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SER’s NEW GENERAL MANAGER
Mr. Ashok Kumar Jain has taken over as General Manager, South
Eastern Railway recently. He was working as Chief Mechanical Engineer,
DLW/Varanasi prior to this assignment.
Mr. Jain joined the Indian Railways service of Mechanical
Engineers in the year 1972. He has held many important positions in various
Zonal Railways including the prestigious appointment of Director/IRIMEE, the
premier Institute of Indian Railways situated at Jamalpur.
Mr. Jain was also posted in the National Railways at
Zimbawae as consultant. He has worked as DRM, S. Railway, Madurai Division and
Sr. Dy. General Manager, Eastern Railway.
He also takes personal initiatives for a better relation
with the valued customers of Railways and has the interest of the railway
passengers in his vision.
He is also keenly involved in various cultural and sports
activities for all round development of railway fraternity.
South Eastern Railway is committed to meet the high
standards and daunting targets set by Hon’ble Minister of Railways under his
able command.
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LAUNCHING
OF RAIL SAMPARK- 139 IN EASTERN ZONE
Integrated
Train Enquiry System(ITES) has been introduced in eastern part of the country
from 8th December, 2007. It
will cover the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa, Assam,
Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur and Sikkim.
The basic
enquiry services i.e. arrival and departure of trains, PNR status, availability
of accommodation and fare enquiry will be available at Telephone No.139. In the initial stage the service will be
available for MTNL, BSNL and Vodafone subscribers. The services from other Telecom Service
Providers will be made available shortly.
The subscriber will be able to access this facility by making local
calls without requiring any STD connection. Highly skilled and trained Customer
Care Executives have already been deployed to provide 24x7 customer care
service. In addition to Hindi and
English, enquiry services will also be available in Assamese, Bengali and Oriya
language for the eastern part of the country.
The
work of implementation of ITES is based on Public-Private Partnership
Model. Indian Railways Catering and
Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS)
are jointly implementing the project in the country. Operation and maintenance of Zonal Hubs and
Call Centres is being done by Railway Enquiry Franchisee.
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CRB REVIEWS SER PERFORMANCE IN HIGH LEVEL MEETING
Kolkata, Dec.12, 2007 :
Shri K.C.Jena, Chairman, Railway Board and Ex.Officio, the Principal Secretary to the Govt. of India reviewed performance of freight business of South Eastern Railway at its Headquarters, Garden Reach to-day in a high level meeting with the General Manager and Principal Officers. Besides, discussions were also held about next 3 months loading plans.
Chairman, Shri K.C.Jena after reviewing the performance has appreciated the role of S E Railway in freight business as well as the passenger business and inspired one & all for achieving the target fixed by the Railway Board.
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SOUTH EASTERN
RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
TEENAGER SCIENTISTS
MEET AT S E RAILWAY SCHOOL
Kolkata, December 19 :
A two-day
Teenager Scientist Meet 2007 was inaugurated by Smt.Archana Jain, President,
South Eastern Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation at S E Railway Mixed Higher
Secondary School, Santragachi today morning.
Ms.Kanwal Sachdev, Chief Personnel Officer(Admn) and other SERWWO
members also attended the occasion.
Around 70
students from different schools of S E Railway and local schools like Don
Bosco, St.Mary, Howrah Zilla School etc. are participating in the Scientists
Meet.
The Teenagers
Scientists Meet is held to create more awareness about scientific activities in
which students exhibit their knowledge, skills and talent in Science and
Technology and exchange their views. The
main object of holding such Scientists Meet is to develop scientific aptitude,
keen observation skill and to prepare the railway students for National level
science competition.
During
two-day meet students will interact on socio-scientific problems like global
warming, Bio-diversity, chemical pollutants.
Shri Samar Bagchi, Ex.Director, BITM, UNESCO member world museum, Shri
A.K.Mukhopadhyay, a science writer, Dr.Subhashish Maity, pioneer in
popularizing science amongst the people will be demonstrating various science
activities highlighting recent happenings.
On closing
ceremony a valedictory session will be conducted by Shri N.S.Kasturirangan,
Addl.General Manager, S.E.Railway.
The
Teenagers Scientists Meet will turn out to be very educative for the young
learners.
RECORD FREIGHT LOADING BY SER
South Eastern Railway has achieved a remarkable performance in originating freight loading during the first nine months of the current financial year i.e. from April to December, 2007.
During this period, S.E.Railway has loaded 80.5 million tones of revenue earning freight which is 8.2 million tones more than the corresponding period of last year thus registering a growth of 11.3%.
As a result of this commendable performance, S E Railway has been able to generate a freight earning of Rs.3863 crores which is Rs.303crores more than the corresponding period of last year registering a growth of 8.5%.
The major contribution to achieve this substantial growth in freight traffic during the above period is carrying of iron ore. During the period S.E.Railway has achieved a loading of 48.7 million tones of iron ore which is 7.4 million tones more as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
The other component of loading were 13.6 million tones of coal, 8.2 million tonnes of pig iron and finished steel, 4.52 million tones of cement, 2 million tones of general merchandised goods, 1.4 million tones of Raw Material to Steel Plant(except iron ore), 1 million tones of POL etc.
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HIGH LEVEL MEETING AT S E RAILWAY WITH CHAIRMAN, RRT
Hon’ble Justice Doraiswamy Raju, former Judge, Supreme Court of India and presently Chairman, Railway Rates Tribunal based at Chennai visited South Eastern Railway Headquarter and addressed Senior Railway Officers on 18.1.08.
Shri Raju said that Railway Rates Tribunal was initially constituted to address disputes between various Railway companies. However, after unification of Railways under one umbrella such disputes do not exist. Besides, there has been transparency in the fare & freight structure of Railways. He added that the tribunal also deals with any dispute arising about chargeable rate of freight on various commodities and said that with recent initiatives of S.E.Railway there are negligible disputes from S.E.Railway’s customers.
Railway Officers interacted about issues related to South Eastern Railway. Shri A.K.Jain, General Manager and Sri N.S.Kasturirangan, Addl.General Manager, South Eastern Railway were also present during the meeting.
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OPENING OF PRS AT
BARBIL
With a view to provide more facilities to the people of Barbil and its adjoining areas, South Eastern Railway inaugurated a Computerised Passenger Reservation System(PRS) at Barbil station on 26th January, 2008. The PRS at Barbil will remain opened from 8.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. in the first half and from 3.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. in the second half. The opening of this PRS will fulfill the long standing demand of the local people of Barbil.
Besides this, the unreserved tickets system (UTS) has also started functioning for quick issuing of unreserved tickets to avoid long queue.
PRS at Chaibasa has also started issuing tickets in two shifts i.e. from 8.00 hrs. to 20.00 hrs.
Chakradharpur division of S E Railway is also planning to introduce PRS terminal at Sundargarh Post Office. The staff of the postal department is being trained by Chakradharpur division for manning this PRS.
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EXHIBITION ON
TRAIN “SCIENCE EXPRESS”
AT KHARAGPUR (5th
& 6th FEBRUARY)
FREE ENTRY
:
Exhibition on Train “Science Express” was
flagged off by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Dr.Manmohan Singh from
Delhi, Safdarjung Station on 30th October, 2007 and is arriving
Kharagpur on 5th February, 2008.
The Exhibition train will be placed at saloon siding of Kharagpur
Railway station and will be opened for public on 5th & 6th
February from 10.00 to 18.00 hrs. The
students of all age kind will get ample opportunity to learn about the latest
developments in Science and Technology from this Mobile Exhibition Train. Entry
is free.
Ministry of Railway is providing all
necessary support for running of this Science Express in association with
Department of Science and Technology. This Science Express Mobile Exhibition
Train is a prestigious project of the Govt. of India in collaboration with the
German Govt. Officials of Department of Science & Technology will be
available for guidance related to the Exhibition and exhibits.
