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BD moves to restore five missing links


Munima Sultana

Bangladesh has moved to develop rail corridors with India for trans-border train connectivity to facilitate trade and investment under the BBIN bloc.

Officials said as part of the move, Bangladesh Railway has undertaken several projects to reestablish railway link through Chilahati and Birol-Radhikapur borders which are to connect with Bhutan and Nepal respectively.

They said a project to convert the meter-gauge rail track to broad-gauge one from Dinajpur to Birol-Radhikapur point has already been under implementation.

But a new proposal to resume rail link between Chilahati of Nilphamari district and Holdibari of JAlpaiguri of India has been mooted for facilitating connectivity with Bhutan, one of the four nations in the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India- Nepal (BBIN) bloc.

Bangladesh and India have seven railway interchange points, of which three are now under operation. Of the four closure points, Chilahati-Holdibari interchange remained suspended since 1965-the year when India and Pakistan fought a war.

BR officials said under the new project, 7.5-kilometre broad-gauge rail track will be set up inside Bangladesh while India will have to construct a 5.0-km stretch within its territory to reach Hasimara, the border with Bhutan.

Though Bhutan and Nepal do not have rail connectivity within their territories, the officials said, the plan was taken to facilitate freights through multimodal way.

"If we could reach goods to Indian borders, any goods could be transported to the two Himalayan countries by road from there," said an official involved with the projects.

He said Nepal has already taken up a project to establish 25-kilometre rail line from Biratnagar to Zogobani after developing an inland container terminal at Biratnagar recently.

However, it is learnt that the Indian side has no project yet to develop missing link of rails inside its territory from Chilahati.

Another source said the government is interested in reestablishing rail connectivity with India by reviving all five routes for boosting regional trade.

The routes are Benapole-Bangaon, Birol-Radhikapur, Banglabandha-Shiliguri-Nepal, Akhaura-Agartala, and Khulna-Kolkata.

A meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office in April also stressed the need for undertaking rail-connectivity projects like Radhikapur (India)-Birol (Bangladesh), Chilahati (Bangladesh)-Haldibari (India), Shahbazpur (Bangladesh)-Mahisasan (India), Akhaura (Bangladesh)-Agartala (India) and Feni (Bangladesh)-Belonia (India).

The BR official said freight trade between Bangladesh and India has been carried out through Benapole and Rohonpur. But limited goods are also carried through Rohonpur-Singhabad route which is connected with Jogobani on the India-Nepal border.

The BR has already taken project to establish Akhaura-Laksam dual-gauge rail track as well as Akhaura-Agartala rail link to facilitate train movement within northeastern India.

Though BBIN is an initiative to establish seamless movement of all modes of transport within the four South Asian countries after the signing of Motor Vehicle Agreement by the four nations' transport ministers on June 15, 2015, the initiative has been tried to be made popular by different quarters, including business community, to facilitate trade and business in the contiguous region.

smunima@yahoo.com
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2016/08/05/40920/BD-moves-to-restore-five-missing-links
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Three link already operational & five more links to become operational soon...
Red line are u/c or upcoming links.

http://indiarailinfo.com/atlas

@anant_s
Fantastic share Sir, Assam being my home state is very much dependent on this train. Such long distance trains were the only way affordable to connect to Assam in the past.

Way back when i was in Gujarat i use to go to New Delhi in Chair Car overnight and then take a Rajdhani from New Delhi to Guwahati. The whole journey was so so long ... Towards the end its very boring as when you reach New Jalpaiguri, the train has a pilot train in front checking the tracks.

Of course that was the peak time when Bihar/Jharkhand combined had various gangs rushing to loot trains. and NE was infested with ULFA.. peak time of militancy issues.

The train network in Assam i wish could improve a lot. Travelling from Guwahati (Lower Assam) to Upper Assam is a nightmare. Roads have improved but most places potholes are enough to take a dip and bath there. There is a a even bigger issue of trains being slow

Take for example Guwahati to Dibrugarh a distance of 550 odd kms. How much time it should take as per your own guesstimates. ...

