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*ShriSatish Kumar takes over the charge of General Manager North Central Railway*

Providing facilities to Passenger and work for continuous improvement in passenger travel experience and capacity augmentation for quantum jump in handling traffic should be our priority: Satish Kumar

ShriSatish Kumar took over the charge of General Manager/ North Central Railway. Today o­n his arrival at Prayagraj o­n date-08.11.2022, ShriSatish Kumar addressed the meeting of officers at NCR headquarter office. All PHODs, senior officers of NCR were present in the meeting and DRMs of all the three divisions along with branch officers joined through video conferencing.

ShriSatish Kumar is B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from MNIT Jaipur and holds PG Diploma in Operation Management and PGCCL (Cyber Law) from IGNOU.

He is from 1986 batch of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers. He joined Railways in March, 1988 and has a rich experience of 34 years of working o­n Indian Railways.

He worked o­n Jhansi Division of erstwhile Central Railway and BLW (Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi), NER, Gorkahpur, Patiala Locomotive Works. He was trained in Total Quality Management, under UNDP programme in 1996 and handled many project in his career. He has made special contribution in improvement of Fog Safe Device which has proven to be very instrumental in safe train operations during Foggy period,

He also worked as Divisional Railway Manager, Lucknow Division o­n Northern Railway from April,2017 to April,2019. A large nos. of infrastructural works were accomplished during his tenure as DRM/Lucknow. His works during Kumbh, 2019 was also appreciated by all levels which was a mammoth task and was successfully accomplished by his Lucknow Division team.

Before joining GM/NCR, he worked as Senior Dy. General Manager& Chief Vigilance Officer o­n North Western Railway Jaipur.

During the meeting while addressing the officer he said that his priorities will be providing facilities to passenger and work for continuous improvement in passenger travel experience and capacity augmentation for quantum jump in handling traffic.

As approved by the Railway Board, the Tri-Weekly Express trains between Dr.MGR Chennai Central and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra will be reintroduced as detailed below.

Train No. 16031 / 16032 Dr. MGR Chennai Central – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra – Dr. MGR Chennai Central Tri-Weekly Express

Train No. 16031 Dr. MGR Chennai Central – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Tri-Weekly Express will leave Dr. MGR Chennai Central o­n Sundays, Wednesdays & Thursdays  at 05.15 hrs o­n and from 03^rd July, 2022 (Sunday) and reach Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra at 10.35 hrs the third day.  

In the return direction, Train No. 16032 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra - Dr. MGR Chennai Central Tri-Weekly Express will leave Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra o­n Tuesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 22.30 hrs o­n and from 05^th July, 2022 (Tuesday) and reach Dr. MGR Chennai Central at 06.50 hrs the fourth day

Composition : 2-tier AC coach - 1, 3-tier AC coaches -2, Sleeper Class coaches - 8, General Second Class Coaches – 5, Second Class cum Luggage/Brake Van -1 and Second Class cum Luggage/Brake Vans with accommodation for differently abled persons - 1 (Total – 18 coaches)

The details of timings (Arrival / Departure) and stoppages of Train No. 16031 / 16032 Dr. MGR Chennai Central – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra – Dr. MGR Chennai Central Tri-Weekly Express are as follows: (Timings in hours)