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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.

बिलासपुर. दुर्गा पूजा व दीपावली त्योहार के अवसर पर हावड़ा-मुंबई मार्ग की ट्रेनों में होने वाली भीड़ को ध्यान में रखते हुए भारतीय रेलवे ने 9 अक्टूबर से साप्ताहिक सुपर फास्ट पूजा स्पेशल ट्रेन चलाने का निर्णय लिया है। सांतरागाछी से लोकमान्य तिलक टर्मिनल के बीच यह स्पेशल ट्रेन 8 फेरे के लिए चलाई जाएगी।


यह ट्रेन सांतरागाछी से 9 अक्टूबर से 08060 नंबर के साथ तथा लोकमान्य तिलक टर्मिनल से 11 अक्टूबर से 08059 नंबर के साथ चलेगी। यह पूजा स्पेशल सांतरागाछी से अक्टूबर महीने में 9, 16, 23 व 30 तथा नवंबर में 6, 13, 20 व 27 तारीख को छूटेगी। वहीं लोकमान्य तिलक टर्मिनल से अक्टूबर माह में 11, 18 व 25 तथा नवंबर में 1, 8, 15, 22 एवं 29 तारीख को छूटेगी। इस ट्रेन में 2 जनरेटर कार, 1 पैंट्रीकार, 7 एसी-३ , 4 एसी-२ व 1 एसी-एक सहित कुल 15 कोच होंगे। ट्रेन बुधवार को सुबह 6.05 बजे सांतरागाछी से छूटकर खडग़पुर, टाटानगर, चक्रधरपुर, राउरकेला, झारसुगुड़ा होते हुए रात 8.15 बजे बिलासपुर पहुंचेगी। यहां से रवाना होकर ट्रेन रायपुर, दुर्ग, गोंदिया, नागपुर, वर्धा, बडनेरा, अकोला, भुसावल, मनमाढ़, नासिक, इगतपुरी, कल्याण होते हुए दूसरे दिन गुरुवार को 12.45 बजे लोकमान्य तिलक टर्मिनल पहुंचेगी। पूजा के दौरान हर साल स्पेशल ट्रेन चलाई जाती है।
नियमित ट्रेनों में अतिरिक्त कोच लगाने की भी पहल

मुंबई-हावड़ा के बीच बिलासपुर जोन से होकर गुजरने वाली एक दर्जन से अधिक ट्रेनों में त्योहार के समय भारी भीड़ रहती है। ऐसे में यात्रियों को ट्रेनों में पैर रखने तक की जगह नहीं मिलती है। जनरल डिब्बों की हालत तो और खराब रहती है। टिकट आरक्षण में वेटिंग लिस्ट 300 से अधिक हो जाती है। रेलवे इस रूट पर नियमित व साप्ताहिक चलने वाली ट्रेनों में भी अस्थायी तौर पर अतिरिक्त शयनयान कोच और एसी कोच बढ़ाने का विचार कर रही है।

Permanent Augmentation of Nimach-Udaipur-Nimach Passenger Train.

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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An Indian railway company is preparing to connect the northeast Indian state of Nagaland with Burma, according to a local media report. The Nagaland Post on Thursday quoted an official from Northeast Frontier Railway saying the company was planning new lines to connect northeastern India with both Burma and Bangladesh. It said a survey was being conducted on a 160-mile line to link Indian states Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh to Tamu, in Burma’s Sagaing division. The plan is sanctioned by Indian Railways and could see new track laid in the next few years, the report said.

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.

The Railway Photo Identity Cards of accredited Press Correspondents regarding grant of travel concession have been revalidated upto 30th April 2014.

Ministry of Railways have also decided to issue new Photo Identity Cards to the accredited Press Correspondents w.e.f. 1st May 2014. Accredited Press Correspondents may contact the concerned accredition certificate issuing agencies within their jurisdiction  regarding the revlidation procedure and issue of new Identity Cards which will valid from 1st May 2014.

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has prepared a masterplan to establish railway connectivity between the northeastern states, Bangladesh and Myammar.According to NFR chief engineer (construction) Harpal Singh, a survey of one of the proposed railway projects connecting Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar has already begun.

He said, according to the plan sanctioned by the Indian Railways, a 252-km railway track would be laid between Jawharnagar, the headquarters of Dhalai district in Tripura, and Darlong city of Myanmar through Kolasib, a town in Mizoram.

"Survey of the 109-km railway line between Jawharnagar and Kolashib has started and the rest 148-km track, between Kolasib and Darlong, will be surveyed in the next phase.

If all goes well, track-laying would begin in the next few years," said Singh.

Survey of the route from Jiribam to Moreh and then to Tamu in Myanmar via Imphal is expected to be completed by next March, said Singh.

Survey for the route connecting Aizawl and Myanmar from Sairang covering 226 km has already started, he added.

Railway authorities have also sanctioned funds for a feasibility study of a link between Belonia in Tripura and Chittagong in Bangladesh.

Two more short distance routes are being considered.

One of them would be a 80-km track connecting Panisagar in Tripura to Simanapur in Mizoram, while another would be a 45-km track connecting Patharkandhi in Assam to Kanmun in Mizoram, Singh added.

NFR is all set to issue work order to Ircon International Ltd to lay the railway tracks linking Agartala with Akhaura of Bangladesh, as per the bilateral agreements during the last visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Dhaka, Singh said.

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 9thAnnual Day function of Gymnasium Hall at Mancheswar Railway Colony was celebrated with fervour today, under the auspices of East Coast Railway Sports Association (ECoRSA), Mancheswar.On this occasion, a blood donation camp was organized by ECoRSA/ Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop in association with Red Cross/ Bhubaneswar chapter in Odisha. Sri S. K. Pankaj, Chief Workshop Manager/ Mancheswar graced the occasion as the chief guest to inaugurate the camp.Addressing the congregation Sri Pankaj expressed happiness over the noble efforts made by the organizers to have arranged the blood donation camp and said more such blood donation camp would be organized in near future o­n the occasion of the forthcoming celebration of 30 years completion of Mancheswar Workshop.  He also expressed pleasure over the efforts of staff and officers associated with the Gymnasium to have brought out a good number of talents in the field of Power Lifting and Weight Lifting in the area due to functioning of this Gymnasium.
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