2 Trains from (TLD)TILDA to (DBA)DABRA

Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve, Hon’ble Minister of State of Railways, Coal & Mines, Government of India flagged-off Inaugural special train No. 07414 Jalna – Tirupati (via, Parbhani, ParliVaijnath, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Guntakal) at a function held at Jalna Railway Station o­n today i.e., 30^th October, 2022 in the august presence of Shri Narayan Kuche, Hon’ble Member of Legislative Assembly, Badnapur, other Public representatives and Senior Railway Officials.

Speaking o­n the occasion, ShriRaosahebPatilDanve stated that, a long cherished dream of the people of Marathwada region has been fulfilled today with the inauguration of special train between Jalna – Tipurati – Jalna and he appealed the passengers to utilize this opportunity to have Balajidarshan. He also stated that, it is very convenient train for the pilgrims who visit Tirumala. The Special train starts at 11.50 hrs o­n Sunday from Jalna and reaches Tirupati at 09.05 hrs o­n Monday. In the return direction, the train starts at 18.30 hrs from Tirupati o­n Tuesday and reaches Jalna at 18.00 hrs o­n Wednesday. He said that the current Government is giving special focus by increasing the allocation for rail development projects by nearly 10 times compared to previous Governments. He assured that he will continue to work for the development of the region, fulfilling the confidence reposed by them.

Indian Railways has been continuously introducing additional special trains so as to meet the travel aspirations of rail passengers towards different regions in the country. Accordingly, South Central Railway also fulfilling the demand of the rail passengers from the Marathwada region to have an additional travel facility to pilgrim town Tirupati, a special weekly train has been introduced between Jalna – Tirupati– Jalna via Parli, Bidar, Humnabad&Raichur. This meets the travel aspirations of passengers travelling between Marathwada and various destinations in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh as well. The newly introduced weekly special train will run with LHB coaches which provide easy, safe and convenient travel option for the passengers. Initially 6 trips will be run during the months of October, November & December.

Highlights

 vProvides additional travel facility to pilgrim passengers travelling to Temple Town Tirupati.

vConnects the new destinations in Karnataka viz., Humnabad, Kalaburagi and Wadi with Marathwada region through direct train facility.

vCaters the needs of the people travelling to important towns in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh like Yadgir, Raichur, Mantralayam, Guntakal, Kadapa etc.

vProvides safe, cost effective and comfortable transportation for the rail passengers.

vSuitable to all segment of passengers – both reserved and unreserved

vConsists of both AC & Non AC classes

vThere will be ample time for the passengers to visit Lord Balaji Temple and return back by the same train. This is because the train reaches early hours of Monday at Tirupati and in return journey starts in the Tuesday evening again from Tirupati.

vThe train is being operated with modern LHB coaches providing comfort and enhanced travel experience for the passengers.

vThe train composition consists of First AC, Second AC, Third AC, II Sleeper and Second General class coaches.

*The details of the weekly regular special train services between Jalna – Tirupati – Jalnaalong with dates & their station-wise timings are as follows:

*These trains will consist of o­ne First AC; Four AC II tier; Ten AC III tier; Two Sleeper Class Coaches and Two General Second Seating Coaches.

As the first half of financial year ends, NCR registers 12.24% growth in originating freight loading

In the month of September 2022, NCR registered freight loading of 1.63 million tonnes which is an improvement of 2.52% over same period last year.

NCR earned Rs. 1011.25 Croresof revenue through originating freight loading in the first half of 2022-23

As compared to the previous year, +13.40%growth in originating freight revenue registered

Parcel traffic shows an increase of 42.88%

“Need to sustain the momentum throughout the financial year”: GM NCR

Today General Manager NCR conducted the weekly safety and punctuality meeting today at NCR Headquarter. The meeting was attended by all the PHODs at the NCR headquarter office while DRMs/ADRMs along with senior divisional officers joined through video conference.

During the meeting it was informed that, as the first half of economy ends, North Central Railway (NCR) registered 12.24% growth in originating freight loading. NCR loaded 9.90 million tonnes of cargo during April-September 2022 surpassing previous year loading. Freight loading of 8.82 million tonnes was achieved in the corresponding period of previous year.

1.63 MT of loading was achieved in the month of September 2022 which is an improvement of 2.52% over same period last year . Originating freight revenue during these six months comes to be Rs 1011.25 crores, which is 13.40 % more than the originating freight earning of 891.72 crores in the first six months of previous financial year.

NCR, which spans through the states of UP, MP, Rajasthan and Haryana, is an important constituent of Indian Railways and contributes in loading of containers from Dadri, Kanpur, Agra and Malanpur; fertilizers from Panki near Kanpur; cement from Parichha (near Jhansi) and Chunar; Petroleum Oil Lubricants from BAD refinery Mathura, HPTR near Kanpur and BPCL Panki; foodgrain loading from various places like Etah, Kanpur, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Shankargarh and Lalitpur of Uttar Pradesh and Tikamgarh, Datia, Dabra and Newari of Madhya Pradesh among other locations.

All the commodities have shown a surge in the loading except cement & fertilizers which registers a slight dip as compared to the previous year.

In addition to it, parcel traffic also registers a significant surge as compared to the previous year. Rs 15.66 crores of total parcel earnings have been achieved by NCR during the first half of the year against earnings of Rs. 10.96 crore for same period last year, which is a growth of 42.88%.

While analysing the loading figures of the zone, General Manager Shri Pramod Kumar congratulated the officers for the overall loading performance but expressed concerns over the dip in cement & fertilizer loading. He instructed the officers to put all efforts to pull these two commodities and sustain the momentum throughout the remaining year so that the target set by the Railway Board could be surpassed. GM instructed the DRMs of the three divisions and concerned officers of headquarter to conduct regular freight customer meets and facilitate merchants to use Railway as a preferred mode of transport. “Achievements are laudable, but we have to work harder to sustain the momentum and surpass the targets set by the Railway Board”, said the GM.