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Saturday, October 24, 2015

SUMMARY OF VARIOUS FESTIVAL SPECIAL TRAINS 2015

FESTIVAL SPECIAL TRAINS 2015 - 2016



Every Year Indian Railway used to make appreciable strategy to handle extra rush of commuters during the Festival Seasons. So in order  to control the extra rush of the passengers and for giving more comfort and convenient to the passengers, Indian Railway made several Special arrangements, examples are, New PIT Line and Electronic Interlocking System, (Also go through :- New PIT Line and Electronic Interlocking System by SER), Running of New Trains that already announced along with the release of New Train Time Table, released in the starting of October 2015. (Also read: - New Train Time Table Details 2015), announcing number of Special trains, etc.




Now various zones of Indian Railway started to announce various special trains from various destinations of the country. So for the convenience of the readers we also here by including the Summary of Other Festival Special Trains 2015 including Chhat Festival, Urs Festival etc .  Readers will get all the Special Trains 2015 details at this juncture.

For getting the full details of the Special Trains including Train Name, Train No, Destination, Departure Time, if any time changes  etc. Please go through the following links:-

Also read :- Total List of Puja / Diwali Festival Special Trains 2015


  • Mahaparinirvan Divas Special Trains 2015
Mahaparinirvan Divas : Special Trains and Special Arrangements : 06.12.2015
Mahaparinirvan Divas Special Trains 2015


  • Karthigai Deepam Festival 2015


  • Rash Yatra Utsav
  • Chhat Festival Specials 2015
Chhat Puja Festival Special Trains from Patna
More Chhat Festival Special Trains 2015
Chhat Festival Specials 2015 from Eastern India


  • IJETMA  SPECIAL TRAINS  2015
Ijetma Special - Wadi - Bhopal Special 2015


  • Urs - E - Quadeer Festival Specials 2015
Urs - E - Quadeer :: 4 Passenger Festival Specials 2015




  • Ganpati Festival Specials 2015
Ganpati Immersion :: Special Mumbai Local Trains 

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

NORTHERN RAILWAY :: FRESH TRAIN CANCELLATION UPDATES

TRAIN BLOCK :: CANCELLATION UPDATES

Northern Railway announced fresh Train blocks and decided to extended the existing block for two days. Following are the details of Train Block.

As per earlier announcement, following trains were either cancelled partially or diverted for replacement work of broken washable apron of Platform No. 2 at Varanasi railway station for 48 days i.e. from 04.09.15 to 21.10.2015. Now it has been decided to extend the block for two days i.e. 22.10.15 and 23.10.15 for the completion of work. 
So there will be a Traffic Block during the period of work and the following trains will either be short terminated at and short originate from partially cancelled or diverted temporarily upto 23.10.2015.

TRAINS PARTIALLY CANCELLED DURING TRAFFIC BLOCK on 22.10.15 and 23.10.15

  • Train Nos.13346/13345 Singrauli - Varanasi Express train will be short terminated at originated from Kashi and remain partially cancelled between Kashi -Varanasi.
  • Train No.55149 Gorakhpur - Manduadih Passenger train will be short terminated at Varanasi City and remain partially cancelled between Varanasi City -Manduadih.
  • Train No.55132 Manduadih - Chhapra Passenger train will short originate from Varanasi City and remain partially cancelled between Manduadih - Varanasi City.
  • Train No.55119 Gorakhpur - Varanasi Passenger train will be short terminated at Varanasi City and remain partially cancelled between Varanasi City - Varanasi.


DIVERSION OF TRAINS on 22.10.15 and 23.10.15

Following Trains will be diverted to run via Jaunpur - Lucknow during the period of traffic block.

  • Train Nos.11081/11082 LTT - Gorakhpur Express 
  • Train Nos.18201/18202 Durg - Nautanva Express
  • Train Nos.15021/15022 Gorakhpur - Shalimar Express 
  • Train Nos.19051/19052 Valshad - Muzaffarpur Shramik Express Trains 

Saturday, October 17, 2015

SPECIAL FESTIVAL ARRANGEMENTS BY RAILWAY 2015

NORTHERN RAILWAY :: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR FESTIVAL 2015



Indian Railway is making a remarkable arrangements to control the extra rush of passengers during the Festival period. Especially Northern Railway has rolled out a comprehensive action plan with a slew of initiatives to ensure utmost safety in regulation of crowds while making sure that passenger convenience is available at stations and in trains in this hectic period. Following are the details.

