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www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2022-05-24
दकà¥à¤·à¤¿à¤£ पशà¥à¤šà¤¿à¤® रेलवे / SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LINEN SERVICE RESUMED on TRAINS Linen & Bedroll services which had been stopped during the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, in order to prevent the transmission of infection, has been restored in the trains of SWR. At present bedroll/linen will be provided in the following trains: 1.Train No. 22691 KSR Bengaluru – Hazrat Nizamuddin Daily Rajdhani Express. 2.Train No. 12627 KSR Bengaluru - New Delhi Karnataka Daily Superfast Express. 3.Train No. 12658 KSR Bengaluru – MGR Chennai Central Daily Superfast Express. 4.Train No. 16525 Kanniyakumari – KSR Bengaluru Daily Express. 5.Train No. 16589/90 KSR Bengaluru – Miraj - KSR Bengaluru Rani Chennamma Daily Express. 6.Train No.20653/54 KSR Bengaluru – Belagavi – KSR Bengaluru Daily Superfast Express. 7.Train No. 16595 KSR Bengaluru – Karwar Panchaganaga Daily Express. 8.Train No. 22685 Yesvantpur – Chandigarh Bi-weekly Express. 9.Train No. 22677 Yesvantpur – Kochuveli Weekly Express. 10.Train No. 12213 Yesvantpur - Delhi Sarai Rohilla Weekly Duronto Express. 11.Train No. 12629 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddin Sampark Kranti Bi-weekly Superfast Express. 12.Train No. 12649 Yesvantpur - Hazrat Nizamuddin Sampark Kranti Superfast Express. 13.Train No. 12781 Mysuru – Hazrat Nizamuddin Swarn Jayanti Weekly Superfast Express. 14.Train No. 17319 SSS Hubballi – Hyderabad Daily Express. Further, the linen services will be started in other trains also, phase-by-phase. Efforts are underway to finalise the tenders for mechanised washing services. Passengers can also use this link to check status of linen in various trains. https://contents.irctc.co.in/en/LINEN.html Aneesh Hegde 2
www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2022-01-17
दकà¥à¤·à¤¿à¤£ पशà¥à¤šà¤¿à¤® रेलवे / SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY पà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤¸ विजà¥à¤žà¤ªà¥à¤¤à¤¿ / Press Release No. 505 Dt: 15.01.2022 40 TRAINS on SWR GO SILENT BY RUNNING on HOG ·POWER CARS THAT RUN on END on GENERATION REPLACED WITH HEAD on GENERATION ·BY USING HOG RS.70.12 CRORE FUEL SAVED FOR THE YEAR 2021 In a new environmental-friendly initiative, Indian Railway has cut down on its fuel bills by introducing HOG (Head-on-Generation) technology on trains. On South Western Railway (SWR) HOG technology has been introduced since November -2019, so far in 40 trains on its network. For HOG to be adopted the trains shall have LHB coaches and shall be hauled by electric traction. The HOG technology is being implemented in trains to caters the power needs of coaches such as air-conditioning and lighting. Earlier two power cars known as end on generators (EOG) housing Diesel Generators were attached to the trains to generate power for providing air conditioning and extending lighting in coaches. In HOG system, the power supply to electrical equipment’s in LHB coaches is supplied from HOG compatible Electrical LOCO by tapping Over Head Power lines, there by resulting in huge reduction in consumption of HSD (High Speed Diesel). Besides saving in HSD, The Noise due to operation of DG sets is totally eliminated in HOG system. Due to fast pace of electrification in SWR, more and more trains will be run with HOG system in future. In place of power coaches additional coaches can be attached to trains and additional berths will be available for passengers every day. Shri Sanjeev Kishore, General Manager, South Western Railway has informed that in SWR, at present, 40 trains are running with HOG system. The Estimated savings on account of reduction in HSD (High Speed Diesel) consumption in power cars, by using HOG trains,for the month of Dec-2021 alone is Rs. 6.93 Cr and for the entire Year 2021 is Rs. 70.12 Cr. 1.Train No.12028/27 KSR Bengaluru – MGR Chennai Central–KSR Bengaluru Shatabdi Express 2.12608/07 KSR Bengaluru – MGR Chennai Central -KSR Bengaluru Lalbagh Express 3.Train No.12609/10 MGR Chennai Central – Mysuru – MGR Chennai Central Express 4.Train No.12253/54 Yesvantpur – Bhagalpur – Yesvantpur Anga Express 5.Train No.16526/25 KSR Bengaluru – Kanniyakumari - KSR Bengaluru Island Express 6.Train No.16593/94 KSR Bengaluru – Nanded – KSR Bengaluru Express 7.Train No.22691/92 KSR Bengaluru – Hazrat Nizamuddin – KSR Bengaluru Rajdhani Express 8.Train No.12213/14 KSR Bengaluru – Delhi Sarai Rohilla – KSR Bengaluru AC Duronto Express 9.Train No.22677/78 Yesvantpur – Kochuveli – Yesvantpur Superfast Express 10.Train No.12295/96 KSR Bengaluru – Danapur – KSR Bengaluru Sanghamitra Express 11.16583/84 Yesvantpur – Latur – Yesvantpur Express 12.16571/72 Yesvantpur -Bidar -Yesvantpur Express 13.12627/28 KSR Bengaluru – New Delhi – KSR Bengaluru Karnataka Express 14.12658/57 KSR Bengaluru -MGR Chennai Central – KSR Bengaluru Mail 15.16547/48 KSR Bengaluru -Danapur – KSR Bengaluru Clone Express 16.12291/92 Yesvantpur – MGR Chennai Central – Yesvantpur Express 17.16502/01 Yesvantpur – Ahmedabad – Yesvantpur Express 18.12251/52 Yesvantpur – Korba – Yesvantpur Express 19.12539/40 Yesvantpur – Lucknow – Yesvantpur Express 20.16565/66 Yesvantpur – Mangaluru Central – Yesvantpur Express Last four trains (indicated in S.No. 19&20) )have beenconverted to HOG in the month of Dec.2021. E. Vijaya Chief Public Relations Officer South Western Railway, Hubballi | ||||||||