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Government of India
Ministry of Railways
21-November-2017 15:07 IST
More Than Three Decade Old Demand for an “Express” Train for People of Kirandul in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh Fulfilled
Railway Administration Extends Train No. 08152 Visakhapatnam – Jagdalpur Upto Kirandul
This is Also a Fulfilment of Promise of Railway Minister to Start Such a Train Shortly
Fulfilling the demand of more than three old decades of local public of Kirandul for running of an “Express Train” in their area, Indian Railways has extended the existing special train between Visakhapatnam-Jagdalpur upto Kirandul (in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh State) with effect from 20th November, 2017. This is the first ‘Express’ category train for the people of Kirandul which is a left wing extremist affected area.
Minister of Railways and Coal Shri Piyush Goyal in his recent tour to Chhattisgarh had promised to extend this train to Kirandul following a request from Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh. Under the direction of Shri Piyush Goyal this work was expedited and the promise was fulfilled within a fortnight. This train passes through naxal area like “Dantewada” with full security.
The inauguration for extension of this Train No. 08152 Visakhapatnam – Jagdalpur to Kirandul was done on 20th November, 2017 by Shri Kedar Kashyap, Minister of Education, Govt. of Chhattisgarh in the august presence of Shri Dinesh Kashyap, Member of Parliament, Bastar (Chhattisgarh) along with local MLA, Mayor and other dignitaries.
The inaugural run of the train was received with very enthusiasm by the public of Kirandul. The public were delighted with the arrival of first Mail and Express train to their area Kirandul which will connect them to Delhi, Chennai, Howrah etc. via Visakhapatnam. It will be an overnight train for the convenience of the passengers.
DETAILS OF SPECIAL TRAIN WITH SPECIAL FARE
Train No. 08511 Kirandul -Visakhapatnam special train with special fare will leave Kirandul daily from 21.11.2017 to 31.12.2017 at 15.00hrs and reach Visakhapatnam at 03.00hrs on the following day.
Train No.08512 from Visakhapatnam – Jagdalpur special train with special fare will leave Visakhapatnam daily from 21.11.2017 to 31.12.2017 at 22.15hrs and will reach Kirandul at 10.00hrs on the following day.
Enroute these special trains will stop at Kottavalasa, Araku, Koraput, Jeypore, and Kotpar Road, Jagdalpur, Dilmili, Kaklur, Dantewara and Bacheli in both directions.
These trains comprise 09 coaches viz. One AC III Tier, Three Sleeper Class, Three General Second Class and Two Second Class Luggage Cum Brake Van coaches.
The abstract timings of the special trains:
08512 Visakhapatnam- Jagdalpur-Kirandul
| Visakhapatnam | Kottavalasa | Araku | Koraput | Jeypore | Kotpar Road | Jagdalpur |
| Departure | Arvl-dep hrs | Arvl-dep hrs | Arvl- dep hrs | Arvl-dep hrs | Arvl-dep hrs | Arvl-Dep |
| 22.15hrs | 22.41 22.43 | 01.30 01.35 | 03.15 03.20 | 04.25 04.27 | 05.08 05.10 | 06.05-06.30 |
| Dilmili | Kaklur | Dantewara | Bacheli | Kirandul |
|
Arvl-dep hrs |
Arvl- dep hrs | Arvl-dep hrs | Arvl-dep hrs |
Arvl |
| 07.00-07.02 | 07.33-07.35 | 08.10-08.12 | 08.45-08.47 | 10.00hrs |
08511 Kirandul- Jagdalpur-Visakhapatnam
| Kirandul | Bacheli | Dantewara | Kaklur | Dilmili | Jagdalpur | Kotpar Road |
| Departure | Arvl- dep | Arvl-dep | Arvl-dep | Arvl-dep | Arvl-dep hrs | Arvl-dep |
| 15.00hrs | 15.25-15.27 | 15.56-15.58 | 16.32-16.34 | 17.02-17.04 | 19.05-19.30 | 20.00-20.02 |
| Jeypore | Koraput | Araku | Kottavalasa | Visakhapatnam |
| Arvl-dep | Arvl- dep hrs | Arvl- dep hrs | Arvl- dep hrs |
Arvl |
| 20.33-20.35 | 21.55 22.00 | 23.35 23.40 | 02.18 02.20 | 03.00hrs |
Note: At present the 08511/08512 Special express train is running in diverted route via Vizianagaram, Rayagada, Koraput as the Bridge No. 249 in the Chimidipalli-Borraguhalu section in Kottavalasa-Kirandul Section of Waltair Division was damaged due to incessant rains leading to boulder fall in September-2017. This train will run in diverted route till further advice.
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The New Electronic Interlocking System at Kharagpur Junction is India’s Largest and one of the Largest in the World
Commissioning of Electronic Interlocking System was Accomplished in Record Time Ensuring Minimum Traffic Disruptions and Passenger Inconvenience
Electronic Interlocking System at Kharagpur Junction will Ensure Smooth Movement of Trains over South Eastern Railway
India’s largest state of the art, Electronic Interlocking (EI) system of 800 routes has been commissioned at Kharagpur station in West Bengal on 19thNov2017 at 18:12 hrs. This EI system, also one of the largest in the World, replaces the old Route Relay Interlocking system with 423 routes.
Kharagpur Junction in West Bengal, a gateway to the Eastern Metropolis of Kolkata from the South and the West, is one of the most important Railway stations of Eastern India. Everyday this station deals around 116 pairs of Mail/Express, goods and suburban trains with thousands of passengers.
Final work of commissioning was taken up during a block of 12 hours. Preparations for commissioning of this Electronic Interlocking commenced about 18 months back and involved hundreds of thousands of man-hours of installation and testing. Generally, work of this nature and magnitude, involving major yard remodeling, is commissioned by resorting to non-interlocked working for several days, resulting in severe disruption of railway traffic and public inconvenience from cancellation and late running of trains. To avoid such a situation, innovative planning was done for commissioning the work in a traffic block of 12 hours, thereby ensuring bare minimum traffic disruptions and passenger inconvenience. It speaks volumes of the planning and preparation by South Eastern Railway that commissioning was finally achieved in 10 hours i.e. two hours ahead of stiff target of 12 hours.
The commissioning of the new Electronic Interlocking has integrated (i) two additional platforms at Kharagpur Junction (ii) 3rd line from Howrah side and 2nd line from Adra side at Kharagpur Junction. Besides, it has ensured operation of down goods departure yard from the main Electronic Interlocking system at Kharagpur Junction.
To ensure highest level of availability and flexibility, this EI has been provided in a distributed manner with the interlocking distributed over 9 zones interconnected with highly reliable Optical Fibre Cables (OFC) in a ring configuration. This has also resulted in major reduction in use of copper cables which is not only unreliable, difficult to maintain, prone to theft but also costly. Facility has been provided for the setting of routes and clearing of signals from electronic Video Display Unit (VDU) using “Mouse & Key Board”.
With the commissioning of EI system at Kharagpur Junction the movement of trains over South Eastern Railway will get eased up considerably and result in improved punctuality of Mail/Express trains and increase in average speed of goods trains
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