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FICE, SECUNDERABAD - 500 071
No.319/2013-14 01-10-2013
Secunderabad
SCR Makes Available 2.4 Lakhs Additional Reserved Berths / Seats Through Originating Special Trains and Augmentation of Coaches in October, 2013

South Central Railway has initiated several measures to smoothly handle the rush of passengers inthe ensuing Dassera festival season during the month of October, 2013, as detailed below:-
1) Running of 137 Special Trains: SCR has already announced 101 originating Special Trains to be run during the month of October, 2013. In addition, 36 special trains will be passing through SCR during this period.Thus, the services of 137 special trains would be available for the passengers o­n SCR, apart from around 700 regular trains being run every day. It signifies a growth of 47% in the number of special trains being operated in Oct.2013 compared to Oct.2012, when 93 special trains were run(79 originating and 14 passing through).
These special trains will be operated o­n busy sectors, especially linking twin cities to various popular destinations such as Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Vijayawada, Machilipatnam, Renigunta, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagercoil, Guwahati, Mangalore, Kollam etc. In addition, special trains will also be run between Tirupati and Aurangabad also. Theoriginating special trains will provide reserved berths / seats for around 1,11,872 extra passengers during October, 2013. Moreover, these special trains can cater to thousands of unreserved passengers also by way of travel in the general coaches.
2) Temporary Augmentation of Coaches: Based o­n an analysis of the Passenger Traffic Profile o­n various routes, temporary augmentation of composition of several Express trains is being done by attaching additional coaches.
During October, 2013, SCR will attach 1088 extra coachesby way oftemporary augmentation to many popular Express Trainsrunning o­n routes like Secunderabad-Tirupati; Hyderabad-Tirupati; Hyderabad-Narasapur; Hyderabad-Trivandram; Kacheguda-Yesvantpur; Kachiguda-Chitoor; Kacheguda-Chennai Egmore; Kacheguda-Akola; Tirupati-Machilipatnam; Tirupati-Karimnagar; Kakinada Town-Bangalore; H.S. Nanded - Mumbai; H.S.Nanded-Pune; Guntur-Vikakrabad; Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin and Tirupati-Hazrat Nizamuddin etc. These extra coaches include 41 AC First Class, 45 AC Two Tier, 70 AC Three Tier, 164 AC Chair Car, 552 Sleeper Class and 80 Second Class Chair Car Coaches and will generate additional reserved accommodation to clear around 1,32,158 extra passengers. These additional coaches have already been fed into the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) and are available to the public for making reservations.
3) Attaching extra Coaches o­n a day-to-day basis: In addition to temporary augmentation of coaches as mentioned above, the waitlist position for different classes in various trains o­n busy routes is also being closely monitored o­n a daily basis.Extra coaches to the extent possible are being attached to the trains, which have long waiting list to help clear the waitlisted passengers o­n the travel day.
All the available resources are being put to maximum use to increase the number of trains/coaches so as to enhance the passenger carrying capacityon Railway system.
Through the above steps, around 2.4 lakhs additional passengers will get benefited with reserved accommodation o­n SCR’s originating /terminating trains, apart from thousands of other passengers travelling in the general coaches of the special trains during the month of October, 2013.


(K.Sambasiva Rao)
Chief Public Relations Officer




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CENTRAL RAILWAY

PRESS RELEASE

4 FESTIVAL SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN MUMBAI AND HATIA

Railways have decided to run 4 Festival Special trains between Mumbai and Hatia to clear the extra rush of Passengers during Festival Season. The details of 4 additional festival special trains are as under:-

A) SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN MUMBAI AND HATIA VIA NAGPUR

Train No. 01085 Special will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 00.30 hrs o­n 6.10.2013 and will arrive Hatia at 06.30 hrs next day.

Train No. 01086 Special will leave Hatia at 22.45 hrs o­n 7.10.2013 and will arrive Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 08.15 hrs o­n third day.

COMPOSITION: o­ne AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tier, 10 Sleeper Class, 3 General Second Class and 2 general second class cum guard’s brake vans.

B) SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN MUMBAI AND HATIA

Train No. 01087 Special will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 00.30 hrs o­n 13.10.2013 and will arrive Hatia at 06.30 hrs next day.

Train No. 01088 Special will leave Hatia at 22.45 hrs o­n 14.10.2013 and will arrive Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 08.15 hrs o­n third day.

COMPOSITION: o­ne First AC cum AC-2 Tier, o­ne AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tier, 12 Sleeper Class, 5 General Second Class and 2 general second class cum guard’s brake vans.

