengers with proper arrangements,” said a CR official.

Levelling the road Entering the railway terminus is a task in itself, with the pothole-ridden road, haphazardly parked auto and taxi stands creating problems for passengers. The road outside the old terminus block from where trains depart is also uneven and full of craters. The railways have decided to level this road completely, and will widen the one going towards Tilak Nagar station from LTT. 

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The newly appointed General Manager of Central Railway B Khare inspected LTT yesterday for almost two hours, with his team of officers from MMRDA September 13, 2013 MUMBAI Shashank Rao

They also paid a visit to Kurla station, and suggested several changes. Here are some of them

Escalator, travelator Sources in CR say that finances for the travelator, pegged at around Rs 60 crore, is a problem. The authorities are thinking of asking the MMRDA to fund it entirely or partly. Plans are also in place to have escalators at Kurla LTT connecting to the foot over bridge (FOB).

Seating, shifting Also on the cards are improvements in the seating arrangements at the main hall. A partition inside the AC dormitory will also be built for privacy of passengers. All facilities still at the old building are expected to be shifted.

Platforms The authorities will also revive platforms six and seven at the Kurla LTT near the railway yard. The authorities will eventually dismantle the tracks and platforms, which extend all the way to the old building.

New waiting lounge Waiting passengers can be seen squatting on the floor outside the ticket booking counters and sleeping there at night. The stairs are also broken. Khare has asked CR authorities to dismantle the old ticket counter building completely. “We are looking at building a huge waiting lounge for passengers with proper arrangements,” said a CR official.

Levelling the road Entering the railway terminus is a task in itself, with the pothole-ridden road, haphazardly parked auto and taxi stands creating problems for passengers. The road outside the old terminus block from where trains depart is also uneven and full of craters. The railways have decided to level this road completely, and will widen the one going towards Tilak Nagar station from LTT. 

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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is on a three-day visit to China to take part in the World Economic Forum (WEF), met Hakubun Shimomura, Japan’s Minister for Education and Science and Technology, and discussed the possibility of seeking Japan’s support for setting up a high speed rail network and infrastructure corridors in Karnataka. — Special Correspondent