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  Indian Railways News  / Rail commuters demand more crossing stations

MALAPPURAM: Once again, the demand for setting up crossing stations at Kulukkallur and Melattur on the Shoranur-Nilambur route is rising as almost all the trains on this stretch run late. And this is mainly because these trains have to wait at Angadippuram and Shoranur stations to enable other trains to cross.On Saturday, the Thiruvananthapuram-Nilambur Rajyarani Express arrived at its destination two hours late. It was made to wait at Shoranur to enable another train to cross.The demand to set up crossing stations at Kulukkallur and Melattur is a long-pending one. Many organizations and people's representatives have met railway authorities several times in the past with this demand. But authorities haven't yet obliged.It is learnt that Southern Railway's Palakkad division had recommended crossing stations at these two places, and forwarded this recommendation to its Chennai headquarters two years ago. But, as the Chennai office did not take any further action on this, there was no budget allocation for the purpose in the last two railway budgets.General secretary of the Nilambur rail action council Biju Ninan said demanding more trains on this route without setting up crossing facilities in at least Kulukkallur would be absurd. "Nowhere in the country will you come across a 28km-stretch without even a single crossing. Authorities should give prime importance to setting up crossing stations," he said.Daily 14 trains, including two express trains, run on this stretch. Goods trains going to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown at Angadippuram, as well as inspection vehicles also use this rail line. At present, the 56km Shoranur-Nilambur line has only two crossing stations -- one at Angadippuram, 28km away from Shoranur, and another at Nilambur. On the Shoranur-Mangalore stretch, the distance between crossing stations at Shoranur and Karakkadu is only eight kilometres."The major reason for trains on this route getting delayed is because of trains halting at different stations for crossing. A majority of the trains have to wait at Shoranur or Angadippuram for at least an hour," he said.The construction of a crossing point is generally carried out along with a major work. Hence, if crossing points are to be set up at Kulukkallur and Melattur, the work will have to be included in the works programme of the Southern Railway for it to get budgetary allocation. And for this to happen, people's representative will have to put more pressure on authorities.

  Indian Railways News  / Bulletin No. 1 Cancellations / Partial Cancellations of Trains Due to Overflowing of Water over Rail

In view of water overflowing above danger mark o­n Bridge between Tuni-Gullipadu o­n Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam Section o­n Vijayawada Division due to heavy rains, the following trains have been Cancelled / Partially Cancelled in view of safety considerations.

1)Trains Cancelled today i.e 4th November 2012:               

1.Train No. 12718Vijayawada - Visakhapatnam RatanachalExpress scheduled to depart Vijayawada.

2.Train No. 12717 Visakhapatnam- Vijayawada Ratanachal Express scheduled to depart Visakhapatnam.

    3.  Train No. 17239 Guntur - Visakhapatnam Simhadri Express scheduled to depart  Guntur.

4. Train No. 17240 Visakhapatnam- Guntur Simhadri Express scheduled to depart Visakhapatnam.

5. Train No. 17241 Narasapur - Nidadavolu Link Express scheduled to depart Narasapur.

6.  Train No. 17242 Nidadavolu-Narasapur Link Express scheduled to depart Nidadavolu.

7.  Train No. 57255 Kakinada–Visakhapatnam Passenger scheduled to depart Kakinada.

8. Train No. 57225 Vijayawada - Visakhapatnam passenger scheduled to depart Vijayawada. 

9.Train No. 57226  Visakhapatnam- Vijayawada passenger scheduled to depart Visakhapatnam.

10. Train No. 57256 Visakhapatnam- Kakinada passenger scheduled to depart Visakapatnam.

11.  Train No. 67295 Rajamundry – Visakhapatnam passenger scheduled to depart Rajamundry.

12.  Train No. 67296  Visakhapatnam- Rajamundry passenger scheduled to depart Visakhapatnam

    II. Trains Partially Cancelled:

1.Train No. 12806 Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam Jhanmaboomi scheduled to depart Secunderabad at 07 10hrs today 04.11.2012 is partially cancelled between Tenali and Visakhapatnam

2.Train No. 12805 Visakhapatnam- Secunderabad Jhanmaboomi  scheduled to leave Visakhapatnam at 06.00hrs today 04.11.2012 is partially cancelled between Visakhapatnam and Tenali and will run from Tenali till Secunderabad.