  • Special Trains and Augmentation

Northern Railway has planned and commenced running of 44 pairs of Special trains( total 88 trains) running on Northern Railway system in co-ordination with other Railways. Of these, there are 9 pairs of Suvidha Express trains, 29 pairs of Express specials, 3 pairs of Jansadharan Trains and 3 pairs of Passenger trains to 31 destinations.
  • Monitoring of Reservation Centres

At IRCA CCTV cameras have been installed at the entrance gate and passenger half to keep a close eye on touting activities.
Display and information boards for proper guidance of passengers and for providing detail of special trains
Officers/Inspectors/Supervisors are deputed at important PRS locations
They will also ensure that counters are opened at right time.
Proper and frequent announcements are made
Token system has been introduced to streamline flow of queue

  • Preventive and Decoy Checks

The Vigilance Department of Northern Railway has also earmarked the Pooja Rush period from 05.10.2015 to 20.11.2015 as a Special Drive period when intense checks are undertaken to ensure complaint free, smooth and transparent services to the passengers. Through stepping up vigil, the Vigilance teams were able to nab 95 touts during the current financial year upto 15.10.2015. The Railway Protection Force of Northern Railway is also undertaking focused efforts to curb malpractices and address issues like touting at stations. CCTVs  has so far been provided at 14 centers in Delhi area and 15 PRS centers in other than Delhi area.

  • Following are some examples of Pro - active measure taken by NR

Raid of the premises of Unauthorized Tavel Agents.
For train Reservation Queue Management System introduced.
Special drive to detect illegal tickets.
Methods to prevent the misuse of various quotas.
Decoy checks and checks on unauthorized vendors.
Checks on change of name of passengers on reserved tickets. 
Special Watch on Tatkal reservation.
Monitoring of PRS centres and Tatkal counters through CCTVs.
Checks with regard to refund of PRS tickets and e-tickets
Checks on High Official Requisition Quotas.
Curbing the blocking of accommodation in unreserved coaches.
Publicity of Special trains.
Observation of hourly transaction statements of the Reservation Clerks.
All the coaches and special trains including coach attachments shall be adequately manned by TTEs.

  • Security Arrangements and Crowd Managements Measures

 CCTVs under Integrated Security System have been installed on major stations and at reservation centres.

  • Augmentation of the Work Force

Scouts and Civil Defence personnel were  deployed in passenger interface area to supplement the RPF/RPSF.

  • Access control and Checking of Luggage

All major stations have been equipped with DFMDs. Manual luggage checking is being carried out by RPF/GRP personnel.
  • Seat Cornering

Arrangements have been made to ensure that no space of coaches is encroached upon by anti social elements. 

  • Special Security Arrangements at Stations and Parcel Booking Areas  

Deployment of Dog squads
Metal Detectors at all entry gates
Hand held metal detectors
Manning of all the entry gates
Mega mikes
Manila ropes at FOB and platforms

  • Medical Arrangements

Special Arrangements are also made during Festival Rush by setting up First Aid posts at Delhi Jn, New Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi Sarai Rohilla and Anand Vihar Terminal stations in Delhi.

  • Other Special Arrangements

Special trains have been distributed at the 4 major terminals to avoid overcrowding.
Platform for all the trains including specials are fixed during entire festival rush period. Change will be done only with the approval of DRM. 
An action plan has been issued to all branches during rush.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

POOJA/DIWALI FESTIVAL :: SPECIALS BY KONKAN RAILWAY 2015

FESTIVAL SPECIAL TRAINS  ON KONKAN RAILWAY DURING POOJA/DIWALI 2015

Konkan Railway decided to run Festival Specials 2015 for upcoming Puja and Diwali Festivals 2015. It has been decided to run Special Trains on Konkan Railway route to clear extra rush of passengers during Pooja/ Diwali  Festival in co-ordination with  Central Railway. Following are the details.

Train Details
  • Train No.01001/01002 Mumbai CST- Karmali- Mumbai CST Reserved  Special train (Weekly)

Train No.01001 Mumbai CST – Karmali Special Train will leave from  Mumbai CST at 00.20 hrs on 14th , 21st, and 28th October 2015. The train will reach  Karmali  at 12.00 hrs  on same day.
Train No.01002 Karmali – Mumbai CST Special Train will leave from Karmali at 14.20 hrs on 14th , 21st  and 28th October  2015. Train will reach Mumbai CST at 01.20 hrs on next day.
Halting
Dadar,Thane,  Panvel, Roha, Khed,  Chiplun, Sangameshwar Road, Ratnagiri, Kankavali, Kudal, Sawantwadi Road and Thivim stations.
Composition
18 Coaches.

