0 Trains from (GWL)GWALIOR to (TKMG)Tikamgarh

North Central Railway

Headquarter

Public Relations

Prayagraj

No. 11PR/02/2020Press ReleaseDate: 24.07.20

Thrust o­n electrification for mission 50 Kmph average speed of goods trains o­n sustained basis

North Central Railways has identified electrification of missing links and other infrastructure works for seamless and efficient train operations

Despite Covid-19 crisis punctuality of passenger trains and average speed of good trains over North Central Railway has increased substantially. With impeccable maintenance of assets and operating discipline, NCR has achieved average speed of 45 KMPH plus in July and 42 kmph upto July in current financial year thus registering substantial improvement of 70 % over last year. In terms of volume NCR has loaded 38.2 Lakhs tonnes freight so far and has earned freight revenue of Rs 437.55 crores. Formation of Business development Units and improvements in Goods sheds are important initiatives to increase freight loading.

North Central Railway is now working o­n mission average speed of 50 KMPH of goods train o­n sustained basis. Besides already taken measures, North Central Railway has identified critical electrification projects and other infrastructure works to bring quantum improvement in speed of goods trains. Identified electrification of missing links to bring efficiency in train operations includes 126.66 Kms between Bhandai and Etawah, 115.51Kms between Birla Nagar to Etawah , 386 Kms between Mahoba to Udaipura via Khajuraho and 106.29 Kms between Shikohabadand Farrukhabad o­n North Central Railway. In adjoining Railways critical electrification works are Bandikui to Jaipur o­n NWR, Guna to Gwalior o­n WCR, Unnao to Dalmau & Unnao to Balamauon NR and Aunrihar to Bhatnion NER. With completion of these critical electrification works passenger and freight trains will run completely o­n electric traction o­n end to end basis without need of enroute change of locomotive and crew from electric to diesel and vice-versa. This will help immensely in improving average speed of goods trains and punctuality of coaching trains over North Central and adjoining Railways.

Besides electrification, North Central Railway has also identified track connectivity works at major sidings with serving railway station like Prayagraj Power Generation Siding Bara,Lalitpur Power Generation Company , Lalitpur and NTPC at Meja . Completion of balance connectivity works at these sidings will bring efficiency in rake handling and faster evacuation of freight trains. o­n long term basis sanctioned and planned rail flyover works are also targeted which will remove congestion at major Junction stations and will reduce existing surface crossings at Prayagraj, Prayagraj Chheoki , Kanpur , Govindpuri, Aligarh, Jhansi, Gwalior , Mathura , Agra Cantt.etc. to a large extant for faster clearance of trains.

North Central Railway

Headquarter

Public Relations

Prayagraj

No. 11PR/05/2020Press ReleaseDate: 20.07.20

Infrastructure works for mobility improvement over North Central Railway

Un-deterred by Covid-19 situation, these critical works are targeted for completion in FY 2020-21

Mobility of trains o­n North Central Railways plays most critical role in overall punctuality and average speed of trains from North to East, west and South. NCR carry more than10% of total Indian Railways’ traffic with just 5% of its asset and has been working continuously to identify and execute critical works for improvingmobility of trains.

In spite of Covid-19 situation, NCR has completed many important infrastructure works like Kanpur yard remodeling, replacement of 04 diamond crossing at Tundla, layout correction in Lalitpur& Khajuraho yard, commissioning of o­ne each ROB and RUB and closure of o­ne level crossing, platform raising at Mathura and Baad stations,automatic signalling in Sarsaul-Prempursection and Dankaur- Maripat third line, interlocking of 02 level crossings and provision of sliding boom o­n 09 level crossings , new passenger lifts at Kanpur and Gwaliorstations, 132 KV transmission line shifting work in national capital region for Gaziabad- Merrutrapid transit system, provision of split ACs in place of centralized ACs in divisional traffic control andshifting of section control boards in individual rooms for prevention of Covid-19 etc.

Moving ahead in this direction, North Central Railway is now working o­n additional infrastructure works for increasing mobility of trains targeted for completion in o­ngoing FY 2020-21. Critical track works ofthird line between Naini and PrayagrajChheoki, increasing speed of Churk- Lusa stretch from existing 60 to 100 kmph of in Chunar- Chopansection andprovision of longer loop lines for handling long-haul trains at Dabhoura and SikrodaKawnari stations are included in this list. For improvement of loading related infrastructure commissioning of Ultratech cement siding at Harduaganj and Bevara, Pragati power house siding improvement at Bevara and its connectivity with Sankargarh station, improvement in NTPC siding at Meja and electrification of ballast sidings in Jhansi division are included under critical infrastructure works. For improvement in yard and train handling facilities at stations conversion of Sri Ghasinagar station from existing D to B class and yard remodeling of Yamuna Bridge station for direct reception and dispatch facility to trains are targeted. Important signalling works for mobility improvement are replacement of mechanical signalling with Electronic Interlocking at loco B-cabin Kanpur and A and B cabins of Juhi, upgradation of signalling system at Ranipur Road, Mau Ranipur&Rora stations in Jhansi -Banda section, commissioning of intermediate block signal (IBS) in Govindpuri -Bhimsen section and commissioning of automatic signalling in third line between Dankaur- Khurja in Gaziabad- Aligarh section.

These works jointly identified by operations, construction, NCR project unit and divisions are critical to safe and efficient train operations and expected to yield long term benefits to mobility of trainsover North Central Railway.