There are altogether 13 Exhibition coaches in
the train. S.E.Railway has made all arrangements to ensure smooth and
successful conduct of the Exhibition.
The Science Express has come to S E Railway first at Hatia(26th-30th
January) then at Rourkela(31st January to 4th February)
and is coming to Kharagpur on 5th February. S E Railway has provided all necessary
facilities to ensure smooth display.
S.E.Railway is also taking this opportunity
to educate the students about Railway Crossing Safety Rules and how to ensure
cleanliness at stations and trains by distribution of brochures and counseling
through senior Railway Officials.
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KHARAGPUR
ORGANIZES AN ATHLETIC MEET
Kharagpur Workshop Recreation Club organized an
annual Athletic Meet at SERSA Stadium, Kharagpur on 1st and 2nd
February, 2008.
Sri N.S.Kasturirangan, Addl.General Manager,
South Eastern Railway graced the concluding ceremony as Chief Guest and gave
away prizes to the Winners. Shri Ranjan
Tewari, Divisional Railway Manager, Kharagpur and Shri Samir Toppo, Chief
Workshop Manager, Kharagpur Workshop, Shri A.K.Behera, CWM, Wagon Shop, Shri
P.K.Ganguly, Dy.FA&CAO and Sports Officer, Kharagpur Workshop were also
present at the meet.
Altogether 250 employees including 50 lady
employees from various units of Kharagpur Workshop participated in the events
like short and long distance Runs, Jumps and Throws etc. After keen competition Diesel Shop emerged as
Champion with 78 points and Shri Y.Sambha Siba of Diesel Shop was declared as
best athletic of the meet.
There was some attractive events like
Luck-in-Music, Balance Race, Breaking the Jar etc. for the guest officers and
their views.
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RECORD
GROWTH IN SER’S PASSENGER TRAFFIC
South Eastern Railway during the
first nine months(i.e. April to December) of the current financial
year(2007-08) has carried 139 million passengers generating a revenue of Rs.536
crores. The growth in passenger earnings
has been 12.3% as compared to corresponding period of last year. Out of the 139 million passengers, 65 million
were suburban and 74 million were non suburban passengers.
Ticket checking was also intensified
on the entire network of South Eastern Railway during the above period. A total number of 1,22,244 passengers without
ticket or with improper tickets were fined and 5,68,007 unbooked luggage cases
were detected. Railway earned Rs.4.2
crores from ticket less travelers and Rs.2.6 crores from unbooked luggage cases
during the period.
SER BAGGED FIRST PRIZE IN GARDEN
FLOWER SHOW
BNR Garden of South
Eastern Railway participated in the Annual Garden Show Competition organized by
Agri-Horticultural Society of India, Alipore, Kolkata from 8th to 10th
February, 2008 and bagged the First Prize.
A good number of
prominent Factory Gardens with an area upto 1000 square meters in and around
Kolkata participated in the competition, out of which BNR Garden of South
Eastern Railway won the first prize and bagged the B.K.Kharuka Challenge Cup.
In the annual
flower show competition South Eastern Railway bagged 2nd prize in
Cut Flower Group where the roses of BNR Garden drew the attention of the
eminent Horticulturists and Viewers.
S.E.Railway also won two special prizes in the other categories of
flower show.
Shri Subodh Kant
Sahay, Hon’ble Minister of State of Food Processing industries(Independent
Charge), Govt. of India attended the function as Chief Guest and gave away
prizes to the winners. Eminent
Industrialists and distinguished guests from the organizations/corporate
sectors were also present on the occasion.
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SER ACHIEVES BEST EVER LOADING
IN JANUARY’08
South Eastern Railway loaded 10.05 million tones of revenue
earning freight in January, 2008 which is the best ever loading performance in a
single month. This is the first time S.E.Rly recorded double digit freight
loading figure in a particular month. Besides, S.E.Railway has also achieved a
record breaking freight loading of 90.5 million tones during the first ten
months i.e. April to January of the current financial year thus registering a
growth of 11.5%.
Loading of iron ore has been the major contributing factor behind
this spectacular performance. During the period from April to January, SER
loaded 54.9 million tones of iron ore which is 18% more than the corresponding
period of last financial year. SER loaded 55 rakes of iron ore per day in Jan.’08
as against 46 rakes last year.
The other major components of loading during the above period were
15.2 million tones of coal, 9.2 million tones of Pig iron & Finished steel,
5.13 million tones of cement, 1.6 million tones of raw materials to Steel Plant
(except Iron ore) and 2.3 million tones of general merchandised goods.
The above performance has been achieved despite less number of
wagons in the system as compared to last year and efforts in reducing wagon
turn round. The wagon turn round has come down to about 1.7 days as compared to
2.1 day last year by reducing detentions in terminals and faster clearance of
rakes from terminals and yards.
As a result of this commendable performance, S.E.Railway has been
able to generate a record freight earning of Rs. 4381 crores during the period
from April to January which is Rs. 381 crores more than the corresponding
period of last financial year thus recording a growth of 9.5%.
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RECORD
GROWTH IN SER’S PASSENGER TRAFFIC
:
South
Eastern Railway during the first ten months (i.e. April to January) of the
current financial year (2007-08) has carried 154 million passengers generating
a revenue of Rs.594 crores. The growth
in passenger earnings has been 12% as compared to corresponding period of last
year. Out of the 154 million passengers,
72 million were suburban and 82 million were non-suburban passengers.
Ticket
checking was also intensified on the entire network of South Eastern Railway
during the above period. A total number of
1,36, 272 passengers without ticket or with improper tickets were fined and
6,34,948 unbooked luggage cases were detected.
Railway earned Rs.4.7 crores from ticket less travelers and Rs.2.9
crores from unbooked luggage cases during the period.
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EXHIBITION ON
TRAIN- “AZADI EXPRESS” AT ROURKELA,
HATIA, TATA
& KHARAGPUR
Exhibition on Train “Azadi Express” flagged
off from Delhi, Safdarjung on 28th September, 2007 is arriving Rourkela,
Hatia, Tatanagar and Kharagpur stations of South Eastern Railway. The Azadi Express train will be placed for
public viewing on 28th, 29th February and 1st
March, 2008 at Rourkela, 2nd, 3rd & 4th
March at Hatia, 5th March at Tatanagar and 6th to 7th
March at Kharagpur. Entry is free.
The Ministry of Railway has contributed by
providing 12 exhibition coaches in the train.
These coaches have also been modified according to the requirement of
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
The object of running this Azadi Express is
to commemorate important events such as 150th Year of First War of
Independence 1857, the 60th Anniversary of Independence and other
related events.
South Eastern Railway has made all
arrangements to ensure smooth and successful conduct of the exhibition.
S.E.Railway is also taking this opportunity
to educate the people about Railway Crossing Safety Rules and how to ensure
cleanliness at stations and trains by distribution of brochures and counseling
through senior Railway Officials.
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CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE KIOSK INAUGURATED
A ‘Customer Assistance Kiosk’ has been inaugurated at the Controller of Stores Office of South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach, this afternoon by Shri A.K.Jain, General Manager, South Eastern Railway. With the operation of this Customer Kiosk, suppliers now can be aware of the status of their tenders, orders, amendments, requests etc. They can even be aware of business opportunity volume for a particular item or industry.
This Kiosk has been introduced for the first time in Indian Railways in which internal computer system has been connected through this Kiosk to Internet. This integrated programme has been developed totally in-house by the Senior Officers of Stores department. This will bring total transparency in tender activities and will help the customers in getting information regarding material management of SER.
Amongst others, Sri N.S.Kasturirangan, Addl.General Manager, Sri K.C.Trivedi, Controller of Stores and other Principal Officers of South Eastern Railway were present on the occasion.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
SER TO RUN
SUMMER SPECIAL TRAINS TOWARDS
PURI AND
HYDERABAD
Kolkata,
Feb:29, 2008 :
In order to clear extra rush of passengers
during the ensuing summer season, S.E.Railway has decided to run 19 pairs of
Weekly Superfast Summer Specials towards Puri and 8 pairs of Weekly Summer
specials towards Hyderabad on different nominated days during the period from 1st
April to 25th June, 2008.