  • Train No.01003/01004 Mumbai CST - Karmali - Mumbai CST Reserved Special train (Weekly)

Train No.01003 Mumbai CST – Karmali Special Train will leave from  Mumbai CST at 00.20 hrs on 04th, 11th , 18th and 25th November 2015. The train will reach  Karmali  at 11.30 hrs on same day.
Train No.01004 Karmali – Mumbai CST Special Train will leave from Karmali at 14.20 hrs on 04th, 11th, 18th and 25th November 2015. Train will reach Mumbai CST at 01.20 hrs on next day.
Halting
Dadar,Thane,  Panvel, Roha, Khed,  Chiplun, Sangameshwar Road, Ratnagiri, Kankavali, Kudal, Sawantwadi  Road and Thivim stations.
Composition
18 Coaches.

  • Train No.01095/01096 Dadar – Sawantwadi -Dadar  Reserved  Special train (Tri weekly)

Train No.01095  Dadar – Sawantwadi Special Train will leave from  Dadar at 07.50 hrs on  11th , 13th , 16th , 18th , 20th , 23rd, 25th , 27th and 30th October 2015. The train will reach Sawantwadi at 20.30 hrs on same day.
Train No. 01096  Sawantwadi – Dadar  Special Train will leave from  Sawantwadi at 04.50 hrs on 12th , 14th , 17th , 19th 21st , 24th , 26th 28th and 31st October 2015. The train will reach Dadar at 15.50 hrs on same day.
Halting
Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed,  Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Road, Sangmeshwar Road, Ratnagiri, Adavali Vilavade, Rajapur Road,  Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal and Zarap stations.
Composition
12 Coaches.



Wednesday, October 14, 2015

REOPENING OF NERAL - MATHERAN SECTION


Central Railway announced that Railway has decided to reopen Neral - Matheran section for passenger traffic with effect from 15.10.2015 as the same was closed during monsoon season.

Also read :- New Train Time Table 2015 Updates

The services between Neral - Matheran and shuttle services between Aaman Lodge - Matheran will run as per Western Zone Railway Time Table effective from 1st October 2015.

Also read :- Summary of Various Festival Special Trains 2015

TOTAL LIST OF PUJA / DIWALI SPECIAL TRAINS 2015

FESTIVALS SPECIAL TRAINS FOR OCT AND NOV 2015


Every Year Indian Railway used to make appreciable strategy to handle extra rush of commuters during the Festival Seasons. October and November 2015 are the months of Festivals. So in order  to control the extra rush of the passengers and for giving more comfort and convenient to the passengers Indian Railway made several Special arrangements, examples are, New PIT Line and Electronic Interlocking System, (Also go through :- New PIT Line and Electronic Interlocking System by SER), Running of New Trains that already announced along with the release of New Train Time Table, released in the starting of October 2015. (Also read: - New Train Time Table Details 2015), announcing number of Special trains, etc.
Festival Special Trains List 2015 Updates
Festival Special Trains List 2015

Now various zones of Indian Railway started to announce various special trains from various destinations of the country for this Months. So for the convenience of the readers we also here by including the Total List of Festival Special Trains 2015 for the special occasions of Puja and Diwali announced by Indian Railway.  Readers will get all the Special Trains 2015 details at this juncture.
For getting the full details of the Special Trains including Train Name, Train No, Destination, Departure Time, if any time changes  etc. Please go through the following links:-

Will update as per the new announcements, so please keep on visiting the site ....

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Sunday Mega Block on November 08 Mumbai

Central railways announced that Mumbai local trains will face Mega Block on this Sunday November 08 2015.
Mega block affected on both Central Line and Harbour Line of Central Railways. Mega block will affect the daily passenger travel convinence. But during the block time Central railways announced for running some special trains for the easiness of passenger movement.

Central Line Mega Block affected Locations : Thane - Kalyan between 11:15 AM and 3:15 PM
Harbour Line Mega Block affected Locations : Panvel - Nerul between 11.00 AM and 03.00 PM

For more details on Local Trains Mega block details available in Mumbai Sunday Mega Block Details November 08 2015

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