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Thursday, 12 March 2020
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Passenger Amenitieis
10:30
Fare Structure Of Anubhuti Coach:
Fare Structure Of Anubhuti Coach
2017/12/15
27-12-2017
Anubhuti Coach in Pune-Secunderabad-Pune 12025/12026 Shatabdi Express
Central Railway will augment the Shatabdi Express running between Pune and Secunderabad with one Anubhuti Coach with effect from 25.12.2017.
The composition of Shatabdi Express after augmentation of Anubhuti Coach will be Nine AC Chair Car and one Anubhuti Coach.
Basic Special Features of Anubhuti Coach:
·Facility of ergonomically designed seat
·Improved modular toilets with hands-free taps
·Automatic IC sliding doors
·Overhead reading light for individual seat
·GPS based passenger system
·Diffused LED lighting
·Special exterior painting with anti-graffiti coating
·Higher Speed potential, etc.
Fare Structure of Anubhuti Coach:
·Fare of Anubhuti coach shall be 1.2 times Executive Class Fare of Shatabdi Train
·Other charges like reservation fee, superfast surcharge, GST, etc. as applicable shall be levied separately.
·Normal child fare rules will apply.No concessional tickets and tickets against free complimentary passes which are not fully reimbursed shall be admissible in Anubhuti coach.
·Booking of tickets against passes issued to Members of Parliament and Rail Travel Coupons issued to MLA/MLCs shall be permissible as they are fully reimbursed.
·Full fare defence warrants shall be allowed for exchange as per the actual fare.
Reservation: Bookings for trip on 25.12.2017 will open from 24.12.2017 (after 15.00 hrs) and for further trips bookings will open from 25.12.2017.For booking purposes in Anubhuti coach the passenger has to select Train no as 22025 for Pune-Secunderabad Shatabdi Express till further notification.
Source:Central Railway
Sunday, 1 May 2016
new coaches
16:35
Pandian, Nellai express trains to run on LHB coaches
Pandian, Nellai express trains to run on LHB coaches
The Railway Board has finally cleared the decks for operating Chennai-Madurai-Chennai Pandian and Chennai-Tirunelveli-Chennai Nellai Superfast express trains on Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches, railway sources said on Friday.
The LHB coaches, designed on German technology, have inbuilt safety and comfort features that are comparable to world class standards.
“There were reports of rattling noise or jerks in some old coaches run in Pandian and Nellai express trains. We even had complains of AC failure in upper class coaches on a few occasions. It has been decided to introduce LHB rakes in these trains soon. These coaches are safer and proven to have a smooth ride on long formation rakes running at high speed,” a senior railway official said. The cost of manufacturing each LHB coach that is designed to attain a speed of up to 160 kmph is said to be Rs. 2.5 crore.
After The Hindu reported early this year on how several new LHB coaches rolled out by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) here were gathering dust with no takers, the Southern Railway took steps to put them on tracks.
A month later, the old design coaches in Chennai-Mangalore-Chennai Express were replaced by LHB rakes.
Another railway official said that the operation of Chennai-Coimbatore-Chennai Cheran Express could be termed “unsafe” as the rakes were being run over and above 3,500 km at one go. “Going by safety norms, a rake turned out of pit-line examination cannot be run beyond 3,500 km. In this case, the rake is operated as Navajeevan Express from Ahmedabad to Chennai and then to Coimbatore as Cheran Express without much of cleaning or maintenance. This is in violation of safety guidelines…,” he said.
In a related development, railway sources said the ICF would soon manufacture Deen Dayal unreserved coaches for long distance trains announced by Railway Minister Sunil Prabu in the Budget.
These coaches would have potable water and higher number of mobile charging points.
“There were reports of rattling noise in some old coaches of Pandian and Nellai express”
Source:The Hindu
Monday, 28 March 2016
new coaches
11:11
Railways begins process to build Fire Exit Doors for Trains
Railways begins process to build Fire Exit Doors for Trains
Pilot project will choose 10 Coaches and Rs 30 Lakh will be spent on each of them
New Delhi: The railway ministry for the first time has begun the process of having fire exit doors for train coaches to help passengers escape in case of a fire incident and also to allow train staff to evacuate passengers quickly. The railway ministry will be picking up 10 coaches for this pilot project and will be spending Rs 30 lakh on each of these coaches to build these fire exit doors.
The thought of having fire exit doors in trains came up as part of a high-power study and research into train fires conducted last March by the railways’ Centre for Advanced Maintenance Technology (Camtech) headquartered in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. It was one of the recommendations of the study apart from having bigger emergency windows for non-air conditioned coaches and also to have vestibules to connect general coaches so that people can move from one coach to another in case of a fire.
According to officials, the fire exit door is a good progress in a railway system that for several years now has had nothing to show as part of its fire-fighting mechanism apart from red-grilled emergency windows in general coaches. In fact, it is just of late that the railways has been toying with the idea of having thermal insulating material for latches and handles of doors so that passengers can hold them and open doors to escape a fire. The latter is also one of the recommendations made to the railways by the Camtech study.
