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| Circular number | FREIGHT MARKETING CIRCULAR No. 05 of 2022 |
|---|---|
| File number | No. 2020/TC(FM)/11/29 |
| Date | 2022-02-21 |
| Type | Freight Marketing Circular |
| Topic | parcel |
| Directorate | Traffic Commercial (Freight Marketing) |
Advance booking of parcel space in ‘SLRs’ and ‘Parcel Vans.’ Advance booking of parcel space in Parcel Vans booking of parcel space in Parcel Vans
FREIGHT MARKETING CIRCULAR No. 05 of 2022 भारत सरकार /GOVERNMENT OF INDIA रेल मंत्रालय /MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (रेलवे बोर्ड /RAILWAY BOARD) No. 2020/TC(FM)/11/29 New Delhi, dated 21.02.2022 The General Managers, All Zonal Railways. Sub: Advance booking of parcel space in ‘SLRs’ and ‘Parcel Vans.’ Ref: This office letters of even number dated 11.09.2020, 21.09.2020, 20.11.2020, 02.02.2021 & 30.07.2021; and letter No. 2020/TC(FM)/11/29- Pt.1 dated 05.07.2021. 38 OK OK ने ने के के Various instructions regarding advance booking of parcel space in SLRs and Parcel Vans in passenger-carrying and parcel special trains have been issued vide Railway Board’s letters under reference. Based on the experience gained and the feedback received from Zonal Railways as well as customers, it is felt that the guidelines of advance booking of Parcel space need to be further stream-lined and elaborated. Hence, it has been decided that, in supersession of the earlier guidelines issued in this regard, advance booking of parcel space may be done as per the following procedure and guidelines; for all passenger-carrying trains starting from its originating station on 01.03.2022 and onwards: 1. Advance booking of parcel space in SLR compartments booking of parcel space in SLR compartments 1.1 Zonal Railways may permit ‘advance booking of parcel space’ in SLRs attached to passenger-carrying trains — up to 90 days in advance. Advance booking of parcel space shall be ‘date and train specific’. 1.2 The advance booking of parcel space in SLRs shall be of one or more full compartment(s) of the SLR. 1.3. Zonal Railways must examine the total space available in the concerned train (duly taking operational lease(s) of parcel space as well as requirement for luggage, perishables, etc, into account) and operational feasibility before initiating advance booking. 1.4 Advance booking of parcel space in SLR compartments shall be done from the originating station, till the destination station of the train. Lv yy ya Page 1 of 8 MM _—s ~~ = FREIGHT MARKETING CIRCULAR No. 05 of 2022 1.5 Loading of the consignments shall be permitted only from the station where advance booking has been done, after completion of all commercial formalities (including weighment and issue of P.W. Bill). Loading will not be permitted from any station other than the booking station. 1.6 Charging of parcel space under advance booking in SLRs: The freight for advance booking in SLRs shall be charged as per the following — procedure: i) |If there is no lease of any type of | At 15% over the freight at normal tariff parcel space in SLR/VP operational | rate applicable for that train as per in the train at the time of | category of the train/ service (i.e. scale- ooking/actual loading. S, scale-P, scale-R, or scale-R+25%) from the originating/ booking-cum- loading station to the destination station. At the highest lump-sum leased freight rate for running/operational lease(s) of SLRs in that train subject to the minimum freight as _mentioned_at_(i) above.* If there is a running/ operational lease of parcel space in SLR of the train. (Note: Operational leases of Parcel Vans, if any, shall not be considered or this purpose) * The principles of charging are explained as per the following illustration: Illustration I: If the normal tariff rate from origin (station A) to destination (station B), as per the applicable scale, is Rs 10,000/- per Tonne, then — Case 1: If there is no running/ operational lease of SLR space in that train, then the advance booking shall be charged at 15% above the normal tariff rate, 1.6. at Rs 11,500/- per Tonne for station A to station B. Case 2: If there is an operational lease of parcel space in SLR of the train from station A to station B at Rs 11,000/- per Tonne per trip (which is less than 15% above the normal tariff rate), then the advance booking shall be charged at Rs 11,500/- per Tonne for station A to station B. Case 3: If the operational lease
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