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Saturday, 22 December 2018

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Thursday, 2 August 2018

07:57

Southern Railway decides to cancel Footboard Travellers Season Ticket

Southern Railway decides to cancel Footboard Travellers Season Ticket

Southern Railway decides to cancel Season Tickets of Footboard Travellers of Suburban Trains in Chennai
31 Jul 2018
Passengers seek more rush-hour trains before enforcing any such moves as to cancel season tickets.

CHENNAI : In order to curb the footboard travel in trains, the Southern Railway has decided to cancel the railway passes and season tickets of passengers who travel on footboard in trains in Tamil Nadu.
The decision was taken on Monday in the aftermath of the accident that took place on June 25, in which five rail passengers travelling on footboard of a fully crowded EMU train were killed after hitting a concrete fence at St Thomas Mount station.
“All types of passes including college student concession passes issued by the Railways, passes carried by wards of railway employees and regular season tickets will be cancelled if a person found travelling on footboard,” Louis Amuthan, Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, RPF, Chennai told.
According to official records, between January 1, 2016 and June 30 this year, footboard travel claimed the lives of 191 persons across the Southern Railway. During this period, the RPF has apprehended about 18,414 footboard travellers and collected a fine of Rs.49.51 lakh.
“Majority of footboard travellers are college students and office-going youngsters. Railway passes of college students who are travelling on footboard will be confiscated and information will be given to the colleges concerned, which will be asked not to recommend such students for student passes. This means that once a student is caught for footboard travel, he or she will not be eligible to student railway passes,” said Amuthan, adding that the regular season tickets would also be confiscated from those who are hanging on the foot-board.
The Chennai suburban railway system caters for about 11.5 lakh passengers a day in four sections. Naina Masilamani, a member of the Divisional Rail Users Consultative Committee (DRUCC), Chennai, said that before implementing such a move, the Railways should increase the frequency of trains during rush hour.
On Monday, Southern Circle Railway Safety Commissioner K A Manoharan conducted a public hearing in connection with the St Thomas Mount accident, at the Chennai divisional office. A railway official told that a decision on increasing the frequency of regular EMU trains and other operational changes would be taken based on the recommendations from the Railway Safety Commissioner.
Between January 1, 2016 and June 30 this year, footboard travel claimed the lives of 191 persons across the Southern Railway. The RPF apprehended about 18,414 footboard travellers and collected fine of Rs.49.51 lakh.

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Saturday, 29 August 2015

00:21

250-member squad to be deployed across suburban railway to check thefts

250-member squad to be deployed across suburban railway to check thefts

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has identified at least 40 spots next to poles on the Central and the Harbour  lines where miscreants reportedly hide and snatch belongings of commuters who stand on the footboard of local  trains. Now, at least 250 policemen will be stationed across the Central and Harbour lines to ensure safety and security  of passengers.  “We have formed a special squad. It has at least 250 RPF officials in it. The squad will work in two shifts, travelling across the suburban railway —  the Central and Harbour Lines.  

We have identified some poles at  Masjid and Thane, to name a few, wherein miscreants hide and use hooks to take off belongings from commuters,  including purses, backpacks etc. In fact, mobile phones have also been on the radar of these miscreants,” said  Sachin Bhalode, senior divisional security commissioner of the Central Railway (CR). 

“There are such poles at Byculla, Dadar Kurla, Thane and Dombivali on the CR and at the up line from Wadala to Vashi  on the Harbour line. These are the main spots where miscreants hide and several cases have been reported previously.  The miscreants snatch the belongings of those commuters who stand on the footboard, especially those who are  talking on their mobile phones,” added Bhalode. 

A senior officer claimed that there was a time pattern and the miscreants were most active at certain times. The RPF  squad of 250 offIcials will be deployed accordingly. “They are active from 4 pm till midnight. So, the rotation of duties will be carefully decided as more policemen  have to be deputed during this time. Also, these RPF officials, including men and women, would be in civil  clothes and would be active on the foot boards of the local trains. They would work under the guidance of one  senior,” added Bhalode. In one incident, a commuter and a Dombivali resident, Arati Gholpkar, was left braindead and later died after she  lost her balance and fell from the train, following a theft attempt. 

A man armed with a fishing line and a hook,  perched on a pole opposite her compartment, had flung out the line, aiming for her handbag. The idea of a special squad to stop such incidents arose after head constable Anuradha Pagode, a member of the Shakti squad, nabbed two suspects in local trains while on duty. One incident took place in a first-class  compartment, when a miscreant snatched a chain of a woman commuter after the train left Thane station. In the other  incident, Pagode caught a miscreant trying to flee with a mobile phone of a commuter in Tilak Nagar railway station.

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Saturday, 9 May 2015

07:23

Mumbai: Cover signal poles with barbed wire, GRP tells railways

Mumbai: Cover signal poles with barbed wire, GRP tells railways 

The GRP wrote to the Railway authorities after identifying 95 poles on Central, Western and Harbour lines which have been used by thieves to climb and steal phones, handbags and other valuables from local train commuters travelling on the footboard 

In a bid to try and curb the increasing number of cases of thieves climbing signal poles and stealing from local train commuters, the Government Railway Police (GRP) has written to the Railway authorities, asking them to cover the poles with barbed wire and install lights around them.The GRP has identified 95 poles which the thieves used to perch on and steal cellphones, handbags and other valuables of commuters travelling on the footboard in local trains. “There are around 95 poles on the Central, Western and Harbour Lines from where thefts have taken place in the past,” said GRP Commissioner Madhukar Pandey.

The police said most such thefts take place near the Thane, Kalyan, CST, Bandra, Andheri, Vasai and Vashi station areas. The thieves perch on signal poles in the dark, ensuring that passengers can’t see them. If they see a passenger talking on the phone, they hit his or her hand with a stick, making the phone fall down.

In some cases, female commuters have fallen off and suffered severe injuries, and even died, when thieves tried to pull their bags. “We have written to the railways about the matter and are requesting them to put barbed wires on the identified signalling poles so that thieves are unable to climb them.

We have also asked for lights to be installed around the poles,” said Pandey. “If the areas around the poles are lit, passengers will be able to see the accused and be alert,” said another police officer.

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