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Thursday, 7 November 2019

08:31

'Uttam Rake' is the Latest Addition To Make Travelling In Mumbai Local Trains More Comfortable & Safe

'Uttam Rake' is the Latest Addition To Make Travelling In Mumbai Local Trains More Comfortable & Safe
Posted On: 06 NOV 2019 2:52PM by PIB Delhi
Indian Railways, on the auspicious occasion of 69th Foundation Day of Western Railway on 5th November, 2019, introduced the state-of-the-art “UTTAM RAKE” in its inaugural run as Ladies Special local train from Churchgate to Virar.Uttam rake has improved interiors and advanced features to bring more comfort for Mumbaikars.
Salient Features of Uttam rake:
  • Provision of CCTV Surveillance System in all coaches.
  • Anti-dent partitions in coaches to prevent thefts.
  • Modular Luggage rack.
  • High backrest seats in First Class coaches.
  • Provision of Fibre Reinforced Plastic (FRP) seats in Second Class coaches with wooden finishing for better aesthetics.
  • Improved Dual Lock Stopper with dual slot handles windows in all coaches.
  • Wider and improved grab handles for better grip.
  • Latest Brushless DC (BLDC) fans in all coaches which consumes 30% less energy than conventional fans.
  • Provision of modular type diffused LED lights.
  • Electrically operated Passenger Alarm System in place of traditional emergency chains.
  • Smooth finished corrugated FRP ceiling and Wooden finished Roof Ventilation Duct Area to enhance the aesthetic appeal of coach interior.
  • Provision of camouflaged aluminium moulded strips on floor to discourage theft.
  • Stainless steel protective plate near all passenger seats to avoid colour fading due to footwear friction.
  • Red Emergency Buttons

The new rake will run on its normal services from 6th November, 2019 with 10 services a day. The Uttam rake while saving energy, will feature posters about Western Railway’s journey as an effective transport medium, various landmarks of Mumbai, inspirational quotes and posters of iconic women achievers to make the journey more enriching and delightful.
Western Railways introduced world’s first ever Ladies Special local train on 5th May, 1992 and India’s first ever Air-Conditioned EMU train on 25th December, 2017 on Mumbai Suburban section.
Only two Uttam rakes have been built at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai so far, out of which the other has been given to South Central Railway.

Source:PIBNEWS
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Friday, 5 October 2018

08:27

Converting Mechanical Energy to Electrical Energy During Braking -North Central Railway Loco Pilots Contribution in Regeneration of Eectrical Energy

Converting Mechanical Energy to Electrical Energy During Braking -North Central Railway Loco Pilots Contribution in Regeneration of Eectrical Energy
No. PR/NCR/10/2018
PressRelease
Date:03.10.2018

Energy Conservation by way of energy regenerationin 3-phase electric locos by the Loco Pilots of NCR –
NCR is Highest over Indian Railwaysin energy regeneration
Sri Rajiv Chaudhry General Manager, North Central Railway felicitated 09 Loco Pilots of North Central Railway by giving cash award & LED bulbs for their excellent contribution in electrical regeneration in 3 phase locomotives. While complimenting the Loco Pilots, he motivated them to continue their efforts in the area of energy conservation as well as protection of environment.
It is worth mentioning that 3-phase Locomotives have a unique useful facility of converting mechanical energy of the trains into electrical energy during braking which otherwise would have gone wasted. Loco Pilots have been encouraged to maximise use of this facility available in these locomotives.As a result, energy regeneration to the tune of 14.4% of total energy consumed by these locomotives has been achieved over NCR.A record saving of about 1.6 crores units of energy by way of energy regeneration has been achieved during 2018-19 (July to August) over NCR which is Highest over Indian Railways.
Shri Nasim Uddin, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer & Shri Anupam Singhal, Chief Electrical Locomotive Engineer were present o­n the occasion.