HALTS FOR BOTH SPECIALS: Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nasik Road, Manmad, Bhusaval, Akola, Badnera, Wardha, Nagpur, Gondia, Durg, Raipur, Bilaspur, Jharsuguda, Rourkela.

RESERVATION: Bookings for 01085 & 01087 will be open from 4.10.2013.

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Date: October 1, 2013.

This news comes to you from the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai.

FICE, SECUNDERABAD - 500 071
No.319/2013-14 01-10-2013
Secunderabad
SCR Makes Available 2.4 Lakhs Additional Reserved Berths / Seats Through Originating Special Trains and Augmentation of Coaches in October, 2013

South Central Railway has initiated several measures to smoothly handle the rush of passengers inthe ensuing Dassera festival season during the month of October, 2013, as detailed below:-
1) Running of 137 Special Trains: SCR has already announced 101 originating Special Trains to be run during the month of October, 2013. In addition, 36 special trains will be passing through SCR during this period.Thus, the services of 137 special trains would be available for the passengers o­n SCR, apart from around 700 regular trains being run every day. It signifies a growth of 47% in the number of special trains being operated in Oct.2013 compared to Oct.2012, when 93 special trains were run(79 originating and 14 passing through).
These special trains will be operated o­n busy sectors, especially linking twin cities to various popular destinations such as Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Vijayawada, Machilipatnam, Renigunta, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagercoil, Guwahati, Mangalore, Kollam etc. In addition, special trains will also be run between Tirupati and Aurangabad also. Theoriginating special trains will provide reserved berths / seats for around 1,11,872 extra passengers during October, 2013. Moreover, these special trains can cater to thousands of unreserved passengers also by way of travel in the general coaches.
2) Temporary Augmentation of Coaches: Based o­n an analysis of the Passenger Traffic Profile o­n various routes, temporary augmentation of composition of several Express trains is being done by attaching additional coaches.
During October, 2013, SCR will attach 1088 extra coachesby way oftemporary augmentation to many popular Express Trainsrunning o­n routes like Secunderabad-Tirupati; Hyderabad-Tirupati; Hyderabad-Narasapur; Hyderabad-Trivandram; Kacheguda-Yesvantpur; Kachiguda-Chitoor; Kacheguda-Chennai Egmore; Kacheguda-Akola; Tirupati-Machilipatnam; Tirupati-Karimnagar; Kakinada Town-Bangalore; H.S. Nanded - Mumbai; H.S.Nanded-Pune; Guntur-Vikakrabad; Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin and Tirupati-Hazrat Nizamuddin etc. These extra coaches include 41 AC First Class, 45 AC Two Tier, 70 AC Three Tier, 164 AC Chair Car, 552 Sleeper Class and 80 Second Class Chair Car Coaches and will generate additional reserved accommodation to clear around 1,32,158 extra passengers. These additional coaches have already been fed into the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) and are available to the public for making reservations.
3) Attaching extra Coaches o­n a day-to-day basis: In addition to temporary augmentation of coaches as mentioned above, the waitlist position for different classes in various trains o­n busy routes is also being closely monitored o­n a daily basis.Extra coaches to the extent possible are being attached to the trains, which have long waiting list to help clear the waitlisted passengers o­n the travel day.
All the available resources are being put to maximum use to increase the number of trains/coaches so as to enhance the passenger carrying capacityon Railway system.
Through the above steps, around 2.4 lakhs additional passengers will get benefited with reserved accommodation o­n SCR’s originating /terminating trains, apart from thousands of other passengers travelling in the general coaches of the special trains during the month of October, 2013.


(K.Sambasiva Rao)
Chief Public Relations Officer




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Kochi: The newly-launched Punalur-Guruvayur fast passenger train service is a hit among passengers and the railways is considering a proposal to introduce two sleeper coaches in the daily train running at peak hour.

“The Madurai divisional railway manager has forwarded the proposal to the Southern Railway headquarters, Chennai. The Railway Board is likely to give its nod soon. Already, the Madurai-Kollam passenger has the reservation facility,” said Kodikunnil Suresh MP, who played a significant role in including the train in the last budget and starting its operation early.

The initiative was taken in the wake of many enquiries, particularly from elderly people, travelling to  Guruvayur. The timing is convenient for devotees to avoid overnight stay and is useful for office-goers.

The train covers the Thrissur-Kottayam stretch in the morning peak hour, said Suresh, who is also the minister of state for labour.

The train covers 294.6 km  and has 27 halts. Train No 56366 Punalur-Guruvayur  departs at 5.30 p.m. and arrives at the destination at 2.15 a.m. Similarly, Train No 56365 Guruvayur-Punalur  departs from Guruvayur at 6 a.m. and reaches the destination at 2.30 p.m.

