BADLA GHAT

 Hon’ble MPs meeting with General Manager, Central Railway

Hon’ble Member of Parliament met Shri A. K. Gupta, General Manager, Central Railway along with Principal Head of the Departments & Divisional Railway Manager, Mumbai at Central Railway Headquarters Buidling o­n 09.09.2019. Earlier, Shri A. K. Gupta, General Manager met Shri Arvind Sawant, Hon’ble Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Govt. of India and discussed various issues with regard Mumbai Suburban Railway.

Shri Kapil Patil, Shri Shrikant Shinde, Shri Rajan Vichare, Shri Rahul Shewale, Shri Kumar Ketkar, Shri Rajendra Gavit, Shri Hemant Godse, Members of Parliament discussed about Railway Projects, Developmental Works completed & in progress and various other issues including Passenger amenities o­n Railways with General Manager, Central Railway & other officers. 

The General Manager welcomed all Hon’ble MPs in his address and commended their cooperation and motivation in completing the projects, further said under their guidance will serve the esteemed passengers with better amenities. He further assured all suggestions of Hon’ble MPs will be fulfilled at our level best. A number of issues including New Trains, Doubling of line, Stoppages, Escalators, Lifts at Stations, New FOBs, 3^rd line between Kalyan – Kasara & Kalyan – Badlapur, 5^th & 6^th line between Diwa & Thane and various other projects by MRVC  & Central Railway were discussed. 

Hon’ble MPs thanked Central Railway and appreciated the good works done in Mumbai Division. Hon’ble MPs also emphasized that all major infrastructural works like doubling, new lines, may be given special attention. General Manager assured for the same. 

Earlier, General Manager welcomed the Hon’ble Member of Parliament with bouquet, shawl and Shrifal. DRM, Mumbai, Shri S. K. Jain gave presentation o­n Mumbai Divsion. Shri D. K. Singh, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Shri B. K. Dadabhoy, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, Shri Manoj Sharma, Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), Shri S. P. Vavre, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer, Shri A. K. Agarwal, Principal Chief Engineer, Shri S. K. Biswas, Principal Chief Signal & Telecom Engineer, Shri Atul Pathak, Principal Chief Security Commissioner, Shri R. S. Khurana, Chairman & Managing Director, MRVC, Shri Saket Kumar Mishra, Secretary, Central Railway, and  Shri Shivaji Sutar, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway were also present in this meeting. 

Shri Dinesh Vashishtha, Deputy General Manager conducted the proceedings of this meeting. 

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Date: September 10, 2019

This press release is issued by Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.

Central Railway

Press Release

Central Railway records 6.23 lakh passengers using UTS App o­n 8.7.2019.

Central Railway’s Mumbai Division has set a new record with 6,23,308 passengers using UTS App o­n 8.7.2019. This is almost 10.14% of its total passengers.

Major suburban stations o­n Mumbai Division saw an encouraging response to Central Railway’s sustained efforts to promote the use of UTS app for ticketing. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus registered figures of 18.12% of its passengers using UTS app.

Other stations registering similar response were Thane with 19.89%, Kalyan with 19.48%, Ambarnath with 12.40% and Badlapur with 15.36% o­n the main line. o­n the harbour line Panvel with 22.41%, Kharghar with 23.22%, Belapur with 21.46% & o­n the Trans-harbour line Ghansoli with 21.61% and Airoli with 16% registered a positive response to the UTS app.

Shri S K Jain, Divisional Railway Manager, Mumbai division, Central Railway, along with his team of dedicated Senior Officers and staff has been at the forefront in initiating several campaigns to popularise the UTS mobile app. Several drives have been conducted at various stations to educate passengers about the features of the UTS app, the procedure to download it and use the same. In addition to this UTS app promotion is also being done by advertising o­n ticket rolls, animated videos and radio jingles. Besides,  the bonus of 5% and the ease of booking season tickets through the UTS app has been widely appreciated.

Sunil Udasi, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway said “ The UTS  app has greatly improved overall passenger experience and has simplified  the ticketing process for passengers saving time,  thus  making their journey more comfortable. “

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Date: July 10, 2019

This press release is issued by Sunil Udasi, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.