KURGUNTA

In order to clear extra rush of passengers in view of the 615th Urs-e-Shareef of Hazrath Khaja Bandanawaz at Gulbarga(Kalaburgi) from 19th to 21st July, 2019, four Unreserved Special trains have been arranged to run between Hyderabad – Gulbarga – Hyderabad as per the following schedule:-

Hyderabad – Gulbarga - Hyderabad unreserved special Trains(4 Services):

Accordingly, Train No.07178 Hyderabad – Gulbarga special train will depart Hyderabad at 23:45 hrs o­n 18th & 21st July, 2019 and arrive Gulbarga at 06:25 hrs o­n the next day.

In the return direction Train No. 07177 Gulbarga – Hyderabad unreserved special Train will depart Gulbarga at 07:00 hrs o­n 19th July & 22nd July, 2019 and arrive Hyderabad at 12:30 hrs o­n the same day.

Enroute, these special trains will stop at Begumpet, Sanathnagar, Hafeezpet, Lingampalli, Nagalapalli, Sankarpalli, Ravalapallikalan (H), Gullaguda, Chitgidda, Vikarabad, Godamgura, Dharur, Rukmapur, Tandur, Mantatti, Nawandgi, Kurgunta, Seram, Malkhaid Road, Chittapur, Sulehalli and Wadi stations in both the directions.

These special trains consist of All General Second Class coaches.

The trials of Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) system, also called as Automatic Train Protection (ATP) System, an indigenous “Make in India” Project of Indian Railways was carried out today i.e., 6^thJune, 2015 between Lingampalli-Vikarabad-Tandur-Kurgunta Railway Stations o­n the Begumpet - Wadi Section of Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway. Shri Navin Tandon, Member Electrical, Railway Board, New Delhi examined the trials. The TCAS, developed indigenously by Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow is being extended infrastructural support by South Central Railway.

Shri Ashesh Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, Secunderabad Division, Shri M.S.Mahaboob Ali, Chief Signal & Telecommunications Engineer, Shri Solan Gupta, Chief Electrical Engineer and Shri Manohar, Additional Member, Signaling, Railway Board accompanied the Member Electrical, Railway Board.

 This Automatic Train Protection System, which is economical as compared to the Technology in Developed Countries, was put o­n trial, as a continuing measure to the trials carried out earlier in the same section. The TCAS trials were broadly categorized into three segments - between Godamgura and Tandur, it was a maiden trial of the new installation of TCAS while between Tandur and Kurgunta, the TCAS trials were meant to further ensure Inter Operability with three firms viz., Medha, Kernex and HBL which are involved in the project. Between Lingampalli and Hafizpet, the maiden trials were carried out to check suitability of TCAS o­n auto signaling section.

The ambitious TCAS project is being further planned for full fledged extended trials in the next few months by undertaking work o­n required infrastructural inputs including Tower Foundations, Equipment installations etc. The full fledged trials will cover Lingampalli – Vikarabad – Wadi and Vikarabad – Bidar sections to a total length of 250 kms. 40 nominated Locomotives (20 Electrical and 20 Diesel Locomotives) will be put to use for these full fledged trials.

Shri Bhamu, Executive Director, Signal Development, Railway Board, Shri L.K.Mansukhani, Director, RDSO, Shri B. Srinivasulu., Director, (Q&A), RDSO, Bangalore, Shri Kalyan Raju, Sr. Divisional Signal and Telecommunications Engineer, Shri Koteswar Rao, Sr. Divisional Electrical Engineer, M.Muni Kumar, Divisional Signal & Telcommunications Engineer, Secunderabad Division were among those present.