Now look at this


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http://indiarailinfo.com/search/546/7288?&s0=19&sr=0

The Reds shows the average trains running lates in Minutes and hours.

Look at Durations. The 05595 tarin no does not reach complete destination so pls ignore that.

Look at the avg speed in last column and durations. Even with Rajdhani with just 5-6 halts as seen in the lower side has an avg speed of 50 kmph.

Yet many folks normally take this train as they happily board around 7:25 pm and get off in the morning to get their work done.

Wish we could have a robust network around the place.

We also need proper Diesel or Electrical EMUs in Guwahati Region for better connectivity and ease of travel.

Oh! You are Assamese.
Even I don't know why North-East don't have many DMUs like J&K.
DMUs are best for short journeys.
Well in Rajasthan railway uses DMUs for 500 km journey.

@anant_s bro, I'd love to see your analysis on the NCR's RRTS that is now being progressed by the Delhi govt.

AIK this was proposed by central UPA govt.
AAP govt has no role in it as now this proposal has been put into dustbin.
Meerut route was seen as most feasible but UP govt was not co-operating.
Current Rajasthan govt was keen on project but a small section falls in Rajasthan & other govts are not on same table.

@anant_s

I know I have asked this before, but I still find it weird how the Western DFC is to be operational by 2019/2020 but the freight trains for it have still not been ordered when the Eastern DFC's have (from Alstom).
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+ @anant_s bro any chance you could post some pics/info on the support trains/equipment used by the IR like the automated track laying machines, ballast systems etc (I'm sure there are many that I simply don't know exist).

First made in Japan locos will be imported as they are funding the project, I think the number is 200.
You know traffic won't be peaked just in 2019 so existing locos also can be used for less traffic.
Speed will increase so less number of locos will be required.

 

[Ryuzaki]

Where do India's taxes come from?

Answer-Maharashtra and Delhi are way ahead of the rest

 

[Ankit Kumar 002]

@anant_s @PARIKRAMA
Delhi to Mumbai in 12 hours 36 minutes , and its still not beyond 130kmph. Next trail will be held at 140-150 kmph. But why is it not going to be tested at 200kmph ?

Talgo’s Delhi-Mumbai 130 kmph trial: 12 hours 36 minutes journey time achieved, says Indian Railways
By: Smriti Jain | Updated: August 6, 2016 2:22 PM

Talgo trial: The train departed from Delhi on Friday afternoon and reached Mumbai on time in the early hours of Saturday morning, despite heavy rainfall.

Talgo’s train has finally completed its Delhi to Mumbai run in 12 hours 36 minutes (not accounting for delay), beating Rajdhani Express, which takes around 15 hours and 50 minutes. The train departed from Delhi on Friday afternoon and reached Mumbai on time in the early hours of Saturday morning, despite heavy rainfall on the Surat to Mumbai stretch. Vijay Kumar, Executive Director, Infrastructure at Railway Board, who was in the train during this run said, “The train’s trial was successful despite heavy rainfall. We were delayed by around 18 minutes on account of unusual occurrences, which increased the total journey time a bit, but that had nothing to do with Talgo. So all in all, from the perspective of testing Talgo’s claims, the trial was completed in 12 hours and 36 minutes. We used a diesel engine of the Indian Railways. For the trial on August 1, we had used an electric engine.” According to a Twitter post put out by Western Railway, Talgo took 12 hours 55 minutes. This is the gross time taken, including the delay that Kumar spoke of.
Kumar told FE Online, “The maximum speed that we attained was 130 kmph, and what was different about today’s trial was that the cant deficiency was 125mm, that is, we increased the speed of the train on the curves.” Asked about the number of curves on the stretch, Kumar said, “If you count all, the small and the big curves, the total number is 795. So you can understand why it’s is important to try higher speeds on the curves.”

