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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY

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PRESS RELEASE

SER CROSSES RAILWAY BOARD’S TARGET

WITH HUGE EARNINGS FROM TICKET CHECKING DRIVES

Kolkata, 13^th November, 2019:

South Eastern Railway has conducted massive Ticket Checking Drives during the first seven months i.e from April to October of the current financial year (2019-20) through its entire network of four Divisions i.e Kharagpur, Adra, Chakradharpur & Ranchi and registered 64,9308 cases of travelling without or with improper tickets.

South Eastern Railway, during the first seven months of this financial year (2019-20), altogether realised Rs. 34.18 crores against a target of Rs. 32.62 crores fixed by the Railway Board and registered a growth of 4.8%. The amount was realised from 6,49,308 cases which is 5.1% more than the target of 6,17,710 cases fixed by Railway Board.

Collection of this huge amount was possible due to vigorous special checks conducted by the Commercial Department of South Eastern Railway in assistance with Railway Protection Force.

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Central Railway

Press Release

Electrification of Mumbai-Kalyan section completes 91 years

Railway electrification from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (the then Victoria Terminus) to Kalyan was commissioned o­n 12.11.1928 with 1500-volt DC traction system.Electrification was subsequently extended up to Igatpuri in Northeast line and up to Pune in Southeast line.First passenger train Deccan Queen, with electric loco WCP-1 ran o­n 1.6.1930 between Bombay VT (now CSMT) and Poona (now Pune).

Background:

In 1500-volt DC system over head equipment power was being supplied at 1500 volt from rectifier fed traction substations (TSS) normally having no sectioning.i.e. the TSS were connected in parallel.Traction Substations inter spacing being very low, making fault level unmanageable and other problems.Over head DC traction power supply system had reached its saturation level and it was very difficult to run more trains in section.Recurring maintenance cost of DC traction system was also very high. High number of faults also occurred due to very high currents in the DC system.

The 25 kV AC system emerged as an economical form of electrification as a result of research and trials in Europe, particularly, o­n French Railways (SNCF). Indian Railways decided to adopt the 25 kV AC system of electrification as a standard in 1957.

Considering the limitations of the existing DC traction system, a decision was taken to convert it to 25 kV AC traction in 1996-97. Conversion from DC to AC traction of Igatpuri-Kalyan section was completed o­n 12.11.2006; Pune-Lonavala-Kalyan section o­n 24.10.2010; Kalyan-Thane section o­n 24.1.2014 and Thane-CSMT o­n 8.6.2015 o­n Central Railway.With this, the entire electrified mainline rail network in Central Railway uses 25 kV AC.

Savings:

Due to switching over from 1500 v DC traction to 25 kV AC traction, number of Traction substations have reduced from 21 to 4 in Kalyan-CSMT and from 72 to 18 in CSMT-Igatpuri/Pune section.

There is a saving of approximately Rs.120 crore per annum in electricity bill due to conversion from DC to AC as transmission losses have reduced, regenerative braking in three phase EMUs and locomotives has been introduced etc.

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Date: November 12, 2019

This press release is issued by Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.