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EXPERIMENTAL STOPPAGE FOR DIFFERENT TRAINS AT VARIOUS STATIONS:

 â—        Additional Stoppages for 19 Trains at 07 Stations.

 â—        03 pairs of trains will have stoppages at Kotpar Road Stations.

 â—        02 pairs of trains will have stoppages at Sakhigopal Stations.

 â—        01 pair each at Kalupadaghat, Attabira & Lanjigarh Rd Stations.

 â—        02 trains will have stoppages at Soro Stations.

 â—        Baidyanathdham Express will to stop at Vidyasagar Station.

For the convenience of passengers and in view of demands from passengers, it has been decided to provide stoppages of 19 trains at 07 Stations o­n an experimental basis.

01.18107/18108 Rourkela-Jagadalpur-Rourkela from Rourkela o­n 1^st June and from Jagadalpur o­n 2^nd June will stop at Kotpar Road Station. This train from Rourkela will arrive at Kotpar Road at 0845hrs and will leave at 0847hrs. In the return direction, this train from Jagadalpur will arrive at Kotpar Road at 1443hrs and will leave at 1445hrs.

02.18447/18448 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express from both the directions w.e.f. 1^st June 2023 will provide stoppage at Kotpar Road. This train from Bhubaneswar will arrive at Kotpar Road at 0955hrs and will leave at 0957hrs. In the return direction, this train from Jagadalpur will arrive at Kotpar Road at 1703hrs and will leave at 0705hrs.

03.18514/18513 Visakhapatnam-Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Express from Visakhapatnam w.e.f. 1^stJune and from Kirandul w.e.f. 2^nd June will provide stoppage at Kotpar Road. This train from Visakhapatnam will arrive at Kotpar Road at 0413hrs and will leave at 0415hrs. In the return direction, this train from Kirandul will arrive at Kotpar Road at 1900hrs and will leave at 1902hrs.

04.18117/18118 Rourkela-Gunupur-Rourkela Rajyarani Express from Rourkela w.e.f. 4^thJune and from Gunupur w.e.f. 5^th June will provide stoppage at Kaluparaghat Station. This train from Rourkela will arrive at Kalupadaghat at 0713hrs and will leave at 0715hrs. In the return direction, this train from Gunupur will arrive at Kaluparaghat at 2046hrs and will leave at 2048hrs.

05.12843/12844 Puri-Ahmedabad-Puri Express from Puri w.e.f. 6^th June and from Ahmedabad w.e.f. 5^th June will have stoppage at Sakhigopal Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Sakhigopal at 1747hrs and will leave at 1749hrs. In the return direction, this train from Ahmedabad will arrive at Sakhigopal at 0730hrs and will leave at 0732hrs.

06.12822/12821 Puri-Shalimar-Puri Dhauli Express from both the directions w.e.f. 6^th June will have stoppage at Sakhigopal Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Sakhigopal at 1041hrs and will leave at 1043hrs. In the return direction, this train from Shalimar will arrive at Sakhigopal at 1715hrs and will leave at 1717hrs.

07.20809/20810 Sambalpur-Nanded-Sambalpur Express from both the directions w.e.f. 5^thJune will have stoppage at Attabira Station. This train from Sambalpur will arrive at Attabira at 1113hrs and will leave at 1115hrs. In the return direction, this train from Nanded will arrive at Attabira at 1738hrs and will leave at 1740hrs.

08.20837/20838 Bhubaneswar-Junagarh Road-Bhubaneswar Express from Bhubaneswar w.e.f. 3^rdJune and from Junagarh Road w.e.f. 4^th June will have stoppage at Lanjigarh Road. This train from Bhubaneswar will arrive at Lanjigarh Road at 0720hrs and will leave at 0722hrs. In the return direction, this train from Junagarh Road will arrive at Lanjigarh Road at 1845hrs and will leave at 1847hrs.

09.18410 Puri-Shalimar Shri Jagannath Express from Puri w.e.f. 30^th May 2023 will provide stoppage at Soro Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Soro at 0302hrs and will leave at 0303hrs.

10.18477 Puri-Yog Nagari Rishikesh Kalinga Utkal Express from Puri w.e.f. 30^th May 2023 will provide stoppage at Soro Station. This train from Puri will arrive at Soro at 0102hrs and will leave at 0103hrs.

11.18449 Puri-Patna Baidyanathdham Express from Puri w.e.f. 5^th June 2023 will provide stoppage at Vidyasagar. This train from Puri will arrive at Vidyasagar at 0314hrs and will leave at 0316hrs.