Out of 19 pairs of Puri Specials, 6 pairs
will run as 0807/0808 and remaining 13 pairs will run as 0895/0896. 0807
Howrah-Puri Superfast Express will leave Howrah on every Tuesday during the
period from 20.5.08 to 24.06.08 at 20.55 hrs and will reach Puri at 6.00 hrs.
on the next day. In the return direction
0808 Puri-Howrah superfast express will leave Puri on every Wednesday at 21.45
hrs during the period from 21.05.08 to 25.6.08 and will reach Howrah at 6.45
hrs. on the following day.
0895 Howrah-Puri Superfast Express will leave
Howrah on every Wednesday between 2.4.08 and 25.6.08 at 20.55 hrs and will
reach Puri at 6.00 hrs on the next day.
In the return direction 0896 Puri-Howrah superfast express will leave
Puri on every Tuesday between 1.4.08 and 24.6.08 at 21.45 hrs and will reach
Howrah at 6.45 hrs on the next day.
The train having AC-2 tier, AC-3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Second
Class coach including luggage van will
have stoppages at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Cuttack,
Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road and Sakhigopal between Howrah –Puri-Howrah.
745 Howrah-Hyderabad Weekly Special will
leave Howrah on every Wednesday during the period from 30.4.08 to 18.6.08 at
16.10 hrs and will reach Hyderabad at 21.45 hrs on the next day. In the return direction, 746 Hyderabad-Howrah
Weekly Special will leave Hyderabad on every Monday at 21.50 hrs during the
period from 28.4.08 to 16.6.08 and will reach Howrah at 3.10 hrs on every
Wednesday. The train having AC-2 tier,
AC-3 tier, Sleeper Class and General Second Class coaches including luggage van
and will have stoppages at Kharagpur, Balasore and Bhadrak in SER’s
jurisdiction.
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SOUTH
EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS
RELEASE
EXHIBITION
ON TRAIN- “AZADI EXPRESS” AT TATANAGAR
Kolkata, March 4th:
Exhibition on Train
“Azadi Express” flagged off from Delhi, Safdarjung on 28th
September, 2007 is arriving Tatanagar on 5th March, 2008. The train
will be placed for public viewing at Bay Line of Tatanagar station on 5th
March. Entry is free.
The Azadi Express train
has come to S. E. Railway first at Rourkela (28th Feb. to 1st
March) and then at Hatia (2nd March to 4th March). The
Mobile Exhibition Train will move to Kharagpur from Tatanagar and the Exhibition
at Kharagpur will be held on 6th & 7th March.
The Ministry of Railway
has contributed by providing 12 exhibition coaches in the train. These coaches have also been modified
according to the requirement of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
The object of running
this Azadi Express is to commemorate important events such as 150th
Year of First War of Independence 1857, the 60th Anniversary of
Independence and other related events.
South Eastern Railway has
made all arrangements to ensure smooth and successful conduct of the
exhibition.
S. E. Railway is also
taking this opportunity to educate the people about Railway Crossing Safety
Rules and how to ensure cleanliness at stations and trains by distribution of brochures
and counseling through senior Railway Officials.
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CLAIM SETTLEMENT CAMP
Kolkata,
Feb:4, 2008 :
A “CLAIM
SETTLEMENT CAMP” was organized by the South Eastern Railway on 4th
March, 2008 to provide better after sale service to our esteemed
customers. The idea was to expedite
disposal of pending claims on compensation and refund of freight etc. Such
Claim Settlement Camp was organized for the first time by S.E.Railway and is
one of the most powerful redressal machinery.
About 50 representatives of various railway
customers were present in the camp.
Senior officers of Commercial department and from Accounts department
have together heard their cases and suggestions for expeditious clearance.
It is expected that the claim cases which
have been raised during this claim settlement camp will be cleared within a
short period.
Shri P.S.Roy, Chief Commercial Manager of
South Eastern Railway under leadership of Sri A.K.Jain, General Manager, was
instrumental in organizing this face to face interaction of the esteemed
customers so that any disputed issues can be resolved then and there.
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RPF MITRA YOJANA LAUNCHES IN S.E.RAILWAY
Kolkata, March 5th :
With a view to provide more security of the passengers, South Eastern Railway launched “RPF Mitra Yojana” to build up friendly relation, free and fair communication between Railway Protection Force and Passengers/Public at S.E.Railway Headquarters, Garden Reach, recently.
On this occasion, a meeting was held by Shri S.K.Parhi, Addl.Chief Security Commissioner, S E Railway and explained the objectives of RPF Mitra Yojana and motivated them to be a part of it in controlling criminal activities as well as building good image of RPF and Railways. The persons who were helped by RPF Personnel at any point, officers from NGO “Praajak”, social workers and other reputed persons from all divisions of S E Railway participated in the meeting.
An integrated security plan has been drawn up to strengthen railway security to the passengers. Suitable preventive measures were discussed to control the problems of robbery, snatching, dacoity and other criminal activities both in running trains and railway premises. The meeting helped in appreciating the problems faced by the rail-users and passengers and the efforts taken by the Railway Protection Force and Govt.Railway Police
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
SURPASSING RECORDS OF 2006-07 IN ELEVEN
MONTHS
March, 10, 2008 :
S.E.Railway has achieved a
record breaking freight loading of 100.24 million tones during the first eleven
months i.e. April to February of the current financial year thus registering a
growth of 12.2% and has surpassed the loading of 2006-07(whole year) by
February 2008 itself.
South Eastern Railway has
loaded 9.71 million tones of revenue earning freight in February 2008 which is
the best ever loading performance in the month of February of any year since
the inception of reorganized South Eastern Railway after its trifurcation of 1st
April, 2003.
Loading of Iron Ore has
been the major contributing factor behind this spectacular performance. During the period from April to February,
S.E.Railway loaded 60.9million tones of iron ore which is 19% more than the corresponding
period of last financial year.
S.E.Railway loaded 56 rakes of iron ore per day in February 2008 as
against 46 rakes last year.
The other major
components of loading during the above period were 16.7 million tones of coal,
10.1 million tones of pig iron and finished steel, 5.7 million tones of cement,
1.8 million tones of raw materials to steel plants (except iron ore) and 2.6
million tones of general merchandise goods.
As a result of this
commendable performance, S.E.Railway has been able to generate a record freight
earning of Rs.4882 crores during the period from April to February which is 477
crores more than the corresponding period of last financial year thus recording
a growth of 10.8%.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
SER TO ADD MORE
AMENITIES IN PASSENGER COACHES
Kolkata,
March 7, 2008 :
To provide improved facilities to the
passengers and keeping in view the commitment of the modernization work in
Railways, South Eastern Railway has upgraded a rake consisting of 16 coaches
with modern gadgets like laptop, mobile charging in all A.C. and Sleeper
Coaches, cushioned seats in General Coaches as well as Luggage Vans etc. This improved rake will first run in Amravati
Express between Howrah and Vasco(Goa).
This rake has superior quality of examination
in the workshop and will require attention only after 18 months instead of
earlier 12 months. This system of
workshop attention to the coaches will enhance availability of coaches to the
passengers and can be instrumental in overcoming shortages of coaches in the
system.
Shri A.K.Jain, General Manager, South Eastern
Railway witnessed the first run of the empty rake from Kharagpur Workshop to
open line today. Shri A.K.Toppo, Chief
Workshop Manager along with his team was present on the occasion.
This upgraded rake fitted with multipurpose
facilities will relieve the monotony of the passengers during their long
strenuous journey. General Second Class
coaches have been cushioned to provide more comfort. The use of upgraded fire retardant materials
will not only improve the coach aesthetics but will also enhance the passenger
comfort and safety.