Now, for the August 9 trial, a maximum speed of 140 kmph will be tried, with the objective of taking 12 hours and 4 minutes. All eyes will however be on the August 12 run, which will be conducted at a maximum speed of 150 kmph. The train will aim to complete the Delhi to Mumbai Rajdhani route journey in less than 12 hours, that is in, 11 hours and 38 minutes! The remaining trials will also take place from Delhi to Mumbai and not Mumbai to Delhi because Indian Railways wants to check all technical parameters on the same track. The August 1 trial of Talgo had been been hindered by very heavy rainfall that had led to track washout on the Surat to Mumbai stretch. The train had been delayed, but owing to the fact that its parameters had met Talgo’s claim from Delhi to Surat, Indian Railways had declared the trial a success.

http://www.financialexpress.com/ind...ey-time-achieved-says-indian-railways/339943/

 

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Indian Railway introduces new weekly Tadoba Exp

Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu to remotely flag off special train on Monday.

Ministry of Railways have decided to introduce ‘Tadoba Express’ a new weekly express train between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) and Kazipet for the benefit of passengers.
Train No. 11083 Weekly Express will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 11.30 am on every Friday from August 12 and arrive Kazipet at 3 pm next day.
Its pair, Train No. 11084 Weekly Express will leave Kazipet at 5.45 pm on every Saturday from August 13 and arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 11.15 pm the next day.
The train will have stoppage Thane, Kalyan, Nasik Road, Manmad, Nagarsol, Lasur, Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Purna Jn., Hazur Sahib Nanded, Mudkhed, Bhokar, Himayat Nagar (Deccan), Kinwat, Adilabad, Pimpalkutti, Wani, Majri Khadan, Chandrapur, Ballarshah, Sirpur Kaghaznagar, Bellampalli, Manchiryal, Ramgundam, Peddapalli and Jammikunta.
Composition of the train will a AC-2 Tier, two AC-3 Tier, eight Sleeper Class, four General Second Class, two General Second Class cum Guard’s Brake Vans.
The inaugural special train 01183 will be flagged off remotely by Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu from Secunderabad.
The inaugural special will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at on August 8 at 8 am and arrive Kazipet at 12.25 pm next day. In return special train 01184 will leave Kazipet at 5.45 pm on August 9 and arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 11.15 pm
the next day.

http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2016/8/7/Indian-Railway-introduces-new-weekly-Tadoba-Exp.aspx


Japanese experts to train 4000 Indian Railway staff operating on Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor

With Indian Railways venturing into the age of high-speed rail, the government has tied up with Japan to train the manpower required to drive the new age transport system.

Japanese experts will train railway personnel for operating the first bullet train in India.

According to railways, there will be a requirement of nearly 10 thousand skilled personnel to operate the bullet train as well as the other high speed corridors being developed in the country.

A senior railway ministry official said a training centre will be set up in India where the best of the Indian Railway staff will be trained to operate and maintain the high speed trains.

Of these, nearly 4000 staff will be required for the 508 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad bullet train corridor.

“Indian train drivers will be trained in high-speed train driving simulator to practice how to control trains in extreme weather conditions and at speeds varying from 50 km per hour to 300 km per hour,” a railway ministry official said.



Apart from the bullet train, the Indian government is taking up work on five long distance high speed corridors and eight other semi-high speed corridors.

The first semi-high speed Gatimaan Express between Delhi and Agra The game has not been launched in India yet has already started. The train runs at the speed of 160 km per hour.

A railway board official said that to meet the requirement, a pool of highly trained loco pilots and technicians will be created.

Unlike the normal express trains, the high speed trains will be driven by two main pilots instead of one assistant pilot.


“Only the senior-most loco pilots, with over 20 years of experience, will be trained initially. Mental ability, quick decision-making and medical-fitness are critical for drivers on high speed trains. Once they qualify the physical test, they will be put to training on simulators,” officials said adding the place where the training centre will be set up is yet to be decided.