General Manager reviews monsoon preparations

Central Railway gears up with monsoon preparations

Shri Naresh Lalwani, General Manager, Central Railway reviewed the monsoon preparations of Central Railway. Shri Alok Singh, Additional General Manager, Central Railway, Shri Rajnish Kumar Goyal, Divisional Railway Manager, Mumbai Division and Principal Head of Departments of civil engg, electrical, signalling  were also present.

The details of measures taken for ensuring uninterrupted services are as under-

1)More Water Pumps- 

24 vulnerable locations identified. 166 pumps will be provided at these locations. Railways will be providing 120 High Power pumps, 15 Normal pumps and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai will be providing the balance 31 pumps. This year the capacity of pumps and nos. of pumps have been increased between 12.5 HP to 100 HP.  The locations identified o­n main line are Masjid, Mazgaon yard, Byculla, Chinchpokli, Currey Road, Parel, Dadar, Matunga, Sion, Kurla, Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg, Bhandup, Mulund and o­n Harbour line are Sewri, Vadala, Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, Chunabhatti, Tilak Nagar etc.

2)Micro tunnelling-

Micro tunnelling has been provided at 8 locations such as Masjid, Sandhurst Road, Dadar-Parel area, Matunga-Sion area, Kurla Car Shed, Tilak Nagar nallah, Diva and Kalva. Micro tunneling work is in progress at 2 new locations in Thane-Kalva and Kalva-Mumbra section.

3)Desilting of drains-

Central Railway has targeted de-silting and cleaning of 118.48 kms of drains o­n its suburban section of which, work has been completed for 102.39 kms and work is presently in progress o­n cleaning of another 16 kms of drains.

4)Cleaning of culverts-

CR has cleaned 88 culverts o­n its suburban sections, and work is presently in progress o­n cleaning of 17 more culverts. Culvert Augmentation work by insertion of RCC box done at Kurla-Trombay area, Chunabhatti, Wadala Road, Vidyavihar-LTT area and Tilak Nagar.

5)Trimming of Trees-

Work of cutting and trimming of 43 trees has been done and work is in progress of 23 trees.

6)Muck removal-

Central Railway has set a target of cleaning and removal of 62,000 cubic meters of muck o­n Main lines.

7)Lifting of tracks-

47.8 km track lifting planned, it will be completed till next month.

     8) Works done in Ghat Section-

         -45 meters of Tunnel Portal

         -300 mts of Rockfall Barrier

         -500 sq mts of Boulder Netting

         -40 mts of Canadian Fencing

         -160 mts of Stabilization of banks

         -tunnel sounding- 18 locations

9)Separate pumps will be provided for RUBs- at 14 locations.

10)Reserve boulders and stone dust kept ready in case of unusuals- 7300 cubic meter boulders and 3500 cubic meter sand dust/gravel will be kept ready as reserve.

11)Other Important works in progress-

·Pre-monsoon water proof cable meggering- almost 83% work completed, balance will be completed in 1 week.

·Provision of CCTVs and telephones at 31 Static Watchman Hut in ghat sections.

·Waterproof point motor machines provided at- 277 locations.

·AWS (Auxillary warning system) magnets sealing work for 1506 locations will be completed in this month.

·Installation of flood gates at Masjid, Byculla, Matunga and Sion-Kurla areas.

·Bunter Bhavan nallah at LTT to be connected by removing encroachments.

·Karve nagar nallah improvement work to be done by MCGM and cost to be recovered from Ajmera builders.

·Appointment of consultant for work of clearing of concrete deposited below water mains at Priyadarshini, Chunabhatti.

12)OHE- overhead wire- thermographic checking completed at 1239 track KMs. Thermo vision camera checking of conductor and other parts of OHE is completed.

13)24X7 Control Room- CR Control office, working round the clock, will keep close liaison with Meteorological Department, Disaster Management cell and staff deputed at flood prone areas for continuous monitoring and constant updates.

14)Hourly monitoring- of rainfall and water level above track is taken by control office from field staff during monsoon period.

15)Close coordination with state govt, BMC, TMC, NMMC- Regular meetings conducted between railways and state officials, till now 4 meetings done with municipal commissioner/AMC/Chief engineer. A hotline also created between railways and MCGM disaster cell, TMC, NMMC.

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Date: May 23, 2023

PR No. 2023/05/23

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