Kharagpur Workshop is an integrated workshop
of Indian Railways with a distinction of ISO 9001-2000.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
SER TO PROVIDE MORE AMENITIES
IN PASSENGERS COACHES
Kolkata, March 17th
In order to make improvement in passengers coaches and to provide better services to the passengers, South Eastern Railway have extended laptop and mobile charging facility in A.C. and Sleeper coaches. Altogether 146 A.C. coaches and 537 Sleeper Coaches have been turned out from Kharagpur Workshop in this financial year with this amenity. This will give the customers facility of using mobile and laptop easily.
On the safety improvement front, 30 Sleeper Coaches and 4 AC coaches have already been turned out with the light emitting diode (LED) type emergency lights which will guide passengers during emergency. Besides fire retardant curtains, foam and seat cover are being provided in all the coaches maintained at Kharagpur Workshop.
Enhancing the satisfaction level of the passengers with improved services has now been a significant priority area in South Eastern Railway.
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SOUTH
EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
RECORD
GROWTH IN SER’S PASSENGER TRAFFIC
Kolkata,
March 14th, 2008 :
South
Eastern Railway during the first eleven months (i.e. April to February) of the
current financial year (2007-08) has carried 169 million passengers generating
a revenue of Rs.654 crores. The growth in passenger earnings has been
12.5% as compared to corresponding period of last year. Out of the 169 million passengers, 79 million
were suburban and 90 million were non-suburban passengers.
Ticket
checking was also intensified on the entire network of South Eastern Railway
during the above period. A total number
of 1,48,948 passengers without ticket or with improper tickets were fined and
6,97,308 unbooked luggage cases were detected.
Railway earned Rs.5.1 crores from ticket less travelers and Rs.3.2
crores from unbooked luggage cases during the period.
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SER TO RUN SUPERFAST HOLI SPECIAL
TOWARDS PURI
In order to clear extra rush of passengers
during ensuing Holi festival, South Eastern Railway has decided to run one pair
superfast special train towards Puri on 20th March, 2008 from Howrah
and 23rd March ’08 from Puri to Howrah respectively.
The superfast special train (0809) leaving
Howrah at 20.55 hrs on 20th March’08 will arrive Puri at 06.00 hrs,
the next day. In the return direction,
the superfast special train (0810) leaving Puri at 22.45 hrs will arrive Howrah
at 09.00 hrs, the next day.
The superfast special train consisting of 18 coaches
(sleeper class-13, AC 2 tier-1, AC 3 tier-1, ordinary class-1 and luggage
van-2) will have stoppages at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur - Keonjhar
Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Khurda Road between Howrah and Puri.
WORKING HOURS OF COMPUTERISED
RESERVATION OFFICES DURING HOLI
All computerized Reservation Offices in Kolkata and Howrah area
(including North and South 24-Paraganas) will function from 14.00 hrs to 18.00
hrs on 21.3.08 (Friday) during “DOL YATRA/HOLI”.
However, the manual counters at Howrah will function as usual.
86th ZONAL OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATIONCOMMITTEE
MEETING HELD AT GRC ON 31ST MARCH 08
SER SURPASSES THE TARGET, GM DECLARES IN
53RD. RAILWAY WEEK CELEBRATION
SER SURPASSES THE TARGET, GM DECLARES IN
53RD. RAILWAY WEEK CELEBRATION
The 53rd. Railway Week was celebrated at BNR
Officers’ Club, Garden Reach with enthusiasm and gaiety on 10-4-2008.
Shri
A.K.Jain, General Manager, South Eastern Railway graced the occasion as Chief
Guest while Shri Swapan Kr. Chowdhuri, Additional General Manager, South
Eastern Railway presided over the function. Altogether, 120 selected railway
staff and officers were felicitated with merit certificates and efficiency
badges in recognition to their out-standing services in the year 2007-08. The
Overall Efficiency Shield i.e. Blue Chip Shield was awarded to Adra Division
for the best all round performance. Kharagpur Division was awarded Safety,
Rolling Stock Maintenance and Special Efficiency Shields while Chakradharpur
Division was awarded Electrical, Karmamitra, S&T Engineering and Operations
Shields and Ranchi Division was awarded Track Maintenance, Security &
Project Management Shields. Bokaro Steel City Station has been regarded as the
best kept station.
Shri
A.K.Jain, General Manager, South Eastern Railway while welcoming the awardees
and mammoth gathering expressed happiness for the record breaking performance
of this railway during the year 2007-08 just gone by. Shri Jain said that South
Eastern Railway loaded 111 million tones of revenue earning freight surpassing
the target of 109 million tones fixed by the Railway Board. For this tremendous
performance, South Eastern Railway has been one of the highest freight carriers
of the Indian Railways Shri Jain added. General Manager stated that the growth
in 2007-08 has been more than 12% in originating freight than the last year. As
a result of this remarkable performance South Eastern Railway has been able to
generate a record earnings of Rs.5,443 crores from freight traffic which is 566
crores more than the pervious year registering a growth of 12% General Manager
stated. General Manager further stated that S.E.Railway not only enjoys the
distinction of generating the highest earnings but also enjoys the reputation
of being the thriftiest railway with the best operating ratio of 54.8% and
maximum surplus.
S.E.Railway
has adopted “Mission Possible” as its motto. In 2007-08
there has been a
paradigm shift in its working. All operating parameters have shown significant
improvements in the last quarter especially in Wagon Turn Round which has come
down to 1.5 days in March 2008 and is a land mark in the history of railways.
S.E.Railway is now able to move faster wagon /rakes and generates better
revenue for railways and serves its valued customers to their satisfaction. The
efforts in improving operations have given a lot of results and loaded 12%
above last year with 10% lesser wagon fleet thus reducing the terminal
detention by 31% at various loading/un-loading points, as stated by the Head of
S.E.Railway.
In the passenger front, General Manager said
that South Eastern Railway carried 185.7 million passengers in 2007-08 which is
6.8 million passengers more than the previous year, resulting in earnings of
Rs. 721 crores. Passenger amenities have been given a boost with provision of
PRS, UTS, UTS-cum-PRS and ATVMS etc. S.E.Railway has also made a lot of improvement
in facilitating access to the stations, the circulating areas with special
thrust on cleanliness. Divisions are apt to improve the railway colonies as
model colonies for which initiatives have been taken for all amenities of
healthier colonies.
In respect
of on-going projects, General Manager said that South Eastern Railway completed
the BDR Gauge Conversion Project during thecurrent financial year and
commercial train services were started from January 2008. Similarly the gauge
conversion project between Baripada and Bhanjpur was also completed and
commissioned in February 2008.
General
Secretaries of S.E.Railway Officers’ Association, Promotee Officers’
Association and Staff Union also spoke in the occasion.
Shri Swapan
Kr. Chowdhuri, Additional General Manager, South Eastern Railway proposed vote
of thanks.
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BIRTH
ANNIVERSARY OF
BABA SAHEB AMBEDKAR OBSERVED BY SER
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF
BABA SAHEB AMBEDKAR OBSERVED BY SER
117th Birth Anniversary of Bharat Ratna
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was observed at S E Railway Headquarters, Garden Reach on 15th
April,2008.
Shri A.K.Jain, General Manager, South Eastern
Railway along with staff and officers paid respectful homage to the illustrious
son of India and the father of the Indian constitution. In a simple and solemn ceremony, floral
tributes were also paid by the General Manager, Officers, staff and various
organizations including SC/ST Associations.
Railway reiterated to work for the upliftment
of the weaker and downtrodden section of the people of the country following
the ideals of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar.
Amongst others who were present on the
occasion were Shri Swapan Kumar Chowdhuri, Addl.General Manager, South Eastern
Railway, Senior Railway Officers and representatives of Railway Unions &
Associations.
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FOUNDATION STONE OF NEW STATION BUILDING
AT JOYCHANDIPAHAR LAID
Shri Basudeb Acharia, Hon’ble Member of Parliament and
Chairman, Standing Committee on Railways laid the foundation stone of a New Station
Building at Joychandipahar on 6th. April, 2008.