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Saturday, 20 May 2017

16:40

Minister of Railways Inspects Rake of Tejas Train

Minister of Railways Inspects Rake of Tejas Train 
Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inspected the Rake of Tejas Train. Chairman, Railway Board, Shri A. K. Mital, Member Rolling Stock Railway Board Shri Ravindra Gupta, Member Traction Shri Ghanshyam Singh, other Railway Board Members, GM Northern Railway Shri R. K. Kulshreshta and senior officials were also present on the occasion. 
Background:
Tejas Express is a semi high speed train having modern on board facilities, enhanced passenger comfort and showcases the future of Train travel in India. Tejas Express is set to be introduced soon. The coaches are manufactured at Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala . The newly designed coaches are capable of running at a speed of 200 km/h but due to constraints related to rail tracks these coaches will run at a speed of 160 km/h. Speed potential of 200 Kmph was achieved by providing Steel brake disc, Sintered pads, Electro-pneumatic assist Brake system. The first rake comprising 19 coaches including sixteen non-executive and two executive chair cars besides one power coach was inspected by Minister of Railways today. One Executive Coach will be turned into a Smart Coach at a later date having extra facilities as announced in the Budget 2016-17.
Features of Tejas Train:
Bio-vacuum toilets (less water consumption and hygienic)
Water level indicators
Touchless Water Taps, Soap dispenser
Marble finish Anti graffiti coating
Hand dryers
New design Dust bin
Vinyl Wrapped specially designed exteriors
Automatic entrance plug type doors (provides better sound and heat insulation, can be controlled by Guard panel)
Secured gangways (reduce sound levels, dirt, sand, water ingress, increase passenger safety & Comfort, energy efficiency, elegant design)
Electro Pneumatic Air brakes
Fire & smoke detection and suppression system.
Fire suppression system in Power car.
CCTV cameras for security
GPS based Passenger Information display System
Call bell integrated with berth reading light.
Digital Destination Boards
Integrated braille displays
E-Leather as improved upholstery
Redesigned backrest with higher height
Redesigned armrest
Leg support for Executive Chair Car with gas spring
Energy Efficient LED Lights
LED TV with Touch Control for each passenger (with recorded content, can be upgraded to Live TV)
Provided with USB charging facility
Magazines
Tea and Coffee vending machines
Snack tables
Local cuisine
Celebrity Chef Menu

Source:PIBNEWS


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Monday, 17 October 2016

19:56

Cloud-controlled TV displays units at 2000 Railway Stations

Cloud-controlled TV displays units at 2000 Railway Stations


Large screens to display info at Old Delhi, Varanasi, Vijayawada and Ernakulam stations – Railway stations at Old Delhi, Gwalior, Jaipur and two more from Uttar Pradesh will start disseminating information related to trains on giant screens shortly by the end of this month as part of the government’s Digital India campaign.

If project timelines are met, the rail display network (RDN) – a networked system of approximately 200,000 screens across 2,175 A1, A,B,C and D stations – will become operational by next March.

These screens will be “cloud controlled” to allow the telecast of same content at the same time across the country. Options for display of different content on separate screens or telecast of content in different languages will also exist. Advertisements will take up 50% of the display, while the rest will be devoted to rail-related information such as arrival and departure of trains. The RDN screens will have audio and video capabilities to enable telecast of policy pronouncement of of the Prime Minister or the railway minister, train movements, zonal and divisional updates etc.

Rail-related documentaries will also be telecast, along with content on lifestyle, health and entertainment. “Static hoardings and posters will be removed from stations to improve aesthetics after the RDN is put in place,” an official said.

The concept – envisaging a project cost of Rs 2,000 crore – makes sound business sense.

Four firms, including a joint venture of Zee Media Corporation and Media on Track, have made offers to partner with the railways on this plan. “These firms have been asked to submit the proof of concept by November-end. Financial bids to set up the RDN will be floated by December,” the source said.

Real-time train indicator facility soon at Ernakulam South station

Commuters arriving at the South Railway station will soon be able to know the real time position of trains scheduled to arrive at the station for the next four hours.

After Thiruvananthapuram Central, the real-time train indicator facility is being set up at the Ernakulam Junction railway station in the division and the work is expected to be over within a week.

“The information on current status of the trains scheduled to arrive in the next four hours will be shown on the LED Display boards. So far information regarding train arrival or departure was fed manually, but under this system, real-time data is given automatically from a central location,” said a senior official.

The railways plans to install the facility at two more stations – Ernakulam Town and Thrissur. “Real time data will be fed from the central server. Currently the facility is provided at these stations on an experimental basis. The drawback is that once some malfunction occurs, the data cannot be fed manually,” the official said.

Meanwhile, more passenger amenities like touch screens and passenger information have been set up at the Main entrance and the Eastern Gate. “Since the station experiences a heavy rush, the current facilities were inadequate. Hence, the addition. The security of the station too has been made foolproof with bomb detection scanners installed at the station entry point on both sides,” the official said.

