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www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2023-04-18
Central Railway observes World Heritage Day 2023 Heritage Walk and Booklet-Release on Matheran Light Railway organized at CSMT Central Railway observed World Heritage Day with great ardor and zeal as it is moving ahead into the 171st year of dedicated service in India. World Heritage Day offers us the platform to focus on reviving and conserving the ancient heritage and take pride in the same. Constituted by International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), this day is observed on April 18 every year. Mumbai Division started its heritage day celebrations with a ‘Heritage Walk’ that began from the heritage gully of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) under the guidance of Shri Naresh Lalwani, General Manager, Central Railway and led by Shri Alok Singh, Additional General Manager; Shri Sunil Kumar, Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, Shri Rajnish Goyal, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Mumbai Division and other Officers of Central Railway. Shri Alok Singh released a booklet on Matheran Light Railway, compiled by Environment and Housekeeping Management (EnHM) section and visited the exhibits displayed across the corridors of Platform Nos. 14 & 15. The heritage walk culminated in the GM Building Museum where the PHODs viewed the exhibits and were exhilarated by the history of Central Railway heritage. The evening of World Heritage Day will see illumination of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus building which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This remarkable building which is a fine example of Indo-Gothic architecture is 135 years old. Mumbai division’s Byculla station is another fine example of heritage conservation by Central Railway. The 170 years old station, commissioned in 1853 was a part of the first train journey from Boribunder to Thane. This station was restored to its original Gothic Architectural glory and is being maintained and conserved today. The Neral-Matheran Light Railway is one few heritage railways in India which is 116 years old. The construction of this railway started in 1904 and service started in 1907.Today Central Railway runs services from Neral to Matheran and passengers can enjoy a memorable trip amidst nature. Pune Division geared up for the day with heritage rally outside DRM office which was participated by Additional DRM and other divisional officers. Some more activities like screening of a film on heritage, lecture on heritage and conservation and quiz programme were also organised. Bhusaval Division organised a heritage awareness rally of 150 persons comprising of RPF personnel, students and other railway staff led by Additional DRMs and Divisional officers that culminated at the Rail Heritage Museum. Nagpur Division chose to celebrate this iconic day by holding a story telling competition on railway heritage and a presentation on “Heritage Changes†being the theme of this year’s World Heritage Day. Solapur Division headed by its DRM and other officers visited the old exhibits and artefacts of Solapur Division. Three heritage presentations by Sr Divisional Safety Officer marked the celebrations along with heritage discussions actively participated by local NGOs who are into heritage conservation added more wisdom to the heritage day events. --- --- Date: April 18, 2023 PR No.2023/04/27 This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai (Shivaji Sutar) Chief Public Relations Officer 2
www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in- 2022-05-09
TRAINS on DEMAND !!!
Keeping in view the demands from travelling passengers especially from the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Examination aspirants, it has been decided to run special trains towards different destinations of the country.
More than 65 Special Trains have been planned to run for RRB Non-Technical Popular Category (NTPC) Examination candidates across the country for appearing CBT-2 Examination scheduled to be held on 9th & 10th May, 2022 in different cities. Among these, nine pairs of Special Trains have been planned to run through East Coast Railway jurisdiction.
These trains are… two pairs between Shalimar-Chirala, one pair each between Hatia-Chirala, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, Cuddapah-Visakhapatnam, Gaya-Bhubaneswar, Dhanbad-Brahmapur and Dhanbad-Vijayawada.
Shalimar-Chirala Examination Special:
08005/08006 Shalimar-Chilara-Shalimar Examination Special from Shalimar will leave at 0600hrs on 07.05.2022 towards Chirala. In the return direction, this train will leave Chirala at 1925hrs on 09.05.2022 and will run via Kharagpur-Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar-
08013/08014 Shalimar-Chilara-Shalimar Examination Special from Shalimar will leave at 0600hrs on 09.05.2022 towards Chirala. In the return direction, this train will leave Chirala at 1925hrs on 10.05.2022 and will run as per above Exam Special Train.
Hatia-Chirala Examination Special:
08615/08616 Hatia-Chilara-Hatia Examination Special from Hatia will leave at 2355hrs on 07.05.2022 towards Chirala. In the return direction, this train will leave Chirala at 2130hrs on 10.05.2022 and will run via Rourkela-Sambalpur City-Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam having stoppages at important Stations.
Gaya-Bhubaneswar Examination Special:
03230/03229 Gaya-Bhubaneswar-Gaya Examination Special from Gaya will leave at 2000hrs on 07.05.2022 towards Bhubaneswar. In the return direction, this train will leave Bhubaneswar at 2000hrs on 09.05.2022 and will run via Koderma-Ranchi-Rourkela-
Dhanbad-Brahmapur Examination Special:
03313/03314 Dhanbad-Brahmapur Examination Special from Dhanbad will leave at 2000hrs on 07.05.2022 towards Brahmapur. In the return direction, this train will leave Brahmapur at 2230hrs on 10.05.2022 and will run via Bokaro-Ranchi-Rourkela-
Dhanbad-Vijayawada Examination Special:
03309/03310 Dhanbad-Vijayawada Examination Special from Dhanbad will leave at 0900hrs on 07.05.2022 towards Vijayawada. In the return direction, this train will leave Vijayawada at 2100hrs on 09.05.2022 and will run via Bokaro-Ranchi-Rourkela-
Cuddapah-Visakhapatnam Examination Special:
07679/07680 Cuddapah-Visakhapatnam Examination Special from Cuddapah will leave at 0530hrs on 08.05.2022 towards Visakhapatnam. In the return direction, this train will leave Visakhapatnam at 2210hrs on 09.05.2022 and will run via Nandyal-Cumbum-Guntur-
Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Examination Special:
07672/07673 Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Examination Special from Secunderabad will leave at 0505hrs on 08.05.2022 towards Visakhapatnam. In the return direction, this train will leave Visakhapatnam at 1950hrs on 09.05.2022 and will run via Nalgonda-Sattenapalli- | ||||||||