Shri Rabindra Nath Hembram, Hon’ble MLA and Smt. Uma Rani
Bauri, Hon’ble MLA attended the function as Guests of Honour and spoke on the
occasion.
Shri Basudeb Acharia, Hon’ble MP and Chairman, Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Railways while laying the foundation stone of the new
station building said that after completion it would be one of the best station
buildings in the entire South Eastern Railway Zone. He said that expansion of
railway network is one of the basic needs for industrialization of an area and
also spoke about the different projects of railway which have been taken up for
development of Purulia District. He added that new steel and power plants are
coming up in the district and keeping this in view it has been decided by the
Railway Ministry to approve the doubling of Burnpur-Asansol Section to
strengthen the railway infrastructure in the area. He further stated that the
doubling of Damodar-Mohilshila Section is under the consideration of the
Railway Ministry. While congratulating the S.E.Railway Administration for the
record freight loading of 111 million tones in 2007-08, Shri Acharia said that
the initiatives taken by the Ministry would further help in development of
Joychandipahar as a tourist spot. He also spoke about the electrification work
of Purulia Station, completion of gauge conversion of BDR line and proposed
extension of the line from Rainagar to Masagram.
Shri A.K.Jain, General Manager, S.E.Railway, while
delivering his keynote address said that the station building is a part of the
doubling work between Adra-Joychandipahar [4.4 KMs.] which would connect
Kharagpur to Asansol via Adra. The estimated cost of the project would be
Rs.25.30 crores likely to be completed by December 2009 and would increase the
line capacity of the Kharagpur-Adra-Burnpur-Mohishila Section. Shri Jain
further stated that the proposed new station building would have 997 square
meter area where a Booking Office with 4 counters, a concourse, improved
circulating area, high level platform, upper and second class waiting halls,
VIP-cum-meeting room, retiring room, dormitory etc. would be made available for
rail users. Proper platform shed and arrangement for sitting and drinking water
with provision for
catering facilities would also be available. General Manager
also stated
that the station building would be given a unique
architectural façade which would become a land mark structure in the area.
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SOUTH
EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS
RELASE
S.E.RAILWAY
GENERAL MANAGER AWARDED
Shri
A.K.Jain, General Manager, South Eastern Railway has been awarded for his
outstanding contribution in Social Works & Administration by the Mother
Teresa International & Millennium Award Committee. This prestigious award was conferred at a
colourful function held at Loreto Convent School, Entally, Kolkata recently by
Rev. P.S.P.Raju, Bishop of Kolkata to Shri Jain, General Manager, S.E.Railway.
Shri Jain has delivered results and has
developed expertise in Production and Operations Management apart from
mastering Diesel Locomotive Technologies.
He was responsible for opening up business opportunities for Indian
Railways in the Latin American Continent.
He was deputed to Zimbabwe Railways as a Consultant for four years where
he enabled revitalization of locomotive fleet and rehabilitated the transport
services. He also worked as Director of
the prestigious Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical & Electrical
Engineering at Jamalpur where he also participated in the National Literacy
Mission by holding adult education classes in villages for four years.
Sri Jain within a short span of four months
as General Manager, S.E.Railway has brought significant change in performance
levels and the all-round “performance band” has shifted higher by a stupendous
20% , which enabled the Railways to achieve a record loading of 111 Million
Tonnes.
This prestigious award is also given for
outstanding works in the fields of Education, Sports, Medicine, Industry, Film
Direction etc. Eminent personalities
including His Excellency, Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, General (Retd.),
J.J.Singh were awarded in this ceremony.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
RECORD FREIGHT LOADING & EARNING BY
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
Kolkata,
May 8 :
South Eastern Railway has achieved a
remarkable performance in originating freight loading during the month of April
of the current financial year i.e. 2008-09.
The Railway generated freight earnings of Rs.553 crores during the month
of April, 2008, thus recording a growth of 39 %.
During the month, S E Railway loaded 9.9
million tones of revenue earning freight, thus registering a growth of 17.5% in
comparison with the corresponding month of last year.
Loading of iron ore has been the major
contributing factor behind this spectacular performance. During the month, S E Railway loaded 6.4 million
tones of iron ore which is 28% more than the corresponding month of last
year. This railway loaded 59 rakes of
iron ore per day in April 2008 as against 47 rakes last year.
The other major components of loading during
this period were 1.5 million tones of coal, 0.82 million tones of pig iron
& finished steel, 0.54 million tones of cement, 0.21 million tones of raw
materials to Steel Plants (except iron ore) and 0.28 million tones of general
merchandised goods.
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South Eastern Railway
Press Release
Computerization of Railway Receipt
Kolkata,
June 24, 2008 :
South
Eastern Railway has started generating computerizing Railway Receipts through a
large network of computerized Freight
Operations Information System.
Presently, Railway Receipts are being issued at 49 loading locations over
S.E.Railway. The system is capable of
generating Railway Receipt (RR) at the siding itself. The Railway Receipt can
be seen at any of the terminal where the goods has to be received, thus dispensing
the physical transfer of RR from the originating point to the terminal
point.
Freight
Operations Information System
(FOIS) has been one of the major achievement in computerization of the working
in Railway after Passenger Reservation system(PRS). FOIS is an on-line system for management and
control of freight movement and enables freight customers to have instant
access to information regarding the current status of their consignments in
transit. This also enables Railway to plan the empty movement to the siding and
at the same time provides the customers the basic data of loading and unloading
time taken at the siding/goods sheds. FOIS yields a unified freight data base
for all Indian Railways as of PRS and helps Railways in reducing detention of
the rakes at sidings or enroute.
FOIS has been implemented in S E Railway at
67 terminals by 2007-08. Further, 23
terminals are likely to be covered in 2008-09. This system has been
instrumental in improving the Railway’s efficiency and has been the most
effective instrument in ensuring optimum utilization of stock leading to
increase of 12% in loading and also 12% in freight earnings of S.E.Railway.
The system has in fact started giving results
which can be seen in the form of reduced wagon turn round as compared to the
previous year.
The system is aimed at –
1. Providing timely information to the freight customers
so that they can organize and arrange loading and unloading at minimum
cost(machines & labours) thereby helping in their Inventory Management.
2. Providing information to the freight customers about
their rake and the transit time (tracking the rake).
3. Helping electronic transfer of freight amount from the
customers account to railway account directly, thereby dispensing physical
handling of cash and draft/cheque etc.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
ACCOMMODATION STILL AVAILABLE IN SER
SUMMER SPECIAL TRAINS
Kolkata,
14th May :
To clear the extra rush of passengers during
the ongoing summer season, South Eastern Railway is running 35 pairs of Special
trains towards Puri, Hyderabad and Mysore.
Out of these, 19 pairs Weekly Superfast Summer Specials are running
between Howrah-Puri-Howrah, 8 pairs Weekly Summer Special are running between
Howrah-Hyderabad-Howrah and another 8 pairs between Howrah-Mysore-Howrah.
Accommodation is available in Sleeper Class,
AC-2 Tier and AC-3 Tier in the following Summer Special Trains:-
i)
0807 Howrah-Puri Superfast
Summer Special leaving Howrah on every Tuesday during the period from 20th
May to 24th June, 2008.
ii)
0895 Howrah-Puri
Superfast Summer Special leaving Howrah on every Wednesday during the period
from 14th May to 25th June, 2008.
iii)
745
Howrah-Hyderabad Summer special leaving Howrah on every Wednesday during the
period from 14th May to 18th June, 2008.
iv)
0803
Howrah-Mysore Summer Special leaving Howrah on every Friday during the period
from 16th May to 20th June, 2008.
Apart from these, a number of Mail/Express
trains have been augmented by attaching one or two extra coaches for
convenience of travelling public.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
HOWRAH –
AMARAVATI SUPERFAST TO RUN AS EXPRESS
TRAIN FROM 1ST JULY,2008
Kolkata, May 16:
Howrah-Amaravati Superfast starts from Howrah and goes to Vasco(Goa) is presently running as Superfast train with number 2847/2848.
