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  Indian Railways News  / All eyes on Mamata as TMC leaders meet to take 'hard decision' - The Times of India

KOLATA: All eyes are on the Trinamool Congress parliamentary committee meeting at Town Hall in Kolkata on Tuesday where party chief Mamata Banerjee will take the "hard decision" she had announced in case the Congress-led UPA government refuses to yield to her rollback demand of the reform measures - hike in diesel prices, cap on subsidized LPG cylinders and FDI entry in multi-brand retail.

Railway minister Mukul Roy has already reached Town Hall with Trinamool MPs Tapas Pal and Satabdi Roy while others are on their way to the meeting. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is staying put at the Writers' Buildings, while Trinamool leaders keep waiting for the last minute calibration of reform measures following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Dehi. However, according to Trinamool insiders, no communication from Delhi has reached Kolkata from Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel as yet, raising eyebrows in the Trinamool camp.

Pressure is building on the Trinamool chief over her future course that includes pulling out of the UPA ministry, if not a pullout from the UPA. The Trinamool camp badly needs an escape route in the form of a partial rollback on the LPG front at least to break the political stalemate. Else, the Trinamool chief will have no option but to take the ultimate step.

Mamata Banerjee has her compulsions in West Bengal politics as well. Leader of the Opposition in the assembly Surjya Kanta Mishra said on Tuesday that he feared that the Trinamool sound and fury over the reform route will end in a whimper with Mamata Banerjee succumbing to the Congress pressure as she did during the presidential polls.

Caught in a bind the Trinamool chief has invited senior state ministers to the party's parliamentary committee meeting at Town Hall. Taking the cue, finance minister Amit Mitra has declined Chidambarm's offer to come to Delhi on Tuesday and discuss about the financial package for Bengal that was due in September.

  Indian Railways News  / RAIL NEWS CENTER: हथेली लगाओ और रेलवे रिजर्वेशन आसानी से पाओ!

भोपाल। भोपाल रेलवे स्टेशन पर रेलवे प्रशासन देश का पहला ऑटोमेटिक रिजर्वेशन सिस्टम लगाने जा रहा है। इसके तहत यात्रियों को ‘हथेली लगाओ और रिजर्वेशन का टोकन पाओ’ की व्यवस्था दी जाएगी। टोकन पर दिए नंबर के क्रमानुसार ही टिकट बनेगा। नए सिस्टम से मंगलवार सुबह से रिजर्वेशन मिलने लगेगा। रेलवे ने यह व्यवस्था यात्रियों को आसानी से रिजर्वेशन मिलने और दलालों पर लगाम लगाने के लिए की है। इस सिस्टम की विशेषता ये है कि एक बार टोकन लेकर लाइन में लगने वाला व्यक्ति तीन घंटे तक दोबारा रिजर्वेशन नहीं करवा सकेगा।

ऐसे करेगी कार्य : नई मशीन को रिजर्वेशन ऑफिस की एक नंबर विंडो पर (जहां वर्तमान में मैन्युअल टोकन दिए जाते हैं) लगाया जा रहा है। रिजर्वेशन करवाने वाले व्यक्ति को मशीन पर हथेली का इंप्रेशन देना होगा। इसके तुरंत बाद मशीन के भीतर से कागज की पर्ची का टोकन निकलेगा। पर्ची पर लिखे नंबर को रिजर्वेशन फार्म पर लिखकर जमा करना होगा। नंबर आने पर टोकन का नंबर स्क्रीन पर डिस्प्ले होगा।

इसके बाद आप विंडो पर जाकर अपना रिजर्वेशन टिकट बनवा सकेंगे।

यह आसानी होगी : वर्तमान में एक कर्मचारी को टोकन देना पड़ता है। साथ ही एक व्यक्ति कितनी बार रिजर्वेशन करवा रहा है, यह पता नहीं चल पा रहा है। नई मशीन लगते ही हथेली के इंप्रेशन से रेलवे प्रशासन आसानी से पता लगा सकेगा कि कौन सा व्यक्ति कितनी बार टोकन ले चुका है। इस मशीन में फीड किए गए सॉ टवेयर से एक से ज्यादा बार टोकन ले चुके व्यक्ति की जानकारी, उसने किस विंडो से रिजर्वेशन टिकट बनवाया आदि की जानकारी आसानी से मिल जाएगी। यह भी पता चल सकेगा कि किस व्यक्ति ने कितने टिकट बनवाए। ऐसी स्थिति में बार-बार टिकट बनवाने वाले व्यक्ति के खिलाफ कार्रवाई की जा सकेगी।

  Indian Railways News  / The Hindu : Today's Paper / NATIONAL : Special trains from October 1

South Western Railway will run special trains between Kacheguda-Bangalore, Yeshwantpur-Jaipur, Yeshwantpur-Ernakulam, Bangalore city-Patna, Bangalore city-Tirunelveli, and Mysore-Bangalore.

Kacheguda-Bangalore City Express Special (train no. 07685) will leave Kacheguda at 10 p.m. on Saturdays and arrive at Bangalore at 12.45 p.m. on Sundays. In the return direction, train no. 07686 will leave Bangalore city at 1.45 p.m. on Sundays and arrive at Kacheguda at 4.30 a.m. on Mondays. The first service from Kacheguda/Bangalore will be on October 20/21 and the last service will be on October 27/28 respectively.

