FARAH TOWN

*Electronic Interlocking (EI) commissioned at Baad Station ie 3^rd largest yard of Agra Division*

*New EI with 359 routes to ensure seamless and safe operations o­n the very busy Agra-Delhi route.*

North Central Railway achieved yet another milestone in the leadership of Shri Satish Kumar GM/NCR by commissioning new Electronic Interlocking in connection with Baad passenger yard remodelling and Farah-Baad 3^rd line work o­n 08.03.23. Baad yard is third biggest yard in Agra division. Kyson make Electronic Interlocking has been commissioned at Baad station o­n Agra cantt-Mathura Section of Agra division thus providing 359 routes for better flexibility in train operations. The new interlocking will help in ensuring safe and seamless train operations in the section.

This complex work included 47 Point Machines-47 (36 new and 11 existing), 28 Signals and 41 shut signals. Complete yard track circuiting has also been provided in redundancy with DC track Circuit & MSDAC. 04 Nos. Integrated Power Supply system has been provided for reliable power supply for signalling equipments. In order to strengthen safety preparedness and enhance monitoring 04 number Effectronics make Data logger ( BAD central, A cabin, B cabin, C cabin) has been provided. These dataloggers will be monitored o­nline from control office. 03 Nos. Global make New Electric Operated Lifting Barrier at Level crossing no.-522, 523,524 have also been provided in place of existing overaged barrier .

Earth Leakage Detectors, Fuse alarm system, fire alarm system have been provided at BAAD to ensure safety of signaling equipments and asset reliability.

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पत्रांक:11पीआर/03/2022                             à¤ªà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤¸ विज्ञप्ति             à¤¦à¤¿à¤¨à¤¾à¤‚क:02.03.2022

General Manager North Central Railway conductsInspection of Palwal-Agra section under Annual Inspection Program of Agra Division

Today o­n 02.03.2022General Manager North Central Railway ShriPramod Kumar along with the team of Principal Heads of Department from North Central Railway Headquarter conducted inspectedPalwal-Agra section under annual inspection of Agra Division. This inspection started in the morning and continued till late evening. Starting from Palwal, the track was inspected from the rear window of the inspection carriage. Major Curves, Bridges, Level Crossing, Gang,, Three Stations (Rundhi, Mathura, and Agra) Yard,  Turn Out, Long welded rail, SEJ, USFD team, speed trials etc. were thoroughly inspected during the day.

Departing from there, the General Manager closely inspected the passenger facilities, colony at Rundhi station, followed by intensive inspection of Railway Yard, Point Testing, Relay Room, Long Valed Rail, SEJ, etc.

GM NCR ShriPramod Kumar inspected Wheel Impact Load Detector (WILD) System installed at Hodal. The system is used to detect the defective wheels of rolling stock.

General Manager tested the riding quality of the track by conducting speed trials at a speed of 120 kmphbetween Rundhi-Kosikalan (30km) section.

Thereafter, Shri Kumar inspected the Curve No. 30and Gang No. 12between Km No. 1424/007-1423/285on Chhata-Ajhai section. He took the next stop over at Non-Interlocked Engineering Level Crossing at Km. No. 1422/16-18. He inspected the gate number 540and thoroughly went through the gateworking.

Moving further, he inspected Mathura station where he took stock of Passenger Amenities, Waiting Rooms, West and East side of Station Circulating Area, Catering Units,Traction Sub Station and Goods Shed etc..

After moving from Mathura, GMinspectedmajor Bridge located at Km. No. 1372/21-19in Farah-Keetham Section

During the inspection of Agra cantt.station, the General Manager did a thorough inspection of the passenger facilities, waiting room, running room, station circulating area etc. After that the inauguratednewly constructed women RPF barracks.

Shri Kumar held a brief meeting with the officers present regarding the development works being done in Agra Division.

At the station, the General Manager felicitated North Central Railway's weightlifting team (the entire team is working in Agra division o­nly) and coach forthe excellent performance in recently held Inter Railway All India Weightlifting Championship at Kapurthala.

During the inspection, the General Manager, North Central Railway interacted with the trackmen and other railway personnel and checked their knowledge of the personnel about their duties and responsibilities. He enquired about the welfare of the staff and directed the concerned officers of the section to pay special attention to the welfare of the employees working in the field.

During the inspection, different teams of officers were formed who were assigned specific tasks. Principal Chief Safety Officer Shri M.K. Gupta led the team inspecting points and crossings, Principal Chief Operations Manager Mr. Biplav Kumar led the team inspecting station records. During the inspection, Principal Chief Commercial Manager S.K Singh , DRM Mr. AnandSwarup and PCE Mr. SK Mishra accompanied the General Manager and IG RPF Mr. RavindraVerma inspected the security installations.

After the inspection, he interacted with recognized trade unionsassociations & ZRUCC members, etc.