Railway stations at Old Delhi, Gwalior, Jaipur and two more from Uttar Pradesh will start disseminating information related to trains on giant screens by the end of this month as part of the government’s Digital India camapign.

Six stations, including Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency, and Gorakhpur are part of the 2175 stations which have been selected for installing two lakh screens that would update passengers about arrivals, departures, seat availability, platform berthing and other related information round-the-clock.

Besides relaying information, these Rail Display Network (RDN) screens will also display advertisements to enable the public sector behemoth add to its revenue.

We expect to earn about Rs 1000 crore from these two lakh RDN screens, said a senior Railway Ministry official involved in the project.

The railway is operationalising the RDN screens at six stations as a pilot project.

He said these RDN screens will replace all other medium of advertising and relaying train-related information from stations. Screens will be put up at the most visible locations.

These screens will be ‘cloud-controlled’ which will allow effective monitoring of the content.

As per the arrangement, 50 per cent of the screen will display railway-related information and the rest advertisement. The screens will have both audio and video facilities.

Railtel, Indian Railway’s telecom PSU, will provide the optical fibre cable network and fulfil other technical requirements to make screens functional.

The official said the move, apart from promoting the Digital India campaign, will vastly improve aesthetics of the station premises as all static hoardings and posters will be removed.

Source:RailNews
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Monday, 8 June 2015

08:39

Konkan Railway switches to LED in all its 91 Tunnels

Konkan Railway switches to LED in all its 91 Tunnels

Ratnagiri (RN): Contributing on a mega scale to energy conservation and environment preservation through its daily operations, Konkan Railway has now changed all the light fittings in its 91 tunnels to LEDs, thus reducing the Carbon foot-print considerably. Konkan railway has also taken to plantation in a big way on an annual basis along its entire route which has given it the unique identification of “Garden Railway”.

The LEDs installed in all the tunnels are 24W which consume one-third the energy consumed by 70W HPSV bulbs but gives double the illumination. It has not only conserved energy but also increased safety levels inside tunnels, given the fact that 84 kms of KR route stretch is covered with tunnels. Konkan Railway has also provided energy saver equipments in all its tunnels which controls current voltage so that the current drawn is less.

Apart from this, small initiatives like phasing out of all incandescent bulbs from the railway premises and replacing with more energy efficient T5 fittings, change of resistance-type fan regulators used in KR to electronic ones etc, are reaping benefits to KRCL and environment at large. KR has switched over to Green Energy with installation of solar plants at Ratnagiri and Karmali stations, installing solar geysers at all its Running Rooms and rest houses.

As many as 53,699 saplings of various types of plants were planted in last one year by KR along its route and 28,000 are planned to be planted during the oncoming monsoon. KR has taken to planting an average of 30,000 saplings per year on its route which is giving a Green Railway look to KR route that is held in awe by Nature lovers. A specific type of Vetiveri grass was also planted on the route to hold the soil together.

Konkan Railway’s Roll-on Roll-off service, which carries loaded goods truck on railway wagons, saving precious fossil fuel, is already proved to be a successful innovation.
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Wednesday, 29 April 2015

20:34

Central Railway Expected Annual Savings up tp 7 Lakh by conversion of energy

2015/4/22
29-04-2015

Member Electrical, Railway Board Commissions Building Energy Management System & LED Lights

Member Electrical, Railway Board Commissions

Building Energy Management System & LED Lights 

Indian Railways has sanctioned a pilot project for improving energy efficiency by provision of building energy management system and energy efficient LED light fittings at Dadar railway station.  Shri Navin Tandon, Member Electrical, Railway Board commissioned this project funded by GEF-UNDP. 

Building Energy Management System facilitates real time monitoring of electrical energy data and send SMS/email alerts for critical parameters. It also has remote/auto controlling of electrical loads through GPRS communication device and network.  This system can be accessed from any location o­n laptop, mobiles and desktop through internet connectivity. 

350 number of various types of LED light fittings have been provided replacing conventional old light fittings to achieve energy conservation and improved illumination level o­n platforms, booking halls and circulating area at Dadar railway station.  The expected annual savings o­n account of provision of this system and energy efficient LED light fittings at Dadar is approximately Rs.7 lakh per annum.
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