Similarly, the engineers and technicians of Indian Railways, will also be trained to repair and maintain these trains as the high speed technology is entirely new to the country.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahom...g-Mumbai-Ahmedabad-bullet-train-corridor.html

SURVEY OF MAJOR RAILWAY STATIONS FOR CLEANLINESS RANKING

The following are the top 10 Stations (in descending order of scores):
Rank 1. BEAS – NR
Rank 2. GANDHIDHAM – WR
Rank 3. VASCO-DA-GAMA – SWR
Rank 4. JAMNAGAR – WR
Rank 5. KUMBAKONAM – SR
Rank 6. SURAT– WR
Rank 7. NASIK ROAD – CR
Rank 8. RAJKOT – WR
Rank 9. SALEM JN – SR
Rank 10. ANKLESHWAR – WR

Cleanliness at Zonal Headquarters
Name of Station Cleanliness Level
BILASPUR JN – SECR Level 1
MUMBAI CENTRAL - WR Level 2
HUBLI – SWR Level 2
SECUNDERABAD JN – SCR Level 2
JABALPUR – WCR Level 2
BHUBANESWAR – ECoR Level 2
HAJIPUR JN. – ECR Level 3
CHENNAI CENTRAL – SR Level 3
CST MUMBAI - CR Level 3
ALLAHABAD – NCR Level 3
GORAKHPUR JN. – NER Level 3
JAIPUR – SWR Level 3
NEW DELHI – NR Level 3
HOWRAH – ER & SER Level 4
GUWAHATI – NFR Level 4


Cleanliness at Divisional Headquarters
Top 10 Divisional HQs based on cleanliness scores:
Name of Station Cleanliness Level
SALEM JN – SR Level 1
RAJKOT – WR Level 1
BILASPUR JN # - SECR Level 1
TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI JN – SR Level 2
KOTA – WCR Level 2
HABIBGANJ - WCR Level 2
MYSORE – SWR Level 2
KATIHAR JN – NFR Level 2
NANDED – SCR Level 2
BHAVNAGAR TERMINUS – WR Level 2

Read full report here ..

http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/Final Report2607.pdf

 

[anant_s]

account of unusual occurrences

Yes, a switching point failed near Mathura.

cant

A small note on Super elevation or Cant (with @Ankit Kumar 002 permission)
Cant or Super elevation (also known banking to Indian students ), the difference of height between outer and inner rail at curves.
We know that when a vehicle takes a turn on curve, a net force is created in Radial (meaning in direction of radius of curve) called Lateral Force (or acceleration).
If this force is large enough, it can topple the vehicle in direction of force.
A solution to this problem, is either to decrease speed or create a difference of elevation between two wheels by introducing Banking or tilt.

In this case, the maximum speed v can be expressed as

The cant or superelevation is the difference of height between the two rails and is expressed in mm or inches.

cant deficiency was 125mm

When a body moves on curve, a net centrifugal force acts in radial direction. The vector sum of gravitational and centrifugal force produces a resultant force (R).
By introducing Cant, the net resultant force can be reduced. There is a term called Balancing Speed at which if a vehicle moves a that speed on a given curves, the net resultant force (R) becomes 0.
However, when a vehicle moves at a higher speed (greater than balancing Speed), a net force starts acting again.
To remove this, we need to add to superelevation or cant. This value is called Cant Deficiency.

The maximum speed that we attained was 130 kmph, and what was different about today’s trial was that the cant deficiency was 125mm, that is, we increased the speed of the train on the curves.” Asked about the number of curves on the stretch, Kumar said, “If you count all, the small and the big curves, the total number is 795. So you can understand why it’s is important to try higher speeds on the curves.

