In view of the Non-Interlocking Work for replacement and commissioning of Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) at Santragachi during the period from 10:00 hours of 22nd. March, 2013 (Friday) to 06:00 hours on 25th. March, 2013 (Monday), several train services of South Eastern Railway will be regulated.
CANCELLATIONOF MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS
Several long distance trains originating as well as terminating at Howrah and Shalimar will remain cancelled. Among the trains originating from Howrah or Shalimar , the number of trains to remain cancelled are as under:
On 22nd. March, 2013: Nil
On 23rd. March, 2013: 08 trains
On 24th. March, 2013: 15 trains
On 25th. March, 2013: 04 trains
SHORT TERMINATION/ORIGINATION OF MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS
16 Mail/Express trains will be short terminated at different stations en-route. 4 Mail/Express trains will terminate at Shalimar instead of Howrah and 3 Mail/Express trains will originate from Shalimar instead of Howrah as per the existing timings of Howrah.
DIVERSION OF TRAINS VIA HIJLI (AVOIDING KHARAGPUR)
5 Mail/Express trains will run via Hijli avoiding Kharagpur.
RESCHEDULING OF TRAINS
2 Express trains will be rescheduled.
CANCELLATION OF EMU/MEMU TRAINS ON HOWRAH-KHARAGPUR-MIDNAPUR SECTIONS
In Howrah-Kharagpur-Midnapur Sections, 219 EMU local trains including MEMU will remain cancelled during the period.
CANCELLATION OF EMU LOCALS ON SHALIMAR-SANTRAGACHI, HOWRAH-AMTA AND SANTRAGACHI-DIGHA SECTIONS
All EMU local trains running between Shalimar-Santragachi, Howrah-Amta & Santragachi-Digha will remain cancelled on 23rd and 24th March 2013.However to mitigate the troubles faced by the passengers during the above blocked period, South Eastern Railway has taken the following measures:-
PRIOR INTIMATION TO THE LONG DISTANCE PASSENGERS
This announcement was done 4 months earlier to enable the passengers to plan their journeys accordingly. Necessary changes have been made in the PRS software and tickets have been/are being issued according to the revised status of the trains during the period in question.
RUNNING OF 99 EMU/MEMU SPECIALS IN HOWRAH-KHARAGPUR-MIDNAPUR SECTIONS
99 EMU local trains including MEMU willrun at an interval of almost one hourfor the convenience of the daily commuters in Howrah-Kharagpur-Midnapur Sections during the above period.
RUNNING OF 34 PASSENGER SPECIALS
12 Passenger Special trains will run between Santragachi –Amta, 4Passenger Specialtrains will run between Mecheda – Digha and 18 Passenger Special trains will also run between Andul-Panskura for the convenience of the passengers.
OTHER MEASURES TAKEN
ØAnnouncement in all stations
ØNewspaper advertisement for the public
ØPosters in all suburban stations
The old Route Relay Interlocking was due for replacement as it had completed 30 years of its codal life. This work was essential from the safety point of view.After the completion of this work, the total number of routes in Santragachi Route Relay Interlocking will increase from 218 to 447 which will help in better train operations and more flexibility. The total cost of this replacement including panels, new buildings, new signals, fixing of cross overs etc. is Rs.7.4 crores.
