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Southern Railway announced running of special trains to Ramzan
The Southern Railway today announced running of special trains to clear the extra rush of traffic during Ramzan.
Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil-Chennai Egmore Specials will leave here at 2020 hrs on September nine and 11 and arrive Nagercoil at 1100 hrs, the next day.
The Nagercoil-Chennai Egmore Special will leave Nagercoil at 1330 hrs on September 10 and 12 and arrive Chennai Egmore at 0425 hrs, the next day.
Chennai Central-Nagercoil Superfast Special and Nagercoil- Chennai Central Special (via Erode, Karur, Dindigul) will leave here at 2330 hrs on September eight and arrive Nagercoil at 1400 hrs, the next day.
The Nagercoil-Chennai Central Special will leave Nagercoil at 1615 hrs on September nine and arrive Chennai Central at 0815 hrs, the next day.
The Chennai Central-Mangalore Central-Chennai Central Special will leave here at 2035 hrs on September eight and arrive Mangalore Central at 1330 hrs the next day.
The Mangalore-Chennai Central Special will leave Mangalore Central at 1725 hrs on September nine and arrive Chennai Central at 1000 hrs, the next day. The Chennai Central-Mangalore Central-Chennai Central Specials (via Coimbatore) will leave here at 2035 hrs on September 10 and arrive Mangalore Central at 1330 hrs, the next day.
The Mangalore-Chennai Central Special will leave Mangalore Central at 1415 hrs on September 12 and arrive Chennai Central at 0745 hrs, the next day.
The Chennai Central-Tirunelveli-Chennai Central Specials (via Chennai Egmore, Villupuram, Vriddhachalam) will leave here at 1930 hrs on September eight and arrive Tirunelveli at 0935 hrs, the next day.
The Tirunelveli-Chennai Central Special will leave Tirunelveli at 1455 hrs on September nine and arrive Chennai Central at 0500 hrs, the next day.
The Nagercoil-Chennai Egmore Superfast Special and Chennai Egmore Nagercoil Special will leave Nagercoil at 1700 hrs on September 12 and arrive Chennai Egmore at 0605 hrs, the next day.
The Chennai Egmore-Nagercoil Special will leave here at 1440 hrs on September 13 and arrive Nagercoil at 0535 hrs, the next day.
Advance reservation for the above trains will commence tomorrow,a Southern Railway release said today.
SR One coach of Chennai-bound Goods train derails Jolarpet
One coach of a Chennai-bound goods train derailed near Jolarpettai station on the Chennai-Katpadi section of Southern Railway this morning.
Railway sources said the eighth coach from the engine derailed resulting in delay of two outgoing trains from Chennai Central, which were detained and cleared at several signals.
The Chennai-Coimbatore Kovai Express and the Bangalore-bound Brindavan Express, left Central station at the scheduled time, but was detained midway at several signals.
After a delay of about an hour, the expresse trains crossed the derailment spot.
The derailment occurred around 0500 hrs and railway authorities cleared the track by around 0800 hrs.
However, the arrival of long distance trains to Chennai was not affected.
Rally and live demonstrations were Electrical Safety Week
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Health, Information, Public, Railway, Transport, Trichy, government, programme on May 4th, 2010
A rally and live demonstrations were organised at the Divisional Railway Manager’s office campus of the Southern Railway here as part of the Electrical Safety Week.
A rally of the railway officials and employees led by S. Subrahmanyan, Divisional Railway Manager, was conducted in the DRM office campus to create awareness on electrical safety to the employees and the DRM released a pamphlet on electrical safety as also the measures to prevent electrical accidents. Additionally, the pamphlet contained the safety check-list for electrical systems in various categories.
A live demonstration was conducted on how to safeguard a person who was electrocuted and also to save a person in an unconscious stage due to electric shock. Several first aid procedures and safety aspects were also explained during the live demonstration.
The function was attended among others by M. Selvaraj, Additional Divisional Railway Manager and U. Shankar, Divisional Electrical Engineer, Southern Railway.
39 Retired Railway employees Accident free service award
Posted by ganesh in Award, Coimbatore, Departments, Health, Information, Railway, Transport, function, government on April 27th, 2010
Thirtynine retired Railway employees were given Accident free service award, at a function organised by Southern Railway, Palakkad Division.
The awardees belonged to the categories of Station Master, points man and loco pilot, railway release said today.
The awards carrying cash (total sum of Rs.8.24 lakh) and merit certificate were handed over by S K Raina, Divisional Railway Manager, Palakkad, at the function, organised by the Safety Organisation of Southern Railway,
Proposed elevated St Thomas Mount Metro Rail station
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Departments, Health, Information, Public, Railway, Transport, modification, programme on April 13th, 2010
The proposed elevated St Thomas Mount Metro Rail station, which is to come up on a 10-acre site, would be designed as a ‘signature station’ and would integrate five modes of public transport – suburban railway, Southern Railway, Metro Rail, MRTS and public buses – at various levels.
It will accommodate 18,000 to 20,000 foot falls per hour and have 1,200 equivalent car space for parking, said V.Vishwanath, Principal Architect Vishwannath Associates, who were commissioned last year by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, the prime consultants to Chennai Metro Rail, to design both the St.Thomas Mount and the Chennai airport stations.
This transit station would be one of the few to have an exclusive commercial space spread over two floors integrated within it.
“The property development at the St.Thomas Mount station would pay back the entire construction cost within six years,” he added.