Now this is where the whole ball game lies.
We often ask us, why we require TALGO when our own WAP 5 +LHB can allow you to go upto 180-200 kph.
The answer is this combination has to slow down on curves and some bridges. In railway terminology it is marked as PSR (or Permanent Speed Restriction). TALGO on other hand can go at higher speed on this owing to 2 reasons:

a. It tilts.
The Talgo coaches have hydraulic cylinders which can tilt the coach independent of other coaches, more than what rail cant allows. Thereby these coaches, actually negate any lateral force generated. In conventional trains, this is not possible and hence speed equal to Balancing speed (plus or minus some acceptable value) has to be maintained. This is where PSR i said comes into picture and train running at constant speed takes a hit.
i hope this also explains why conventional HSTs have a much straighter tracks as compared to normal low speed rails.
Tilting trains on other hand can allow (by virtue of tilting) higher stability on tighter curves, allowing higher speed. This would help in running faster trains on existing tracks without much change in track geometry.

b. Lightweight
At high speed, the wear and tear is about approximately a function of train weight. TALGO trains are lighter and therefore even at high speed, the wear and tear is lesser than a heavier train on lower speed. What it also means that traction power (to be generated by loco) for train movement is much lower than normal trains. Smart eh

TALGO on it return leg journey from Mumbai to Delhi.

 

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The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

Darjeeling came into existence as a refuge from the Indian summer heat for the more affluent people on the plains. Access to Darjeeling was slow and a typical journey from Siliguri entailed a three day journey up a rocky precipitous road. Later a better but longer road, the Cart Road, was built with easier gradients, and it still took about three days for the journey. Franklin Prestage of the East Bengal Railway, proposed a 2 foot gauge track following the Cart Road whose gradients were just on the upper limit for an adhesion railway.

This railway track was eventually completed in 1882 and the journey to Darjeeling was reduced to one day. To overcome the sections where the Cart Road gradient was too steep, loops and zig-zag reverses were used to gain height, the most famous of these loops is Agony Point where the train eases itself around a circle with a minimum radius of 59 feet right on the edge of a steep drop to the valley far below.

When completed, the line was about 51 miles long and rose from 398 feet at Siliguri on the plain to 7407 feet at the highest point at Ghum. The small 15 ton B class 0-4-0 locomotives have to climb an almost continuous gradient averaging about 1:22 and as steep as 1:18 in some places. The oldest locomotive still in use was built in the year 1900 and the newest was built in 1927.

In its hey-day, the line coped valiantly with washouts and landslides but still managed to provide sterling service to Darjeeling and the small hill towns along the way. Eventually, as road traffic absorbed the freight that had been one of the major sources of revenue for the railway, its continuing existence was in doubt. Indian Railways who took over the railway in 1948, were very aware of the affection that Indians had for their ‘Toy Train’ and continued to support it as a passenger carrying line. Despite this, the railway’s hold on life was tenuous and there were fears that it would close.

In the year 1999, fortune smiled and the line was granted ‘World Heritage” status by UNESCO. In effect this protected the fixed assets of the railway, but did not cover the locomotives and rolling stock. These costs are still covered by Indian Railways who have shown their commitment to the railway by providing two new NDM6 diesel locomotives to relieve the stress on the aging B class locomotives.

http://www.darjeelingtrainz.com/History.html

A single loop in the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, India, c 1910

 

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A 0-4-0ST 'B' Class narrow gauge steam locomotive at Sukna Station on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), Darjeeling district, India, circa 1910. The locomotive was designed by Sharp Stewart & Co. of Glasgow.

DOXA / MERITAS ‘Goliath’ Pocket Watch & Case – ‘DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY’ Presentation. 1925

Scenes from the 1940s: Steam train at Bada Kakjhora as it chugs up to Darjeeling

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[anant_s]

Sharmila , Darjeeling Toy train, Kaaka crooning in Willey.
Those were the days....

 

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Sharmila , Darjeeling Toy train, Kaaka crooning in Willey.
Those were the days....View attachment 323916

Now a days in a nostalgic mood . Going for a short vacation to home two weeks later .

