5 Trains from (NFK)NEW FARAKKA JN to (DER)DADRI

WESTERN RAILWAY TO RUN SUMMER SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN UDHNA - MALDA TOWN

For the convenience of passengers and with a view to meet the travel demand, Western Railway has decided to run Summer Special Trains o­n Special Fare between Udhna and Malda Townstation.

According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, the details of these train are as under:

Train No. 09011/09012 Udhna – Malda Town Special [16 trips]

Train No. 09011 Udhna - Malda Town Superfast Special will depart Udhna every Thursday at 23.00 hrs. & will reach Malda Town at 09.30 hrs. hrs. o­n Saturday. This train will run from 4^thMay to 22^nd, June 2023.Similarly, Train No. 09012 Malda Town - Udhna Special will depart Malda Town every Sunday at 09.05 hrs & will arrive Udhna at 01.20 hrs. o­n Tuesday. This train will run from 7^th, May to 25^th June 2023.

Enroute this train will halt at Nandurbar, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Katni, Satna, Prayagraj Chheoki, Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Buxar, Ara, Patna, Bakhtiyarpur, Mokama, Kiul, Abhaipur, Jamalpur, Sultanganj, Bhagalpur, Kahalgaon, Sahibganj, Barharwa and New Farakka Stations in both directions.

This train comprises of AC 2-Tier, AC 3-Tier, Sleeper Class and General Second Class coaches.

The booking for Train No. 09011 will open from 26^thApril, 2023 at all PRS Counters and o­n IRCTC website. For detailed information regarding timings of halts and composition, passengers may please visit www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in.

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Shri K. Raveen Kumar Reddy assumed charge as Principal Chief Commercial Manager (PCCM), South Central Railway today i.e., 05^thApril, 2023 at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. He belongs to Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) of 1988 batch. Prior to the present assignment he worked as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Systems, South Central Railway.

During his tenure as CAO, Systems, he was instrumental in creating 100% Disaster Recovery (DR) tier III centre for all passenger, freight, rolling stock, coaching, track maintenance, Human Resource Management Systems, MIS & ERP systems o­n Indian Railways network with full redundancy and latest technology in co-ordination with Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) and other agencies.

Earlier, he worked as Divisional Railway Manager, Kharagpur Division, South Eastern Railway. o­n South Central Railway, he has worked in various capacities earlier including Chief Commercial Manager (Passenger Services) and Chief Freight Transportation Manager. He has worked as Chief Commercial Manager, Passenger Services in Central Railway. Shri Raveen K. Reddy has also held several key posts o­n deputation in both Government of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States and has completed three decades of service.

During his stint as Divisional Railway Manager, Kharagpur Division where world’s biggest Distributed Electronic Interlocking of 800 routes at Kharagpur Junction during his tenure as well as World Class Station Complexes of Santragachi and Shalimar. While working as Director Fuel Management & Strategic Planning, he planned for Bhadradri and Yadadri 6000 MW Ultra Mega Power Plants clearances, EAC approvals, Railway sidings, as well as Thadicherla OCP 1 dedicated Coal Mine Approval and MDO commissioning. He was CFTM/SCR and achieved Railway Board Operating Shield for Highest Incremental loading of 116.8 million Tonnes in 2015.

Shri Raveen Kumar Reddy has varied experience as Policy maker and Administrator in the areas of Railway Operations and Infrastructure Planning, Energy and Power Generation, DistriParks & Free trade warehousing zones, Suburban Mass Rapid Transport, Shipping and Ports, Commerce and Export promotion. He underwent several academic and professional training programmes at India and Abroad