“It is a good start because the railways safety record when it comes to fires is poor. Moreover, passengers also travel dangerously by sometimes smoking near the toilets and vestibules. There are also instances of people carrying liquor in trains. The railways should be severe on such passengers,” said Bhandup-resident Manish Chaturvedi.
Why train fire is dangerous
1) A train consists of long, narrow vehicles with limited exits coupled with each other
2) High traveling speeds prevent quick escape and assist the rapid spread of fire
3) Wide range of track conditions, including confined sections such as bridges, tunnels, ghats, etc., make it difficult for passengers to get off the vehicle easily in times of emergency
4) Restriction in movement of passengers and fast spread of fire aggravates the situation
5) A large number of passengers traveling on trains are attended to by a small team of train crew
Camtech study recommendations
1) Fire extinguishers should be provided in all coaches, i.e., also in general second class coaches, non-AC 3 tier coaches and non-AC chair cars etc.
2) The size of emergency exit windows in General Coaches/3-tier sleeper coaches/non-AC chair car shall be of larger size as in case of AC coaches so that it can be identified easily and easy to exit as these coaches are highly occupied
3) Vestibuling in the general coaches may be explored, this will help in evacuating passengers in case of any disaster/emergency
5) Authority to be given to AC mechanic to ask passengers to not to smoke
6) Overhead water tanks of toilets may be provided with fusible drain plug. In case of fire this fusible drain plug will melt due to high temperature and water will spill out in door way area which may reduce the intensity of fire.
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Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Railway Minister
20:09
Designer Coaches of Railways offer Excellent Ambience & Modern Facilities
Designer Coaches of Railways offer Excellent Ambience & Modern Facilities
New Delhi: Languorous luxurious travel and a ‘homely’ feel on Indian Railways will no more be a wishful thinking!
The new luxury coaches of Indian Railways built under ‘ Make in India’ have ergonomic jerk-less seats, with beautifully done interiors in bright rich colours. Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted pictures of the new designer coaches on Monday.
The coaches are spacious, fitted with modern amenities, have bigger side berths, LED reading lights, snacks table and bio-toilets system installed in them.
As per reports, out of 100 plus coaches to be build initially, 87 would be non AC, 17 would be for AC 3 tier, 5 for AC 2 tier and one each for AC 1 and chair car. While AC coaches have been built at the cost of Rs 70 lakh, sleeper coaches cost Rs 49 lakh.
Indian Railways is also expected to launch phase two of luxury coaches which will include executive class chair car coaches for Shatabdi Express.
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, in the month of February roped-in Ahmedabad based NID to re-design the train coaches with an aim to provide comfortable journey to passengers wherein National Institute of Design (NID) will architect the designer coaches for the purpose.
Meanwhile, four new NIDs are coming up at Vijayawada, Jorhat, Kurukshetra and Bhopal, the statement said.
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
train late
07:32
The alarm chains will no longer be installed in new coaches
BAREILLY: "To stop train pull chain" notice inside railway coaches is soon set to become history. The railway ministry has decided to do away with these chains. An official said railways had incurred a loss of Rs 3,000 crore because trains ran late with the indiscriminate chain-pulling for no good reason.
At Izzatnagar in Bareilly, the work of removing the chains from trains has already begun. Officials say that as an alternative arrangement, the mobile phone number of the driver and assistant driver could be displayed in coaches, so passengers can call in case of an emergency.
Rajendra Singh, public relations officer of the North Eastern Railways, Izzatnagar division, said, "The alarm chains will no longer be installed in new coaches being manufactured at rail coach factories across the country. The Railway Board has already issued a notification requiring that the chains not be installed. Maintenance workshops have already started removing the alarm chains from existing coaches. At Izzatnagar railway workshop, technicians have already started removing the alarm chain from coaches coming in for maintenance."
He said that in addition to displaying the mobile phone numbers of the driver and assistant driver, one employee carrying a walkie-talkie would be present for every three coaches in each train.
Singh said it was no secret that the chain was rampantly misused by travellers who pulled it in self-interest rather that in case of emergency. The alarm chain is meant to be pulled only in case of emergency, and only when contact cannot be established with the travelling ticket examiner (TTE) on board. As things are now, people pull the chain when relatives or friends might miss the train, the officer said.
During a recent visit to the city, Union minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha had said that chain-pulling to stop the train was a big menace in UP and Bihar, and train schedules were thrown out of whack by miscreants who pulled the chain for no good reason, causing huge losses to the railways.
Divisional railway manager, (DRM) Izzatnagar division, Chandra Mohan Jindal, said, "It is undeniable that chain-pulling is among the major factors delaying trains. This has come up for discussion before the Railway Board. The problem is acute in states like Bihar UP, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana."