Lunch break is over . Have some back log because of weekend . Back to work now . See ya sir .

 

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Railways taps rule books to snip selfie menace

Taking selfies in close proximity to a running train can get you up to 5 years of jail

The Railway Protection Force has ferreted out three sections from the Railway Act, 1989 to put a lid on the ever-increasing tendency of youngsters to click selfies in front of trains, on the edge of platforms and just about any place where the Railways provides a picturesque backdrop for the selfie.

The laws the RPF have taken up are section 145, pertaining to nuisance, section 147 concerning trespass into railway territory and section 153 – the toughest of the three – dealing with endangering the safety of rail commuters by willful act of omission. The last section can see a person being jailed for up to five years.

In response to a query from dna, RPF director-general SK Bhagat confirmed the move. According to RPF officials, the force is dividing its actions against the selfie-seekers into three distinct categories.

The first, when selfies are taken on empty tracks, will see the RPF invoke section 147 of the Railway Act. The second, when selfies are taken in front of goods trains, then section 145 and 147 would be invoked.

The third and the most dangerous, said officials, is the fad of clicking selfies in close proximity to a running train, either on the tracks or on the edge of platforms like it has been observed in a few cases on the Mumbai suburban network.

"This is dangerous as it creates trouble for the driver who might apply emergency brakes and in the process end up derailing a train and hurting passengers inside. In such cases we will invoke Section 153, which talks of a five-year jail term," explained an RPF officer.

"It is a wonderful decision by the RPF. The thrill of clicking extreme selfies is getting youngsters to try all sorts of stunts in order to get that perfect shot when an approaching train seems to photo-bomb the selfie. It is time collegians are counselled against this," said a senior railway official.

How RPF plans to act:
1. When selfies are taken on empty tracks u/s 147 Railway Act.

2. When selfies are taken in front of goods train u/s145 and 147 Railway Act.

3. When selfies are taken in front of passenger train and driver applies or thinks of applying emergency brakes u/s 145, 147 and 153 Railway Act.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/repor...taps-rule-books-to-snip-selfie-menace-2241580

 

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08-08-2016

‪#‎Economy‬:Warehousing industry has recently seen a sharp growth in demand primarily driven by new age e-commerce industry and growth in organised retail which are leveraging technology in their supply chain to optimise costs.

‪#‎Finance‬:RBI has given its nod to three new asset reconstruction companies, to be set up by US-based Encore Capital, Ahmedabad-based CFM, and Vishakhapatnamheadquartered Maximus ARC. RBI governor said, “We will shortly license a number of new ARCs to provide a deeper market for stressed assets."

‪#‎In‬ a sharp jump, average CEO salary at top listed companies in the private sector is approaching Rs 20 crore -- twice the level seen just two years ago at about Rs 10 crore.This includes salary, commissions, allowances, value of all perquisites and ESOPs exercised during the year, among other benefits disclosed by the companies.

‪#‎Mera‬ Bharat Mahaan: SAIL had provided 325 acres from its Bhilai project to set up country’s 23rd Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chhattisgarh’s industrial township.

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08-08-2016

‪#‎Economy‬:Govt plans to develop 300 villages across the country as growth centers for the area by creating city like infrastructure, from education and healthcare to digital connectivity. The National Rurban Mission aims to provide better quality of life and employment in villages.

‪#‎Finance‬:RBI is likely to keep its policy rates unchanged on Tuesday in the third bi-monthly monetary policy review.

‪#‎Life‬ insurance companies are in a fix over the provision of claims.Bone of contention are
■No claim can be rejected after three years of a policy being in force.
■The claim has to be paid even if a fraud has been detected.

‪#‎Mera‬ Bharat Mahaan Punjab Govt has reconstituted a state-level drugs advisory committee to suggest ways and means to curb the drug abuse in the state.The constitution of the panel assumes significance as drugs are one of the major issues in the state, which is going to polls early next year.

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