Railways has decided to introduce the Tatkal scheme in many passenger trains to help travellers avail the emergency reservation facility.

Till now, Tatkal booking is available for Mail and Express trains including premier services like Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi. Tatkal reservation can be made in all reserved classes except AC first class.

However, Railways has made it clear that the scheme will be made applicable to only those passenger trains which had more than 60 per cent occupancy in the last financial year.

It has been left to zonal railways to identify the passenger trains for the Tatkal scheme, a senior Railway Ministry official said.

The official further said the Tatkal scheme can be extended in passenger trains like Bhopal-Indore passenger, Howrah-Chakradhar passenger, Agartala-Dharamnagar and Rajkot-Verival passenger service.

Tatkal scheme is applicable in AC second, AC third, Sleeper, AC Executive and AC Chair Car berths.

The Tatkal scheme was introduced in 1997 with a view to provide reservation to those passengers who have to undertake journey at short notice and to save such passengers from the clutches of unscrupulous elements.

The official said there are certain passenger trains which have reservation classes like sleeper and AC classes and passengers can avail the scheme in those trains. The scheme will also be applicable for second class (sitting) in passenger trains.

The cash-strapped Railways is exploring various options to earn additional revenue to tide over the financial crisis. Currently the cross-subsidy for passenger sector from freight is about Rs 26,000 crore in a year.

Besides passenger trains, Railways is mulling to introduce Tatkal scheme in AC first class also.

Tatkal charges have been fixed at 10 per cent of the basic fare for second class and 30 per cent of the basic fare for other classes.

For second class (sitting), the Tatkal rate ranges between Rs 10 and Rs 15.

NAGPUR: The Bombay High Court has issued notices to the Railway Minister and the senior personnel officer of South East Central Railway seeking reply on a petition regarding sports quota recruitment. The Nagpur bench of justices Vasanti Naik and Atul Chandurkar, which heard the petition last week, sought the replies within two weeks.

Petitioner Nagpur District Football Association has objected to a condition for recruitment of sportspersons as per the 2002 policy framed by the SECR. The condition requires that a candidate, to qualify for sports quota, must have actually played and merely being a part of the team would not suffice.

The Railways had issued an advertisement for recruitment in the sports quota last August.

Petitioner’s lawyer advocate Virat Mishra argued that the condition violates sportsperson’s fundamental rights and should be set aside.

நாகர்கோவில் ரயில்நிலையத்தில் பலமணிநேரம் ரயிலின்றி தவித்த தமிழகப்  பயணிகள் ரயில்வே அதிகாரிகளை முற்றுகை இட்டனர். பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் திருமதி ஹெலன் டேவிட்சன் அவர்களும் கலந்துகொண்டார்.
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கோட்டார் ரெயில் நிலையத்திலிருந்து திருவனந்தபுரம் மார்க்கமாக செல்லும் குருவாயூர் மற்றும் மும்பை எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரெயில்கள் தாமதமானாலும் அங்கு புறப்பட்டு சென்றதால் அந்த வழியாக கேரளா செல்லும் பயணிகள் அந்த ரெயில்களில் ஏறிச்சென்று விட்டனர்.

ஆனால் திருநெல்வேலி மார்க்கமாக செல்ல வேண்டிய பயணிகளுக்கு ரெயில்வே அதிகாரிகள் எந்த ஏற்பாடும் செய்யவில்லை. இதனால் நெல்லை மற்றும் அதை சுற்றியுள்ள நகரங்களில் வேலைக்கு செல்லும் ஊழியர்கள் பெரிதும் அவதிக்கு ஆளானார்கள்.

அவர்கள், ரெயில்வே அதிகாரிகளை முற்றுகையிட்டு வாக்குவாதத்தில் ஈடுபட்டனர். இதனால் ரெயில் நிலையத்தில் பெரும் பரபரப்பு ஏற்பட்டது.

இந்த தகவல் அறிந்து ஹெலன்டேவிட்சன் எம்.பி.யும் ரெயில்நிலையத்திற்கு வந்து அதிகாரிகளுடன் பேச்சுவார்த்தை நடத்தினார். அவர்கள் உயர் அதிகாரிகளை தொடர்பு கொள்ளும்படி கூறியதால் அவர், திருவனந்தபுரத்தில் உள்ள உயர் அதிகாரிகளை செல்போனில் தொடர்பு கொண்டார்.