The train number is being changed 8047/8048 with effect from 1st July, 2008 and will run as express train.
Howrah-Amaravati Express consisting of 19 coaches (Sleeper-8, AC 3 tier-1, AC 2 tier-1, ordinary class-4, Luggage Van-2 and leased VP-3) will have important stoppages at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Brahmapur, Palasa, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Vijayawada,a Dhone, Bellary, Hubli and Londa between Howrah and Vasco.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
S.E.RAILWAY
INTENSIFIES TICKET CHECKING
Kolkata, May 16, 2008:
Ticket checking has been intensified in April 2008 on the entire network of South Eastern Railway. A total number of 13,758 passengers without ticket or with improper ticket were fined and 65,283 unbooked luggage cases were detected. S.E.Railway earned Rs.49 lakhs from ticketless travellers and Rs.29 lakhs from unbooked luggage cases.
The ticket checking drive was taken up in all four divisions of S.E.Railway i.e. Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur and Ranchi. Major checks were conducted on run in trains. Besides, fortress checks were conducted at important stations like Ranchi, Kharagpur, Bokaro Steel City, Tatanagar, Rourkela, Balasore, Burnpur, Adra etc.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS
RELEASE
S.E.RAILWAY
CARRIES 16.3
MILLION
PASSENGERS
Kolkata, May 17, 2008
South Eastern Railway during the month of April of the current financial year i.e. 2008-09 has carried 16.3 million passengers generating revenue of Rs.63 crores. The growth in passenger earnings has been 3.5% as compared to the corresponding month of last year. Out of 16.3 million passengers, 7.2 million were suburban and 9.1 million were non-suburban passengers.
The growth in passenger sector is being sustained by increasing number of coaches in long distance trains.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
S E R OBSERVES ANTI-TERRORISM DAY
Kolkata,
May 21, 2008 :
The Anti-Terrorism Day was observed at South Eastern Railway Headquarters, Garden Reach, this morning. Shri A.K.Jain, General Manager, South Eastern Railway administered oath to all staff and officers to uphold and promote peace, social harmony and understanding amongst all fellow railway men and fight against the forces of disruption threatening human lives and values.
Shri Swapan Kumar Chaudhuri, Addl.General Manager, S.E.Railway and other Senior Officers were also present at the oath taking ceremony.
The Anti-Terrorism Day was also observed at all divisional offices
of S.E.Railway i.e. Kharagpur, Adra, Chakradharpur and Ranchi.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS
RELEASE
S E R TO RUN
PASSENGER SPECIAL
BETWEEN PURULIA
AND CHANDIL
Kolkata, May 22, 2008 :
South Eastern Railway has decided to run one pair passenger special train between Purulia-Chandil-Purulia with effect from 26th May, 2008 as an experimental basis for a period of two months.
The Passenger Special (0883) leaving Purulia at 11.55 hrs. will arrive Chandil at 13.00 hrs. In the return direction the Passenger Special(0884) leaving Chandil at 13.20 hrs will arrive Purulia at 14.35 hrs.
The Passenger Special will have stoppages at Tamna, Kantadih, Urma, Barabhum, Biramdih and Nimdih between Purulia and Chandil.
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MECHanized coach cleaning
One
of the major steps taken by the SER in major coaching depots where the rakes
are primarily maintained. All the primary rakes of some important trains maintained at
Hatia Coaching Depot have
been brought under mechanized coach cleaning and further action has already been
initiated to bring all the secondary/terminal maintenance trains in Hatia Coaching
depot under mechanized coach cleaning operation.
In Santragachi Coaching depot, 03
primary rakes already brought
under mechanized coach cleaning operations and further to cover balance 15
Primary Secondary rakes of Santragachi coaching depot. It is expected
that the entire primary rakes of Santragachi coaching depot will be covered
under 'mechanized coach cleaning" operations by 2008-09.
Clean Train
Station:
S.E.Railway
has taken a major step to introduce CTS
operations at Rourkela & Kharagpur stations of SER. During 2007-08, CTS
operation at Kharagpur station has commenced from June'07 and 19 trains are
covered under CTS scheme for cleaning between 06.00 to 22.00 hours at Kharagpur station. CTS operation
at Rourkela has already been started
from November'06 covering 14 trains under CTS operations. Passenger feed back
are continuously taken at both the stations and the steps taken by Railways been highly appreciated
by traveling passengers.
Jet cleaning
Operations
High-pressure
jet cleaning machines are used for cleaning the toilets of the trains passing
through Tata , Chakradharpur, Jharsuguda,Ranchi, Adra, Muri and Purulia
stations over SER. Intermittent cleaning of the toilets of the running trains
has fetched high appreciation from the traveling passengers.
Pantry Cars
SER
has successfully given a drive for provision of hot water boilers and hot cases
in all the pantry cars of the important
trains. At present, all the
pantry cars have been provided with hot water boilers and hot cases. This will
provide hygienic food services to the traveling passengers.
Again,
a drive was taken for intensive cleaning of the pantry cars through
outsourcing. During intensive cleaning , the floor and the wall panel of the
pantry car is scrubbed, oil and dirt stains are removed from the windows and window panels, oven tops are cleaned and
provided with SS claddings, buffing of the SS panels of the pantry
cars etc. which improved the look , hygiene and ambiance of the pantry cars and
helped to maintain proper cleanliness by the pantry staff.
Renovation of
Coach toilets
During
the current year drive was initiated to improve the look, hygiene and
availability of amenity fittings in the coach toilets. To improve the toilet
conditions, all the FRP wall protectors and FRP basins of the toilets were
replaced by SS wall protectors and SS basins. Steps have been taken to conceal
the water pipe lines behind the wall panels in phased manner. Further,
action has been initiated for buffing of
SS squatting pans, SS wall protectors, SS
washbasins of the coaches to remove the stains and give a glittering finish
which provides great satisfaction to the traveling passengers.
Pest & rodent
control
To
ensure comfortable journey, all AC coaches, pantry cars and reserved non AC
coaches (Santragachi & TATA) are covered under pest control treatment to
arrest the menace of cockroaches. Glue pads are used for rodent control for
which necessary changes in the coaches have been made.
On Board House
keepinG Services
To
provide the great satisfaction to the travelling passengers S.E.Railway has
taken a major step for providing of On Board House keeping Services of running
trains . In pursuance of the above, action has already been initiated by
Santragachi, Hatia & TATA
coaching
depot for OBH services This will cover
9, 12 & 7 trains respectively originating from the
above depots.
GARBAGE
LIFTING & RAG PICKING
S.E.Railway has taken initiative to
provide facilities of garbage lifting
and rag picking in all divisions. The garbage and rag is picked up from tracks,
drains, platforms, circulating area and is disposed off in Municipal
Corporation approved site.
SPRING
CLEANING
Spring cleaning (periodical) is
being done by a group of safaiwala jointly at each stations of Adra division
covering each station once in a week. Similarly, at major stations like
Tatanagar, Rourkela, Jharsuguda also spring cleaning is done periodically. This
ensures that a thorough cleaning is done once a week so that it can be
maintained properly on rest of the weekdays.
SERVICE
IMPROVEMENT GROUP
Important stations like Bokaro ,
Purulia , Kharagpur, Balasore, Midnapore, Tatanagar, Rourkela, Hatia, Ranchiand
Muri are inspected by high level committee of officers periodically to ensure
system improvement facilitating better cleanliness.
DELEGATION OF FINANCIAL POWER
An imprest has been provided at
stations to Station Masters so as to ensure cleaning of the station premises
in case of exigencies or as and when required periodically.
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
Efforts are made to inculcate
awareness among the passengers through print media and by distributing
leaflets. Posters are also displayed at stations seeking support in ensuring
better cleanliness at station.