The Yeshwantpur–Jaipur-Yeshwantpur Weekly Garib Rath Express Special (train no. 6511) will leave Yeshwantpur on Sundays at 5.20 a.m. and arrive at Jaipur at 4.05 a.m. on Tuesdays. In the return direction, train no. 06512 will leave Jaipur on Tuesdays at 3.30 p.m. and arrive at Yeshwantpur on Thursdays at 3.10 p.m. While the first service from Yeshwantpur is on September 30, the last service will be on November 25. The first service from Jaipur is on October 2 and the last service will be on November 27.

The Yeshwantpur – Ernakulam – Yeshwantpur Weekly Express Special (train no. 06543) will leave Yeshwantpur at 9.15 a.m. on Mondays and reach Ernakulam at 9.30 p.m. on Tuesdays. In the return direction, train no. 06544 will leave Ernakulam at 11 p.m. on Mondays and reach Yeshwantpur at noon on Tuesdays. The first service of the trains will be on October 1 and the last on November 26.

Bangalore City-Patna-Bangalore City Weekly Express Special (train no. 06513) will leave Bangalore city at 10.10 a.m. on Tuesdays and arrive at Patna at 9.50 a.m. on Thursdays. In the return direction, train no. 06514 will leave Patna at 8.10 p.m. on Thursdays and arrive at Bangalore city at 9 p.m. on Saturdays. The first service from Bangalore/Patna will be on September 25/27 and the last service will be on November 27/29.

Bangalore City-Tirunelveli-Bangalore City Weekly Express Special (train no. 06515) will leave Bangalore city at 6.45 a.m. and reach Tirunelveli at 7.30 p.m. on Sunday. From Tirunelveli, train no. 06516 will leave at 10.55 p.m. on Sundays and reach Bangalore city at 12.50 p.m. on Mondays. The first service will be on September 23 and the last service will be on November 25. And, Mysore-Bangalore city-Mysore Daily Express Special (train no. 06221) will leave Mysore at 8 a.m. and arrive at Bangalore city at 11.15 a.m. From Bangalore, train no. 06222 will leave at 12.05 p.m. and arrive at Mysore at 3.40 p.m. The service will be from October 1 to November 30.

  Indian Railways News  / RAIL NEWS CENTER: 04 MORE“GANPATI FESTIVAL” SPECIAL TRAINS ON KONKAN RAILWAY

04 MORE“GANPATI FESTIVAL” SPECIAL TRAINS ON KONKAN RAILWAY

ROUTE FOR ITS ESTEEMED & VALUABLE PASSENGERS

In addition to 134 Ganpati Special Trains already announced on Konkan Railway Route recently, in co-ordination with Central Railway, Konkan Railway has now introduced the following 04 additional Special Trains between Lokmanya Tilak (T) and Sawantwadi for the convenience of its most valuable and esteemed passengers. The details of these train services are as under:

01007/01008 LTT- Sawantwadi - Reserved Special:
Train No.
From
To
Departure / Arrival
Date
01007
LTT
Sawantwadi
16.55/ 06.30 Hrs  Next day
22/09/2012 & 29/09/2012
   
01008
Sawantwadi
LTT
07.10 / 20.45 Hrs   
23/09/2012 & 30/09/2012     

Halts at: The trains will halt at Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Khed, Chiplun, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, Rajapur, Vaibhavwadi, Nandgaon, Kankavali, Sindhudurg and Kudal stations. The train will have 22 coaches withcomposition of Twelve Sleeper Coaches, Two AC 3-Tiers, One AC 2 -Tier, Five General, Two and SLR Coaches.

With these additional train services, the total number of Ganpati Special Trains being run on Konkan Railway Route during this Ganesh Festival rises to 138. It is requested that wide publicity may kindly be given for the information and convenience of the esteemed passengers travelling on Konkan Railway Route.

  Indian Railways News  / The Hindu : NATIONAL / TAMIL NADU : Train services to begin on Friday

Train services on the newly converted broad gauge section of Tirunelveli–Tenkasi would commence on Friday. While three services would commence on Friday, the fourth one would commence on Saturday, a railway statement said.

Train No. 56797 Tirunelveli-Sengottah Passenger would leave Tirunelveli at 9.30 a.m. and arrive Tenkasi at 11.03 a.m. It would leave Tenkasi at 11.05 a.m. and reach Sengottah at 11.45 a.m.

Train No. 56799 Tirunelveli-Sengottah Passenger would leave Tirunelveli at 6.20 p.m. and arrive Tenkasi at 7.43 p.m. After a two-minute halt, it would depart from Tenkasi and reach Sengottah at 8.35 p.m. Train No. 56798 Sengottah-Tirunelveli Passenger would leave Sengottah at 3.15 p.m and arrive Tenkasi at 3.26 p.m. It would leave Tenkasi at 3.28 p.m. and reach Tirunelveli at 5.30 p.m.

Train No. 56796 Sengottah-Tirunelveli Passenger would commence its regular service from Sengottah on Saturday. It would leave Sengottah at 6.30 a.m. arrive Tenkasi at 6.41 a.m. leave Tenkasi at 6.43 a.m. and reach Tirunelveli at 8.45 a.m.

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