RAILWAY SAMACHAR

WR INITIATED 'ANMOL JEEVAN' AN ANTI TRESSPASSING DRIVE
670 Tresspassers caught in 6 days
Rs.1.96 lakh collected as fine from offenders
28 persons sent to jail
Mumbai : Western Railway has initiated 'Anmol Jeevan' a massive drive to curb trespassing on Suburban section. In six days of the drive started from 28th January, 2009 at five major stations i.e. Dadar, Bandra, Andheri, Jogeshwari & Borivali, 670 people have been caught while crossing the tracks and a fine of Rs.1.96 lakh has been realized till 3rd February, 2009. 28 persons have been sent to jail. Maximum persons caught trespassing are from Dadar where 296 persons have been booked for the offence. This special drive involves 80 RPF personnel as well as 25 commercial staff. Various measures and activities are being undertaken to curb trespassing, such as regular Public announcements at all stations, newspaper advertisements issued periodically and trespassing jingles played over the PA system and FM radio channels. Iron bar fencing has been put up between tracks at all suburban stations and walls have been erected along railway boundaries. Western Railway urges the public to value their lives and not cross tracks, but to use foot over bridges or subways provided.

WR SUBURBAN SERVICES AFFECTED DUE TO PUBLIC AGITATION

Western Railway services were today affected from 9.25 hrs due to the public agitation at Borivali station. Western Railway officers and senior police officials reached on the spot to pacify the crowd and the services were restored at 13.45 hrs. During the agitation Western Railway ran the services between Churchgate & Goregaon. Suryagari Express, Ranakpur Express & Kutch Express coming towards Mumbai were delayed where as Paschim Express and Vapi Passenger leaving Mumbai were delayed.

Due to theft of signal cable at Malad station, Western Railway services were running late by 15 to 20 minutes. Due to unavailability of rake, one 9.10 hrs local from Borivali was cancelled, which led to this agitation. Additional BEST bus services were run from Borivali. With the induction of new rakes Western Railway has increased services on its suburban network in a phased manner. From 1017 services in 2005-06, today we are running 1196 services, an increase of 179 services in four years. The increase in passengers on Western Railway mumbai suburban in last four years was 8.5 per cent where as carrying capacity has been increased by 21.5 per cent.

A new Health unit in the DRM office in Amdupura
A new Health unit in the DRM office in Amdupura was inaugurated by Shri Rajiv Misra, DRM-Ahmedabad on 4rd Feb-09 in the presence of Dr SS Rathaur, CMS-Ahmedabad, Shri R.N.Prasad,ADRM, Shri Rakesh Bahl,Chairman RRB and Shri N.D Chumbar Sr.DEN(HQ), Shri B.M.Meena SrDEE and all branch officers and representatives of recognised unions. The health unit will remain open on all working days and will provide emergency medical care to the 800 employees and officers working in the DRM-office.

WEEKEND SUPER FAST SPECIAL TRAINS TO MADGAON

Mumbai : Central Railway will run Weekend Special Trains between Mumbai and Madgaon from 13.2.2009 to 21.3.2009. These trains will be run over weekends, to benefit thousands of passengers. The train will halt only at Thane and Ratnagiri stations between CSTM and Madgaon.

Accommodation : One AC-2 Tier, Two AC-3 Tier, 8 Sleeper Class, 2 general second class, 2 general second class cum Guard's brake vans.

Fare from CSTM to Madgaon including reservation charges

Sleeper Class-Rs.313/-

3Tier AC- Rs.826/-

2Tier AC-Rs.1122/-

RESERVATION : Booking will open from 9.2.2009.

4 SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN CST AND KARWAR

Mumbai : Central Railways have decided to run 4 Special trains between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) and Karwar to clear the extra rush of Passengers as under:-

109 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus - Karwar special Train will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 11.55 pm on 17.2.2009 & 21.2.2009 and will reach Karwar at 2.00 pm on next day. 110 Karwar - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Special Train will leave Karwar at 3.00 pm on 18.2.2009 & 22.2.2009 and will reach Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 4.20 am next day.

Composition: These special trains will run with 17 coaches including 3 AC three tier, 8 sleeper class, 2 Second Class Chair Car, 2 General Second Class coach and 2 General Second Class cum guards brake vans.

Halts: Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, sangmeshwar, Ratnagiri, Vilawade, Rajapur, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Sawantwadi Road, Pernem, Thivim, Karmali, Madgaon, Canacona and Asnoti. Reservation for 109 & 110 specials will be open from 9.2.2009.

EXTENSION OF WEEKLY SUPER-FAST SPECIAL SERVISES

Railways have decided to extend the services of 0880/0879 Weekly Super-fast train between Bhubneshwar - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to clear the extra rush of Passengers as under:- 0880 Bhubneshwar - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Weekly Super-fast will leave Bhubneshwar at 7.20 am on every Monday and will reach Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 1.35 pm on next day from 9.2.2009 to 16.2.2009 (i.e. 2 trips). 0879 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Bhubneshwar Weekly Super-fast will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 00.15 hrs on every Wednesday and will reach Bhubneshwar at 7.10 am next day from 11.2.2009 to 18.2.2009 (i.e. 2 trips)

Composition: These special trains will run with 16 coaches including 1 AC two tier, 1 AC three tier, 8 sleeper class, 3 General Second Class coaches, 2 General Second Class cum guards brake vans and 1 Pantry Car.

Halts: Cuttack, Talcher Road, angul, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Raigarh, Champa, Bilaspur, Raipur, Durg, Gondia, Nagpur, Badnera, Akola, Bhusawal, Manmad, Nasik Road, Igatpuri and Kalyan. Reservation 0879 special train will be open from 7.2.2009.