  Indian Railways News  / Bulletin No. 1 Cancellations / Partial Cancellations of Trains Due to Overflowing of Water over Rail

In view of water overflowing above danger mark o­n Bridge between Tuni-Gullipadu o­n Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam Section o­n Vijayawada Division due to heavy rains, the following trains have been Cancelled / Partially Cancelled in view of safety considerations.

1)Trains Cancelled today i.e 4th November 2012:               

1.Train No. 12718Vijayawada - Visakhapatnam RatanachalExpress scheduled to depart Vijayawada.

2.Train No. 12717 Visakhapatnam- Vijayawada Ratanachal Express scheduled to depart Visakhapatnam.

    3.  Train No. 17239 Guntur - Visakhapatnam Simhadri Express scheduled to depart  Guntur.

4. Train No. 17240 Visakhapatnam- Guntur Simhadri Express scheduled to depart Visakhapatnam.

5. Train No. 17241 Narasapur - Nidadavolu Link Express scheduled to depart Narasapur.

6.  Train No. 17242 Nidadavolu-Narasapur Link Express scheduled to depart Nidadavolu.

7.  Train No. 57255 Kakinada–Visakhapatnam Passenger scheduled to depart Kakinada.

8. Train No. 57225 Vijayawada - Visakhapatnam passenger scheduled to depart Vijayawada. 

9.Train No. 57226  Visakhapatnam- Vijayawada passenger scheduled to depart Visakhapatnam.

10. Train No. 57256 Visakhapatnam- Kakinada passenger scheduled to depart Visakapatnam.

11.  Train No. 67295 Rajamundry – Visakhapatnam passenger scheduled to depart Rajamundry.

12.  Train No. 67296  Visakhapatnam- Rajamundry passenger scheduled to depart Visakhapatnam

    II. Trains Partially Cancelled:

1.Train No. 12806 Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam Jhanmaboomi scheduled to depart Secunderabad at 07 10hrs today 04.11.2012 is partially cancelled between Tenali and Visakhapatnam

2.Train No. 12805 Visakhapatnam- Secunderabad Jhanmaboomi  scheduled to leave Visakhapatnam at 06.00hrs today 04.11.2012 is partially cancelled between Visakhapatnam and Tenali and will run from Tenali till Secunderabad.

  Indian Railways News  / Indicators flashing wrong time leave WR commuters confused

On October 29 at 12.10 pm, an indicator on platform number two of Malad station on the Western Railway showed a train’s arrival time as 10 am. Puzzled commuters wondered if local trains had been delayed for some reason. However, not many may have imagined that the switch to a higher voltage of power supply could have led to the railway indicators going berserk.Malad is not an isolated case of indicators showing the wrong time.“The reason behind it is the 25,000 AC voltage current, which has replaced the 1,500 DC supply in March after the suburban section was converted to AC from DC. Now the power is too high and the indicators that were accustomed to 1,500 DC voltage are unable to sustain the 25,000 AC power supply. Thus, they hang or switch off automatically,” said a railway staff member at the station.“We are unable to tell whether the next train is fast or slow or what time it is going to arrive. Sometimes, indicators are switched off at Andheri station,” said a commuter Sunanda Singh, an Andheri resident. Commuters from Bandra station, too, are harrowed by failing local train indicators. “Many times, I left a fast train as the indicator showed that it is a slow train. When I talked to the railway staff, they could not give me a satisfactory answer,” said Shubha Joshi, an office-goer.When indicators were installed, they had power supply from the 1,500 DC line. But after the suburban section was converted to 25,000 volt AC from 1,500 volt DC, the faults with indicators emerged.Electricians have complained that even after repairing the indicators time and again, they tend to hang or turn off. “It is because of the fluctuation of power that these indicators fail. But we hope this problem will not persist,”’ said a WR official.