PAY AND USE TOILETS
South Eastern Railway has launched
special efforts like Pay & Use Toilet to improve cleanliness and hygiene at
different railway stations. As a result,
Pay & Use Toilets have already been provided at 35 stations of different
divisions in this railway.
S E R TO RUN
PASSENGER SPECIAL
BETWEEN PURULIA
AND CHANDIL
Kolkata, May 22, 2008 :
South Eastern Railway has decided to run one pair passenger special train between Purulia-Chandil-Purulia with effect from 26th May, 2008 as an experimental basis for a period of two months.
The Passenger Special (0883) leaving Purulia at 11.55 hrs. will arrive Chandil at 13.00 hrs. In the return direction the Passenger Special(0884) leaving Chandil at 13.20 hrs will arrive Purulia at 14.35 hrs.
The Passenger Special will have stoppages at Tamna, Kantadih, Urma, Barabhum, Biramdih and Nimdih between Purulia and Chandil.
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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
PRESS RELEASE
SER’s EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE PLANNING
HIGHLIGHTED IN ZRUCC MEETING
Kolkata, June 25th.
The 93rd. Meeting of Zonal
Rail Users’ Consultative Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri A. K. Jain,
General Manager, S.E.Railway was held at Ranchi today. Altogether 39 members
including Hon’ble Members of Parliament, Members from various Chamber of
Commerce and Passenger Associations from different States viz. West Bengal,
Orissa and Jharkhand attended the meeting.
Various aspects of working like train
operations, passenger amenities, safety and security of the passengers, on
going projects on SER System etc. were elaborately discussed. Suggestion
relating to improvement of the overall railway working received from the
members were discussed in detail and noted for future action.
Shri A. K. Jain, Chairman of the
Committee while welcoming the Members informed about the commendable
performance of S.E.Railway in various fields. General Manager informed the
ZRUCC members that S.E.Railway loaded 111 million tones of revenue earning
freight during the financial year 2007-08 thereby registering an increase of
12% in comparison with the last year. As a result of this tremendous
performance S.E.Railway generated freight earnings of Rs.5443 crores which is
12% more than the previous year.
In the first two months of the current
financial year i.e. April to May, 2008, S.E.Railway has carried about 20
million tones of revenue earning freight which is 2 million tones more than the
corresponding period of last year, resulting in freight earnings of Rs.1139
crores which is Rs.297 crores more than the corresponding period of last year
registering a growth of 35%.
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General Manager emphasized that
S.E.Railway is no longer confined to revenue freight loading but also made
strides in Passenger Traffic. In the passenger front, Shri Jain stated that
S.E.Railway carried 186 million passengers during the financial year 2007-08
which was about 4% more than last year and generated earnings of Rs.721 crores
which was 12% more than the last year. General Manager informed the Hon’ble
Members that SER has achieved the lowest operating ratio of 54.38% in 2007-08.
In the first two months of the current
fiscal i.e. April to May, 2008, S.E.Railway has carried 33 million passengers
which is 3% more than the corresponding period of last year and generated an
earning of Rs.133 crores from passenger traffic thus registering a growth of about
5% in comparison with the corresponding period of last year.
Shri Jain apprised the Hon’ble Members
of different on going projects, achievements and development of this railway
specially Road Over Bridge, Doubling and
Gauge Conversion, Introduction of New Trains, Passenger Amenities, speeding up
of trains etc. He urged to all the members to extend their support to railways
in completing the projects which will in long term benefit the people of the
area and the country’s economy in whole.
The Hon’ble Members of Parliament who
attended the meeting were Dr. Rameshwar Oraon, Hon’ble Minister of State,
Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India, Smt. Sushila Karketta, Shri Ananta Nayak , Shri
Rupchand Murmu and Ms Sushila Tiriya.
MAJOR CHANGES IN SER’s NEW TIME TABLE-2008
Kolkata, June 26th.,
2008:
The highlights of SER’s New Time Table
which will be brought out on 1st. July, 2008 include introduction of
10 pairs of new trains, extension of services, increase in frequency of 5 pairs
of mail/express train, diversion of service, change in terminal, change in timings of existing trains etc. Besides
these, 10 mail/express and passenger trains will be accelerated ranging from 2
minutes to 55 minutes with effect from 1st. July, 2008. As a result,
the arrival and departure timings of mail/express and passenger trains will
also be changed with effect from 1st. July, 2008.
NEW TRAINS
Two pairs of bi-weekly super fast
Garib Rath Express and eight pairs of express and passenger trains will be
introduced from Howrah and other important locations of S.E.Railway. The
details of the new trains are as under:
1.
One pair of Bi-weekly Super Fast
Garib Rath Express [2881/2882] between Howrah-Puri-Howrah.
2.
One pair of Bi-weekly Super Fast Garib
Rath Express [2877/2878] between Ranchi-New Delhi-Ranchi.
3.
One pair of Weekly Express
[2254/2253] between Bhagalpur-Yesvantpur-Bhagalpur via Howrah and Kharagpur.
4.
One pair of Weekly Express [5902/5901]
between New Dibrugarh Town-Yesvantpur via Howrah and Kharagpur.
5.
One pair of Tri-weekly Express
[8603/8604] between Ranchi-Bhagalpur-Ranchi.
6.
One pair of Bi-weekly Super Fast
Express [2880/2879] between Bhubaneswar-LTT via Jharsuguda.
7.
One pair of Tri-weekly Express
[8613/8614] between Hatia and Chopan.
8.
One pair of Weekly Express
[8419/8420] between Puri-Darbhanga via Kharagpur- Asansol.
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9.
One pair of Daily Link Express
[8181A/8182A] between Tatanagar-Barauni-Katihar with bifurcation/amalgamation
from/with Tatanagar-Chhapra Express via Asansol.
10.
One pair of MEMU Passenger
[313/314] between Kharagpur-Bankura, Bankura-Gomoh and Gomoh-Dhanbad.
The
date of introduction of above ten pairs of mail/express and passenger trains will
be notified later on.
EXTENSION OF SERVICE
8611/8612 Ranchi-Varanasi Express will
be extended to run from Sambalpur twice a week with new number 8311/8312 as
Sambalpur-Ranchi-Varanasi Express. The
date of extension will be notified later on.
FREQUENCY INCREASE
The frequency of five pairs of
mail/express train will be increased, details of which are as under:
1.
2021/2022 Howrah-Barbil
Janshatabdi Express from existing six days a week to daily service with effect
from 1st. July, 2008.
2.
2151/2152 Howrah-LTT Samarsata
Express from weekly to bi-weekly.
3.
2421/2422 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi
Rajdhani Express via Kharagpur and Adra from existing bi-weekly to tri-weekly.
4.
3403/3404 Ranchi-Bhagalpur
Express from existing five days a week to daily service.
5.
2891/2892 Baripada-Bhubaneswar
Express from existing tri-weekly to six days a week w.e.f. 1st.
July, 2008 ex. Baripada.
The
date of implementation of additional run except No.1 & 5 will be notified
later on
DIVERSION
8101/8102 Tatanagar-Jammu Tawi Express
will run via Delhi instead of New Delhi with effect from 4th.
September, 2008.
CHANGE IN TERMINAL
2831/2832 Ranchi-Bhubaneswar Garib
Rath Express will originate/terminate from/to Hatia instead of Ranchi with
effect from 19th. August, 2008.
Consequent upon these major changes,
the arrival and departure timings of a number of mail/express and passenger
trains at Howrah/Shalimar/Santragachi and other important locations of
S.E.Railway will be changed with effect from 1st. July, 2008. Passengers may check the Time Table or
through Station Enquiry or 139 about details in change of train timings.
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RECORD FREIGHT LOADING AND EARNING BY S E R
Kolkata,
June 16, 2008 :
South Eastern Railway has achieved remarkable
performance both in freight loading and freight earnings during the first two
months i.e. April to May, 2008 of the current financial year.
