NANDURBAR

WR Press Release No. 2021/07                                        Mumbai, 26th July, 2021

WESTERN RAILWAY CROSSED GOODS LOADING OF 25 MILLION TONNES IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR

Mumbai Division’s BDU Taps New Commodity of Sugar Transported From Nandurbar Goods Shed

Photo Caption : Views of loading of various commodities in process over Western Railway.

Western Railway's  goods & parcel special trains have been continuously traversing across the country to keep the supply of essential commodities moving. In continuation to this, in the current financial year, WR has loaded goods weighing 26.28 Million Tonnes upto 25^th July, 2021, as compared to 20.42 Million Tonnes in the same period in previous financial year. This is an increase of more than 28 percent, which is extremely commendable. It is also pertinent to mention that WR's Mumbai Division’s Business Development Unit has tapped new commodity of Sugar to be transported from Nandurbar Goods Shed. These achievements have been made possible due to the able guidance, motivation & continuous monitoring by Shri Alok Kansal - General Manager of Western Railway.

According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, from 1st April, 2021 to 25^th July, 2021, Western Railway has transported commodities weighing approx. 90 thousand tonnes through its 240 parcel special trains, which included agricultural produce, medicines, medical equipment, fish, milk etc. The revenue generated through this transportation, has been approx Rs. 30.69 crore. 58 Milk Special trains were run by Western Rly, with a load of above 40 thousand tonnes and 100% utilization of the wagons. Similarly, 70 COVID-19 special parcel trains with a load of approx. 12000 tonnes were also run to transport essential commodities. In addition to this, 42 indented rakes carrying approx. 20500 tonnes were also run with 100% utilization. To help the farmers find new markets for their produce and also for its economical and fast transportation, 70 Kisan Rails with load of more than 17000 tonnes have also been run during this period from various divisions. During the period from 1st April to 25^th July, 2021 total 94073 rakes of goods trains have been run by WR and carried 26.28 million tonnes of essential commodities. 25410 freight trains were interchanged with other zonal railways, in which 12717 trains were handed over and 12693 trains were taken over at different interchange points.

Shri Thakur further added that with the consistent marketing effort of Mumbai Central BDU team, new traffic was loaded from Nandurbar Goods shed recently to southern parts of the country. Business Development Units (BDUs) are in constant contact with the existing and probable freight customers to encourage them to transport their goods through railways with the incentives introduced by the Railway Board for quick, reliable, economical & bulk transportation of their goods.

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Central Railway

Press Release

Non-Interlocking work in connection with Jalgaon yard re-modification – Trains cancelled

Central Railway has taken up non-Interlocking work in connection with yard re-modification for providing connectivity of third line between Jalgaon and Bhadli o­n 16.7.2021 and 17.7.2021. Due to this infrastructure work, the following special and parcel trains will be cancelled.

Cancellation of Special Trains

•           01221 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus- Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani  Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 01222 Hazrat Nizamuddin- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Rajdhani  Special JCO 17.7.2021

•           02169 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Nagpur Superfast Special JCO 17.7.2021 and  02170 Nagpur- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Superfast Special JCO 16.7.2021

•           02223 Pune-Ajni AC Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 02224 Ajni-Pune AC Special JCO 13.7.2021

•           02117 Pune-Amravati AC Special JCO 14.7.2021 and 02118 Amravati-Pune AC Special JCO 15.7.2021

•           02293 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Prayagraj Duronto Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 02294 Prayagraj -Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Duronto Special JCO 17.7.2021

•           02161 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Agra Cant Superfast Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 02162 Agra Cant -Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Special JCO 17.7.2021

•           02189 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Nagpur Duronto Special JCO 17.7.2021 and 02190 Nagpur- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Duronto  Special JCO 16.7.2021

•           02111 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Amravati Superfast Special JCO 17.7.2021 and 02112 Amravati- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Superfast Special JCO 16.7.2021

•           01057 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Amritsar Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 01058 Amritsar- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Special JCO 19.7.2021

•           01039 Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, Kolhapur-Gondia Special JCO 15.7.2021 and 01040 Gondia- Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, Kolhapur Special JCO 17.7.2021

•           02042 Nagpur-Pune Humsafar Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 02041 Pune-Nagpur Humsafar Special JCO 15.7.2021

•           02113 Pune-Nagpur AC Special JCO 17.7.2021 and 02114 Nagpur-Pune AC Special JCO 16.7.2021

•           02138 Ferozpur-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Punjab Mail Special JCO 18.7.2021 and     02137 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Ferozpur Punjab Mail Special JCO 16.7.2021

•           02172 Haridwar -Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 02171 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Haridwar AC Special JCO 15.7.2021

•           09105 Kevadiya-Rewa Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 09106 Rewa-Kevadiya Special JCO 17.7.2021

•           09125 Surat-Amravati Superfast Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 09126 Amravati-Surat Superfast Special JCO 17.7.2021

•           09077 Nandurbar-Bhusaval Special JCO 16.7.2021 & 17.7.2021 and 09078 Bhusaval-Nandurbar Special JCO 16.7.2021 & 17.7.2021

•           09008 Bhusaval-Surat Special JCO 16.7.2021 & 17.7.2021 and 09007 Surat-Bhusaval Special JCO 15.7.2021 & 16.7.2021

Cancellation of Parcel Special Trains

•           00107 Devlali-Muzaffarpur Parcel Special JCO 17.7.2021 and 00108 Muzaffarpur-Devlali Parcel Special JCO 19.7.2021

•           00109 Sangola-Manmad Parcel Special JCO 17.7.2021 and 00110 Manmad-Daund Parcel Special JCO 20.7.2021

•           00111 Pune-Daund Parcel Special JCO 17.7.2021 and 00112 Daund- Pune Parcel Special JCO 20.7.2021

•           00113 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Shalimar Parcel Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 00114 Shalimar-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Parcel Special JCO 18.7.2021

•           00763 Hyderabad-Amritsar Parcel Special JCO 16.7.2021 and 00764 Amritsar-Hyderabad Parcel Special JCO 18.7.2021

Passengers are requested to please take note of this and bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused due to this work. These infrastructure works are necessary for future benefits.

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Date: July 13, 2021

2021/07/16

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