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Rally and live demonstrations were Electrical Safety Week

ganesh — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:40:56 +0000

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

ganesh — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:58:07 +0000

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

ganesh — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:42:40 +0000

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

ganesh — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:19:45 +0000

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

ganesh — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:00:48 +0000

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

ganesh — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:10:11 +0000

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

ganesh — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:42:50 +0000

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

ganesh — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:40:52 +0000

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,

Kollam-Madurai passenger train had a miraculous escape

ganesh — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:42:36 +0000

About 1,000 passengers of the Kollam-Madurai passenger train had a miraculous escape when an alert driver stopped the train on seeing a 15 ft long iron rail, placed on the track at Pallivilai near here.

Railway police sources said the passenger train was proceeding to Madurai when the driver noticed some unusual object placed on the track around 2300 hrs and acted in time by stopping the train, thus averting a major mishap.

Railway police registered a case and launched an investigation to ascertain whether it was an act of sabotage to derail the train.

The train later left for Madurai after a delay of more than an hour after Railway staff removed the iron rail from the track.

Other express trains in the sector also suffered delays last night.

Southern Railway will run the special trains to Pongal rush

ganesh — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:29:48 +0000

Southern Railway will run the following special trains to clear the Pongal rush.

Tirunelveli – Chennai Egmore Special (via. Tiruchi, Karur and Erode): Train No 0614 will leave Tirunelveli at 3.45 pm on January 13 and arrive at Egmore at 8.30 am the next day. Chennai Egmore – Nagercoil Special: Train No 0617 will leave Egmore at 2.40 pm on January 14 and reach Nagercoil at 5.30 am the next day. Nagercoil – Chennai Egmore Special (via.Trivandrum, Kottayam): Train No 0618 will leave Nagercoil at 10 am on January 15 and arrive at Egmore at 5.15 am the next day. Chennai Egmore – Madurai Superfast Special: Train No 0619 will leave Egmore at 6.45 pm on January 16 and arrive in Madurai at 3.30 am the next day.