ஆனால் எந்த அதிகாரியையும் தொடர்பு கொள்ள முடியவில்லை. இதுபற்றி ஹெலன் டேவிட்சன் எம்.பி. கூறியதாவது:–

கோட்டார் ரெயில் நிலைய பிரச்சினைகளை பேசி தீர்க்க பலமுறை முயற்சி மேற்கொண்டு வருகிறோம். ஆனால் உயர் அதிகாரிகள் இதற்கு ஒத்துழைப்பு அளிப்பது இல்லை. இதனால் பயணிகளுக்கு பெரும் பாதிப்பு ஏற்படுகிறது.

அதிகாரிகள் ஒத்துழைததால்தான் பிரச்சினை முடிவுக்கு வரும். இதுபற்றி மீண்டும் நான் உயர் அதிகாரிகளை சந்தித்து புகார் செய்வேன்.

இவ்வாறு அவர் கூறினார்.

No.320/2013-14 01-10-2013
Secunderabad
“Sanskruthi Sangam” a Cultural Festival of Drama, Music and Dance Jointly organised by South Central Railway and West Central Railway

South Central Railway Andhra Lalitha Kala Samiti will present “Sanskruthi Sangam” a cultural festival of Drama, Music and Dance. Programme is jointly organized by South Central Railway and West Central Railway from 2ndOct to 4th Oct, 2013.
Shri K L Pandey, Additional General Manager, South Central Railway will be the Chief Guest and will inaugurate “Sanskruthi Sangam” at Rail Niliyam Auditiorium, Secunderabad at 15:30 hrs o­n 2nd October, 2013.
Programme o­n 2nd Oct, 2013 at Rail Nilayam Auditorium: - Shri Chatla Sree Ramulu, renowned Artiste & Director and Shri Vinay Varma, renowned stage artiste will deliver Guest Lectures o­n Theatre; Bade Bhai Sahab, a playlet by West Central Railway at 17:30 hrs; Kinu Kahar Ka Theatre, a playlet by South Central Railway at 18:15 hrs; Oh Dad Chill, a playlet written by Shri K.L. Pandey, Additional General Manager, SCR and presented by West Central Railway at 19:15 hrs.
Programme o­n 3rd Oct, 2013 programme will be held at Railway Officers Club, Lallaguda Musical Extravanganza by the artistes of South Central Railway and West Central Railway at 16 30 hrs o­nwards. Shri A K Mital, General Manager, South Central Railway will be the Chief Guest, Smt Rashmi Mital, President, SCR Women Welfare Organisation will be the Guest of Honour.

Programme o­n 4th Oct, 2013 at Rail Nilayam Auditorium:- (1) Guest Lecture o­n Music by Shri Mangalagiri Aditya Prasad, Dy. Director General, All India Radio, Hyderabad and Shri K Ramachary, Renowned Music Director at 15:30 hrs; (2) Classical/Light Vocal by S.C.Railway team at 16:30 hrs; (3)Classical Vocal /Light Classical by West Central Railway team at 17:30 hrs; (4) Guest Lecture o­n Classical Dance by Smt Jonnalagadda Anuradha, Renowned Classical Dancer and Dance Director at 18:30 hrs; (5) Kuchipudi Dance, Kathak Dance and Vilaasini Natyam will be performed at 19:00 hrs; (6) Valedictory function; Shri K.L.Pandey, Additional General Manager, SCR will be the Chief Guest.


(K.Sambasiva Rao)
Chief Public Relations Officer

No.320/2013-14 01-10-2013
Secunderabad
“Sanskruthi Sangam” a Cultural Festival of Drama, Music and Dance Jointly organised by South Central Railway and West Central Railway

South Central Railway Andhra Lalitha Kala Samiti will present “Sanskruthi Sangam” a cultural festival of Drama, Music and Dance. Programme is jointly organized by South Central Railway and West Central Railway from 2ndOct to 4th Oct, 2013.
Shri K L Pandey, Additional General Manager, South Central Railway will be the Chief Guest and will inaugurate “Sanskruthi Sangam” at Rail Niliyam Auditiorium, Secunderabad at 15:30 hrs o­n 2nd October, 2013.
Programme o­n 2nd Oct, 2013 at Rail Nilayam Auditorium: - Shri Chatla Sree Ramulu, renowned Artiste & Director and Shri Vinay Varma, renowned stage artiste will deliver Guest Lectures o­n Theatre; Bade Bhai Sahab, a playlet by West Central Railway at 17:30 hrs; Kinu Kahar Ka Theatre, a playlet by South Central Railway at 18:15 hrs; Oh Dad Chill, a playlet written by Shri K.L. Pandey, Additional General Manager, SCR and presented by West Central Railway at 19:15 hrs.
Programme o­n 3rd Oct, 2013 programme will be held at Railway Officers Club, Lallaguda Musical Extravanganza by the artistes of South Central Railway and West Central Railway at 16 30 hrs o­nwards. Shri A K Mital, General Manager, South Central Railway will be the Chief Guest, Smt Rashmi Mital, President, SCR Women Welfare Organisation will be the Guest of Honour.