The glitch

The 25,000 AC voltage current has replaced the 1,500 DC supply in March after the suburban section was converted to AC from DC
Now the power is too high and the indicators that were accustomed to 1,500 DC voltage are unable to sustain the 25,000 AC power supply. Thus, they hang or switch off automatically

  Indian Railways News  / SCR diverts, cancels trains, sets up help-lines

Makes catering arrangements for those on board the trains.**********
South Central Railway has cancelled, partially cancelled, diverted and re-scheduled several trains due to water flowing above the danger level at a bridge across Thandava River between Tuni and Gullipadu on the Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam section of Vijayawada division.Accordingly, train No.18646 Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express (earlier re-scheduled to 4 p.m.) was cancelled.No. 17487 Tirupati-Visakhapatnam Tirumala Express that left on November 3 (between Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam) will return as no. 17488 from Rajahmundry. No.12728 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Godavari Express that left on Nov. 3 was also partially cancelled likewise and will return as No.12727 from Rajahmundry.No. 12862 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam Link Express which left Hazrat Nizamuddin on Nov. 2 (partially cancelled between Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam). No.11019 CST Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Konark Express that left on Nov. 3 was partially cancelled between Rajahmundry and Bhubaneswar, to return as No.11020 from Rajahmundry. No.22204 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Duronto Express that left on Nov. 3 (partially cancelled between Samalkot and Visakhapatnam) to return as No. 22203 from Rajahmundry.

No.17016 Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar Visakha Express that left on Nov. 3 (partially cancelled between Rajahmundry and Bhubaneswar) will run as a Passenger Special from Rajahmundry to Bhubaneswar at 5 p.m. on Nov. 4 via Vijayawada, Kazipet, Ballarshah, Nagpur, Raipur, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam. No. 12740 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Garibrath Express that left on Nov. 3 (partially cancelled between Rajahmundry and Visakahpatnam), will return as No.12739 from Rajahmundry. No.57229 Machilipatnam / Narasapur-Visakhapatnam has been partially cancelled between Rajahmundry- Visakhapatnam.

Train No. 12704 Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma Express that left on Nov. 3 was regulated at Tuni and no. 12375 Chennai-Asansol Express that left on Nov. 3 was regulated at Annavaram. Both were diverted to run via Vijayawada-Kazipet- Balharshah-Nagpur-Bilaspur- Jharsiguda-Tatanagar- Kharagpur.

The departures of train No.12704 Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma Express, no. 17016 Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar Visakha Express, no. 12728 Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam Godavari and no. 12740 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Garib Rath Express were re-scheduled.

Additional help-lines

In addition to the help-lines already set up at Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Samarlakota and Tuni, additional numbers have been made available.

The new numbers are 040-27786170/27786140 and 27700868 in Secunderabad, 040-23200865 (Hyderabad), 0870-2576430 and 2548660 (Kazipet) and 08742-224541 (Khammam). The helpline numbers already intimated are: 0866-2576796, 2575038, 2575036 (Vijayawada), 0883-2420541, 2420543 (Rajahmundry), 0884-2328824 (Samarlakota), 08854-256552, 253555 (Tuni).

Emergency Control Rooms have been opened at the Rail Nilayam here and at the Divisional Office at Vijayawada. Chief Engineers from SCR headquarters were rushed to Vijayawada Division to assess the field condition and assist in early restoration of services.

SCR has taken steps including catering arrangements on board the trains. Managers of Pantry Cars were contacted to ensure adequate supply of food on board.

For passengers of trains without a pantry, snacks and food packets were made available from the Platform Catering Stalls and by involving local voluntary organisations at Tuni, Rajahmundry and temple authorities at Annavaram and Samarlakota, apart from traders and merchant associations at Rajahmundry.

Full refund was granted to passengers of cancelled or partially cancelled trains apart from those on trains that were long delayed or rescheduled, on cancellation of tickets. Additional refund counters were opened at major stations, the release said.

Keeping in view the rail traffic disruption, 14 trains have been fully cancelled, 11 partially cancelled to avoid any further congestion on the Section.

Twelve long distance trains destined to Bhubaneswar/Howrah and beyond have been diverted via Kazipet, Balharshah and Nagpur to avoid waiting in the affected section. Four trains have been rescheduled.