During this period, South Eastern Railway has
loaded 19.81 million tones of revenue earning freight which is 2.19 million
tones more than the corresponding period of last year thus registering a growth
of 12.5%. As a result of this
commendable performance, S.E.Railwaya has been able to generate originating
freight earnings of Rs.1138.89 crores which is 297.13 crores more than the
corresponding period of last year registering a growth of 35%.
The major contribution to achieve this
spectacular performance in freight traffic during the above period is carrying
of iron ore. During the period, S.E.Railway
has achieved a loading of 12.63 million tones of iron ore which is 2.11 million
tones more as compared to the corresponding period of last year. This Railway loaded 55 rakes of rion ore per
day in May, 2008 as against 49 rakes last year.
The other major components of loading were
3.18 million tones of coal, 1.65 million tones of pig iron & finished
steel, 1.03 million tones of cement, 0.,59 million tones of general
merchandised goods, 0.36 million tones of raw materials to steel plants(except
iron ore), 0.28 million tones of POL etc.
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Bulletin No.1
TORRENTIAL RAIN
DISRUPTS SER TRAIN SERVICES
Kolkata, 17th June, 2008 :
Heavy rainfall and bad weather since
last night in West Bengal and Jharkhand States has resulted water crossing the
danger level at bridge on railway track between Bakhrabad-Contai Road. Between Jaleswar-Amarda Road in
Kharagpur-Bhadrak section and Panskura-Haur in Howrah-Kharagpur section, the
track has been affected due to water logging.
This has disrupted the train services in Kharagpur Division since
morning.
Besides, due to torrential rains in
Chakradharpur Division of SERailway, breakdown of OHE between Kunki-Kandra
junction and in down line between Kunki-Manikui section has affected train
services in Chakradharpur Division also.
Consequently, the following trains are
affected :
DETAINED ENROUTE :
8183 Tatanagar-Danapur Express
8182 Chhapra-Tatanagar Express
3288 Danapur-Tatanagar-Durg South Bihar
Express
315 Howrah-Adra-Chakradharpur Passenger
CANCELLED :
8645 Up East Coast Express was initially
rescheduled at 13.35 hrs on date but has been cancelled ex.Howrah.
LOCAL TRAINS ON HOWRAH-KHARAGPUR SECTION :
EMU train services on Howrah-Kharagpur
section has also been badly affected due to heavy rains.
Bulletin No.2
TORRENTIAL RAIN DISRUPTS SER TRAIN SERVICES
Kolkata,
17th June, 2008 :
In continuation to Bulletin No.1 niitially
issued on date the following information is added.
Trains short terminated :
1. 8029 Dn LTT-Shalimar Express will be short terminated
at Kharagpur and will run back as 8030 Shalimar-LTT Express from Kharagpur to
LTT. Therefore, 8029/8030 will remain cancelled
between Kharagpur-Shalimar-Kharagpur.
2. 2814 Tatanagar-Howrah Steel Express will be short
terminated at Kharagpur and will run back as 2813 Howrah-Tatanagar Steel
Express from Kharagpur to Tatanagar. Therefore, 2814/2813 will remain cancelled
between Kharagpur-Howrah-Kharagpur.
3. 2828 Purulia-Howrah Express will be short terminated
at Midnapur and will run back as 2827 Howrah-Purulia Express fro Midnapur to
Purulia. Therefore, 2828/2827 will
remain cancelled between Midnapur-Howrah-Midnapur.
4. 2821 Howrah-Bhubaneswar Dhauli Express will be short
terminated at Kharagpur and will run back as 2822 Bhubaneswar-Howrah Dhauli
Express from Kharagpur to Howrah. Therefore, 2821/2822 will remain cancelled
between Kharagpur-Bhubaneswar-Kharagpur.
5. 2883 Howrah-Purlia aRupasai Bangla Express will be
short terminated at Kharagpur and the service of 2883 will remain cancelled
between Kharagpur and Purulia. 2884
Purulia-Howrah Rupasi Bangla Express
will remain cancelled from Purulia to Howrah.
6. 2021 Howrah-Barbil Janshatabdi Express will be short
terminated at Kharagpur and will run back as 2022 Barbil-Howrah Janshatabdi
Express from Kharagpur to Howrah.
Therefore, 2021/2022 will remain cancelled between
Kharagpur-Barbil-Kharagpur.
7. 2871 Howrah-Sambalpur Ispat Express will be short
terminated at Kharagpur. 2872 will be
short terminatewd at Chakradharpur and
will run as 2871 from Chakradharpur to Sambalpur. Hence, the service of 2871 will remain
cancelled between Kharagpur-Chakradharpur and 2872 will remain cancelled between
Chakradharpur-Howrah.
8. 2885 Shalimar-Adra Aranyak Express will be short
terminated at Balichak and will run back as 2886 Adra-Shalimar Aranyak Express
from Balichak to Shalimar. Therefore, 2885/2886 will remain cancelled between
Balichak-Adra-Balichak.
9. 2074 Dn Bhubaneswar-Howrah Janshatabdi Express leaving
Bhubaneswar on date is likely to be short terminated suitably in the
jurisdiction of East Coast Railway.
Hence, the service of 2073/2074 will remain cancelled in SER system.
10. 8646 Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express will be short
terminated at Bhadrak and will run
back as 8645 Howrah- Hyderabad East
Coast Express from Bhadrak to Hydderabad.
Therefore, 8645/8646 will
remain cancelled between Bhadrak- Howrah-Bhadrak.
11. 3502 Asansol-Haldia Express will be short terminated
at Godapiasal and will run back as 3501
Haldia-Asansol Express from
Godapiasal to Asansol.
12. 468 Bhadrak-Howrah Passenger will be short terminated
at Kharagpur.
Trains Reschduled on 17.6.08
a) 2841 Up Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express has been
rescheduled to leave Howrah at 16.30 hrs instead of 14.50 hrs.today.
b) 2860 Howrah-Mumbai Geetanjali Express has been
rescheduled to leave Howrah at 17.00 hrs instead of 14.10 hours today.
c) Besides, 202 is likely to be terminated in E.Co.Rly
and will run as 201 in E.Co.Rly.
South
Eastern Railway
Press Release
SER TO RUN HOWRAH-CHENNAI SUPERFAST
SPECIAL WITH PANTRY CAR FACILITY
Kolkata, July 18th
S.E.Railway has decided
to run one pair of Superfast Special train between Howrah and Chennai on
20.7.08 (Ex Howrah) and 22.07.08
(Ex Chennai).
0839
Howrah-Chennai Superfast Special will leave Howrah on 20.7.08 (Sunday) at 16.10
hrs. and will reach Chennai on the next day at 21.45 hrs. In the return
direction, 0840 Chennai-Howrah Superfast
Special will leave Chennai on 22.07.08 (Tuesday) at 9.55 hrs and will
reach Howrah at 13.50 hrs on the next day.
The train will
have two AC-2 tier, two AC-3 tier, thirteen Sleeper Class, two general Second
Class coaches and two luggage vans along with Pantry Car facility. Between
Howrah and Chennai the train will stop at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak,
Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Vizianagram,
Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Vijaywada and Gudur.
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South Eastern Railway
Press Release
SER GETS A NEW PUBLIC RELATIONS HEAD
Kolkata, July, 22nd
Shri Soumitra Majumdar has taken over the charge of Deputy
Chief Commercial Manager(Customer Interaction ), South Eastern Railway and
shall also be heading the Public Relations Department. Earlier, he was working
as Deputy Chief Commercial Manager(Freight Services) in South Eastern Railway.
Shri Majumdar belongs to the 1989 batch of Indian
Railway Traffic Service and has worked
in different capacities in Eastern and South Eastern Railways. He has
also worked in the capacity of Chief Public Relations Officer, Eastern Railway
between 2002-2007.
His predecessor Smt.
Archana Srivastava has taken over a new assignment of Deputy Chief
Operations Manager (Project & Planning),South Eastern Railway