Programme o­n 4th Oct, 2013 at Rail Nilayam Auditorium:- (1) Guest Lecture o­n Music by Shri Mangalagiri Aditya Prasad, Dy. Director General, All India Radio, Hyderabad and Shri K Ramachary, Renowned Music Director at 15:30 hrs; (2) Classical/Light Vocal by S.C.Railway team at 16:30 hrs; (3)Classical Vocal /Light Classical by West Central Railway team at 17:30 hrs; (4) Guest Lecture o­n Classical Dance by Smt Jonnalagadda Anuradha, Renowned Classical Dancer and Dance Director at 18:30 hrs; (5) Kuchipudi Dance, Kathak Dance and Vilaasini Natyam will be performed at 19:00 hrs; (6) Valedictory function; Shri K.L.Pandey, Additional General Manager, SCR will be the Chief Guest.


(K.Sambasiva Rao)
Chief Public Relations Officer

FICE, SECUNDERABAD - 500 071
No.319/2013-14 01-10-2013
Secunderabad
SCR Makes Available 2.4 Lakhs Additional Reserved Berths / Seats Through Originating Special Trains and Augmentation of Coaches in October, 2013

South Central Railway has initiated several measures to smoothly handle the rush of passengers inthe ensuing Dassera festival season during the month of October, 2013, as detailed below:-
1) Running of 137 Special Trains: SCR has already announced 101 originating Special Trains to be run during the month of October, 2013. In addition, 36 special trains will be passing through SCR during this period.Thus, the services of 137 special trains would be available for the passengers o­n SCR, apart from around 700 regular trains being run every day. It signifies a growth of 47% in the number of special trains being operated in Oct.2013 compared to Oct.2012, when 93 special trains were run(79 originating and 14 passing through).
These special trains will be operated o­n busy sectors, especially linking twin cities to various popular destinations such as Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Vijayawada, Machilipatnam, Renigunta, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagercoil, Guwahati, Mangalore, Kollam etc. In addition, special trains will also be run between Tirupati and Aurangabad also. Theoriginating special trains will provide reserved berths / seats for around 1,11,872 extra passengers during October, 2013. Moreover, these special trains can cater to thousands of unreserved passengers also by way of travel in the general coaches.
2) Temporary Augmentation of Coaches: Based o­n an analysis of the Passenger Traffic Profile o­n various routes, temporary augmentation of composition of several Express trains is being done by attaching additional coaches.
During October, 2013, SCR will attach 1088 extra coachesby way oftemporary augmentation to many popular Express Trainsrunning o­n routes like Secunderabad-Tirupati; Hyderabad-Tirupati; Hyderabad-Narasapur; Hyderabad-Trivandram; Kacheguda-Yesvantpur; Kachiguda-Chitoor; Kacheguda-Chennai Egmore; Kacheguda-Akola; Tirupati-Machilipatnam; Tirupati-Karimnagar; Kakinada Town-Bangalore; H.S. Nanded - Mumbai; H.S.Nanded-Pune; Guntur-Vikakrabad; Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin and Tirupati-Hazrat Nizamuddin etc. These extra coaches include 41 AC First Class, 45 AC Two Tier, 70 AC Three Tier, 164 AC Chair Car, 552 Sleeper Class and 80 Second Class Chair Car Coaches and will generate additional reserved accommodation to clear around 1,32,158 extra passengers. These additional coaches have already been fed into the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) and are available to the public for making reservations.
3) Attaching extra Coaches o­n a day-to-day basis: In addition to temporary augmentation of coaches as mentioned above, the waitlist position for different classes in various trains o­n busy routes is also being closely monitored o­n a daily basis.Extra coaches to the extent possible are being attached to the trains, which have long waiting list to help clear the waitlisted passengers o­n the travel day.
All the available resources are being put to maximum use to increase the number of trains/coaches so as to enhance the passenger carrying capacityon Railway system.
Through the above steps, around 2.4 lakhs additional passengers will get benefited with reserved accommodation o­n SCR’s originating /terminating trains, apart from thousands of other passengers travelling in the general coaches of the special trains during the month of October, 2013.


(K.Sambasiva Rao)
Chief Public Relations Officer




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