Thrust on Infra, Safety : Rail Doubling works in Southern Railway get a fillip in Budget 2020-21
Thrust on Infra, Safety : Rail Doubling works in Southern Railway get a fillip in Budget 2020-21
HIGHLIGHTS:
·Southern Railway has been granted an amount of Rs.3340 crore as budgetary allocation for the year 2020-2021 with a grant of Rs.1238 crore for doubling, Rs.175 crores towards gauge conversion , Rs.37 crores for traffic facilities and Rs.198 crores for passenger amenities.
·New projects at a cost of Rs. 4131 has been sanctioned towards doubling of Katpadi-Villupuram line, Salem-Karur-Dindigul line, Erode-Karur line and Chennai Beach- Chennai Egmore (4th line). A sanction of Rs.280 crores for Chennai Beach – Chennai Egmore 4th line will help easing congestion in this section.
·With focus on Safety, for elimination of level crossing gates an amount of Rs.880 crores have been sanctioned for new road over bridges and Road under bridges particularly on the Golden quadrilateral/diagonal routes (Chennai – Gudur/Chennai – Arakkonam – Renigunta). This has the potential to increase the speed of trains.
·Replacement of Route relay interlocking (RRI) and A, B and C cabins at Jolarpettai has been allotted an outlay of Rs.6 crore.
·Provision of centralized traffic control in connection with modern train control system has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.148 cr. This will help in enhancing the line capacity and safety.
·Harnessing the benefits of technology for Safe train operations, provision of indigenous train collision avoidance system on low density railway network has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.468.9 cr.
·Under Passenger amenities head, a new work for an amount of Rs.150 crores towards minimum essential amenities with more focus on facilities for divyangjan at stations across southern railway has been sanctioned. Rs.75 crores sanctioned towards soft upgrades at stations ( like improvement in station buildings, tall flags, steel benches, cover over platform, etc.)
1.Budgetary grant (BG) under various Plan heads
Plan Head
BG 2020-21 (In Rs.Crores)
11
New lines
2.70
14
Gauge Conversion
175.18
15
Doubling
1238.10
including EBR (IF)
16
Traffic Facilities
37.12
17
Computerisation
7.03
21
Rolling Stock
106.59
29
Road Safety Work- Level Crossings
102.36
30
Road Safety Work-ROBs/RUBs
335.52
31
Track Renewals
730.00
32
Bridge Works
54.5
33
Signalling & Telecommunication works
105.06
36
Other Electrical work, incl. TRD
39.48
41
Machinery & Plant
27.76
42
Workshop including PUs
55.04
51
Staff Welfare
63.96
53
Passenger Amenities
198.11
64
Other Specified work
53.34
65
Training/HRD
8.1
Grand Total
3340.00
2.Budget grant for some important ongoing work is as under:
Press Release No. 355, TEMPORARY STOPPAGE OF TRAINS, EXPERIMENTAL STOPPAGE OF TRAIN, CANCELLATION OF TRAINS & DIVERSION OF TRAINS
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY
Press Release No. 355 Dt. 20.01.2020
TEMPORARY STOPPAGE OF TRAINS
Following trains will be provided with one minute temporary stoppage at Nalwar station from 21.01.2020 to 31.01.2020 to clear rush of pilgrims attending for Jathra Mahotsava as detailed below:-
1.Train No. 11013 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Coimbatore Express from 21.01.2020 to 31.01.2020 will arrive/depart Nalwar – 10:15/10:16 hrs.
2.Train No. 11014 Coimbatore – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express from 21.01.2020 to 31.01.2020 will arrive/depart Nalwar – 02:10/02:11 hrs.
4.Train No. 16340 Nagercoil – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (Mumbai) Express from 21.01.2020 to 31.01.2020 on nominated days will arrive/depart Nalwar – 07:40/07:41 hrs.
EXPERIMENTAL STOPPAGE OF TRAIN
Train No. 56926 Tumakuru – KSR Bengaluru Fast Passenger will be provided with one minute stoppage at Gollahalli on experimental basis for a period of six months from 20.01.2020 to 19.07.2020. Accordingly this train will arrive/depart Gollahalli – 08:54/08:55 hrs.
CANCELLATION OF TRAINS
Following trains will be Cancelled / Short terminated due to Railway related work between Monkey Hill – Karjat as detailed below: -
1.Train No. 51029 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Mumbai) – Vijayapura Passenger commencing journey from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (Mumbai) on 21.01.2020, 22.01.2020, 26.01.2020, 27.01.2020, 28.01.2020 & 29.01.2020 will be cancelled.
2.Train No. 51030 Vijayapura – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (Mumbai) Passenger commencing journey from Vijayapura on 22.01.2020, 23.01.2020, 27.01.2020, 28.01.2020, 29.01.2020 & 30.01.2020 will be cancelled for want of rake.
DIVERSION OF TRAINS
I.Trains as detailed below will be diverted due to Doubling Electrification of track between Guntur and Guntakal stations of Nallapadu – satular section:-
1.Train No. 18463 Bhubaneswar – KSR Bengaluru Prasanti Express commencing journey from Bhubaneswar from 27.01.2020 to 04.02.2020 will be diverted to run via Krishna Canal, Gudur, Renigunta, Melpakkam, Jolarpettai instead of Krshna Canal, Guntur, Guntakal, Dharmavaram.
2.Train No. 18464 KSR Bengaluru – Bhubaneswar Prasanti Express commencing journey from KSR Bengaluru 26.01.2020 to 04.02.2020 will be diverted to run via Jolarpettai, Melpakkam, Renigunta, Gudur, Krishna Canal instead of Dharmavaram, Guntakal, Guntur, Krshna Canal.
3.Train No. 22883 Puri – Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express commencing journey from Puri on 31.01.2020 will be diverted to run via Krishna Canal, Gudur, Renigunta, Melpakkam, Jolarpettai instead of Krshna Canal, Guntur, Dhone, Gooty, Dharmavaram.
4.Train No. 22884 Yesvantpur – Puri Garib Rath Express commencing journey from Yesvantpur on 01.02.2020 will be diverted to run via Jolarpettai, Melpakkam, Renigunta, Gudur, Krishna Canal instead of Dharmavaram, Gooty, Dhone, Guntur, Krshna Canal.
II.Train No. 16525 Kanniyakumari – KSR Bengaluru Island Express commencing journey from Kanniyakumari on 21.01.2020 will be diverted via Alappuzha.
