CHOPAN

North Central Railway

Headquarter

Public Relations

Prayagraj

No. 11PR/05/2020Press ReleaseDate: 20.07.20

Infrastructure works for mobility improvement over North Central Railway

Un-deterred by Covid-19 situation, these critical works are targeted for completion in FY 2020-21

Mobility of trains o­n North Central Railways plays most critical role in overall punctuality and average speed of trains from North to East, west and South. NCR carry more than10% of total Indian Railways’ traffic with just 5% of its asset and has been working continuously to identify and execute critical works for improvingmobility of trains.

In spite of Covid-19 situation, NCR has completed many important infrastructure works like Kanpur yard remodeling, replacement of 04 diamond crossing at Tundla, layout correction in Lalitpur& Khajuraho yard, commissioning of o­ne each ROB and RUB and closure of o­ne level crossing, platform raising at Mathura and Baad stations,automatic signalling in Sarsaul-Prempursection and Dankaur- Maripat third line, interlocking of 02 level crossings and provision of sliding boom o­n 09 level crossings , new passenger lifts at Kanpur and Gwaliorstations, 132 KV transmission line shifting work in national capital region for Gaziabad- Merrutrapid transit system, provision of split ACs in place of centralized ACs in divisional traffic control andshifting of section control boards in individual rooms for prevention of Covid-19 etc.

Moving ahead in this direction, North Central Railway is now working o­n additional infrastructure works for increasing mobility of trains targeted for completion in o­ngoing FY 2020-21. Critical track works ofthird line between Naini and PrayagrajChheoki, increasing speed of Churk- Lusa stretch from existing 60 to 100 kmph of in Chunar- Chopansection andprovision of longer loop lines for handling long-haul trains at Dabhoura and SikrodaKawnari stations are included in this list. For improvement of loading related infrastructure commissioning of Ultratech cement siding at Harduaganj and Bevara, Pragati power house siding improvement at Bevara and its connectivity with Sankargarh station, improvement in NTPC siding at Meja and electrification of ballast sidings in Jhansi division are included under critical infrastructure works. For improvement in yard and train handling facilities at stations conversion of Sri Ghasinagar station from existing D to B class and yard remodeling of Yamuna Bridge station for direct reception and dispatch facility to trains are targeted. Important signalling works for mobility improvement are replacement of mechanical signalling with Electronic Interlocking at loco B-cabin Kanpur and A and B cabins of Juhi, upgradation of signalling system at Ranipur Road, Mau Ranipur&Rora stations in Jhansi -Banda section, commissioning of intermediate block signal (IBS) in Govindpuri -Bhimsen section and commissioning of automatic signalling in third line between Dankaur- Khurja in Gaziabad- Aligarh section.

These works jointly identified by operations, construction, NCR project unit and divisions are critical to safe and efficient train operations and expected to yield long term benefits to mobility of trainsover North Central Railway.

North Central Railway

Headquarter

Public Relations

Prayagraj

No. 11PR/05/2020Press ReleaseDate: 29.06.20

Important initiatives o­n North Central Railway towards reduction in consumption of High Speed Diesel (HSD) and use of Renewable energy sources

As its commitment to remain eco-friendly North Central Railway has taken series of steps towards reducing dependence o­n non-renewable sources of energy, bringing efficiency in use of energy and utilizing non conventional sources to meet its energy requirement.

Towards promoting greener energy North Central Railway is expeditiously electrifying its broad-gaugenetwork and 226 km broad gauge routes were electrified during 2019-20 including important section of Chunar- Chopan of Prayagraj Division which is now being utilized for running average 5 freight trains o­n daily basis through electrictraction. Prior to suspension of regular passenger services due to Covid-19 all 05 passenger services in this section were also operating through electric traction. Further to conserve HSD in existing diesel locomotives fleet it is being ensured that diesel locomotives are shut down during idling and non-usage period. With increased used of electric locomotives and through close monitoring of diesel locomotives, 160 Lakhs litres HSD could be saved during 2019-20.To bring further economy in use of High Speed Diesel (HSD), all 16 LHB rakes of NCR utilized in different originating passenger trains are HOG (Head o­n Generation) compliant thus using electric energy for lights, fans , ACs etc. directly from OHE routed through locomotives thus saving of 75000 liters annually.

Besides saving of HSD, part of electric energy could also be saved by use of modern three phase electric locomotive which acts as electrical energy generator during braking process and energy thus generated is fed back to grid achieving overall energy efficiency. Through this process of electricity regeneration whopping 12.61 crores units of electricity could be saved in 2019-20. Besides energy saving regenerative braking also reduces wear and tear in locomotive and coaches as unlike conventional braking regenerative braking process.

On use of renewable source of energy, NCR has been the leading Railway with installed solar plant capacity of 11 Megawatt thus using 85.55 Lakhs unit of solar electricity annually instead of electricity obtained from conventional coal or gas plants which are non-renewable sources. Besides using solar energy, NCR has also gone for 100 % energy efficient LED lighting in its 1600 coaches, 265 offices, 338 stations, 02 workshops and 26000 railway quarters saving additional 1.5 Crores unit of electricity annually.