The Chennai airport station, designed like an entry gate to the airport, will connect with the subway at the Tirusulam suburban station at the basement and with the proposed travelator at the new airport terminal at an elevated level.
The tendering process was on for construction of other elevated stations.
The locations of St.Thomas Mount and airport stations were still under discussion. The construction of two Metro Rail corridors running to a total length of 45 km was inaugurated in June 2009.
The project is expected to be completed in 2015.
Salem Division has bagged the Overall Efficiency Shield
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Information, Other, Railway, Salem, Transport, anniversary, function, government on April 12th, 2010
Salem Division has bagged the Overall Efficiency Shield among the six railway divisions of Southern Railway for this year.
The Rolling Shield would be given away to the division, which was formed on November, 2007, as the sixth railway division, during the 55th Railway Week Celebrations to be held at Chennai tomorrow.
P N Ram, divisional railway manager, Salem Division will receive the shield fom Deepak Krishan, General Manager, Southern Railway, an official release said here today.
Salem Division has also bagged the Efficiency Shield for Engineering, Electrical, Operations, Personnel, Signal and Telecommunication, and best kept Catering Unit (Salem Jn), which would also be presented during the occasion.
Railway Week Celebrations are held every year in commemoration of the first Railway run in India on April 16, 1853, between Bombay and Thane. Railway Week is celebrated by all the zones and divisions between Apri 101 and 16.
Southern Railway has rescheduled Train services
Southern Railway has rescheduled Guruvayur-Chennai Express, Vaigai Express and Pallavan Express on March 29, 31, April 5 and 7 to rebuild bridges between Ichchangadu and Mathur Railway stations on Villupuram-Tiruchchirappalli section.
According to a press release, Train No 6128 Guruvayur-Chennai Egmore Express will leave Guru-vayur at 10.15 pm instead of 8.50 pm on March 28, 30, April 4 and 6 and is expected to arrive late by around 120 minutes at Chennai Egmore.
Train No. 2635 Chennai Egmore-Madurai Vaigai Express will leave Chennai Egmore at 3.30 pm instead of 12.40 pm on March 29, 31, April 5 and 7. Train No. 2605 Chennai Egmore-Tiruchchirappalli Pallavan Express will leave Chennai Egmore at 4.15 pm instead of 3.45 pm on March 29, 31, April 5 and 7,
SR will ensure installation of more wind mills at railway stations in Madurai and Tirunelveli
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Information, Kumbakonam, Railway, Tirunel veli, government on March 27th, 2010
The Southern Railway (SR) will ensure installation of more wind mills at railway stations in Madurai and Tirunelveli districts, if the wind energy system proved success, according to SR General Manager Deepak Kishan.
Inaugurating a wind mill at Aduthurai railway station near here yesterday, set up by the Coimbatore-based Viviann Wind generators, Mr Kishan said, ”Wind energy is god gift and we have to utilise it.” Stating that the wind powered unreserved ticketing system has been introduced in Aduthurai railway station, he said power generated from the wind mill would run the UPS, provide skeletal lighting at the station and help signal operations.
Speaking on the occassion, B K Shivakumar, Chairman of Vivian Electric, said a wind energy generator of 2 KW capacity has been erected atop a 20-metre tall tower.
The wind data of Aduthurai was encouraging. If the wind speed was above 3m/sec, it starts generating AC voltage with a variable frequency which is rectified to DC voltage and then inverted to 230 V single phase 50 Hz, he said.
Managing Director of the Company Vimal Arockyaraj Vincent said the company has provided hybrid street light to rain drop boat house at Mudaliarkuppam, off East Coast Road, near Chennai.
Railway officials said it has been proposed to provide One KW capacity solar power supply system at TPTN station in Tiruchirapalli to supply power to the lighting circuits of station building.
They also said a solar system has been provided for operation of ticket checking system at Thirunageswaram railway station.
The officials said many of the railway stations in Tiruchirapalli division falling under the rural distribution network of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board(TNEB) were facing power cuts and to overcome this one 500 VA capacity solar system-based inverter has been provided to cater power requirement of UPS during power shut down.
High-Speed trial using a Special Train Broad Gauge Line
Posted by ganesh in Information, Nagapattinam, Railway, Transport, Villupuram, programme, release on March 16th, 2010
Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety Sudhir Kumar will conduct a high-speed trial using a special train formation on the newly converted Villupuram – Mayiladuthurai broad gauge line on 17 March, according to a Southern Railway release.
He is also expected to inspect the newly-laid track today. Once the line is cleared, passenger traffic will be introduced on the section.
SR special trains in ‘Ammavasai’ festival on March 15
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Festivals, Information, Madurai, Railway, Rameswaram, Temples, Transport, government on March 10th, 2010
Southern Railway will operate a pair of passenger special trains in connection with ‘Ammavasai’ festival on March 15 at Rameswaram.
A statement said that Madurai-Rameswaram passenger special will leave Madurai at 9.45 p.m. on March 14 and reach Rameswaram at 2 a.m. the next day.
The Rameswaram-Madurai passenger special will leave Rameswaram at 1.05 p.m. on March 15 and reach Madurai at 4.55 p.m. on the same day.
These trains will stop at Madurai East, Silaiman, Tirupuvanam, Tirupacheti, Manamadurai, Sudiyur, Paramakkudi, Sattirakudi, Ramanathapuram, Uchipuli, Mandapam and Pamban.
The number of following trains will be changed with effect from July 1.
Train No. 6101/6102 Chennai Egmore-Rameswaram-Chennai Egmore Express has been revised as Train no. 6701/6702,
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