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should be used and Shunting Charge should be calculated for one Shunting Engine.

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Compendium_ System of charging freight in case of sidings _____________________________________________________________________________________

COMPENDIUM

“System of Charging Freight in case of Sidings”

As prescribed vide

Rates Master Circular/Freight on Through Distance Basis/2014/0 Para 1807 of Indian Railway code for Traffic (Commercial) Department Rates Circular No.57 of 2009 Rates Circular No.14 of 2009

(Note: This is a compendium of extant guidelines on the subject matter. Reference to subsequent Board’s circulars/letters have been given with regard to amendments/clarifications and the same be referred to)

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System of charging Freight in case of Siding

1.0 There are two systems of charging freight with respect to the traffic pertaining to siding, as given below- (Board’s letter No.2007/TC-I/302/1 Pt. E dt.23.06.2010)

(i) Freight upto the serving station and levying Siding Charge beyond serving station and vice-versa

(ii) Freight on Through Distance Basis

2.0 Freight upto the serving station and levying SIDING CHARGE beyond serving station and vice versa (Para 1807 of Indian Railway code for Traffic (Commercial) Department Rates Circular No.57 of 2009 Board’s letter No.2007/TC-I/302/1PT.E dt.23.06.2010 Board’s letter No.TC-I/99/214/11 Pt.I dt.25.01.2012)

2.1 Under this system, Freight is charged upto the serving station and Siding Charge is levied for haulage of wagons between the serving station and the siding.

2.2 Siding Charge is fixed on the basis of cost for engine hour and the average time for a round trip from the serving station to the siding and back for placement and/or removal of wagons whether loaded or empty. The charges per trip should be arrived at by multiplying the average time taken for the trip by the cost of engine hour, as per the formula given below-

Siding Charge = Average trip time in minutes x (Engine Hour Cost/60)

The resultant of the above formula will be rounded off to the next higher value to arrive at the net Siding Charge. In case ‘average trip time’ is less than one hour, the Siding Charge will be levied for a minimum of one hour.

2.3 Siding Charge for originating station so fixed should be included in the Invoice alongwith freight instead of being separately collected from the siding holder.

2.4 Guidelines for arriving at the Trip Time (Board’s letter No.TC-I/1089/69/Placement Timings dt.17/19.01.1977)

a) The trip time should be arrived at on the basis of placement trials in respect of each siding.

b) Railway should lay down a starting point for the operation of placement of wagons in the sidings. This should normally be the middle of the goods shed concerned or the middle of the station or a nominated point from where the engine starts to make the round trip to the siding and back.

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c) The whole operation is a round trip from the starting point to the termination of the operation at the same point.

d) For purpose of Siding Charge, various functions performed after the engine leaves the centre of the goods shed/station or nominated point constitutes the basis for arriving at the trip time. Any marshalling or sorting out that may be done prior to this, even if it related to the traffic of the customer, should not be legitimately included in the calculation of the trip time.

e) Any unforeseen or extra-ordinary factor that may cause delay as a part of the normal working conditions must be allowed for as a part of the trip time in shunting operations provided it takes place within the round trip from the centre of the goods shed/station/nominated point and back to the same.

f) However, the time occupied on locomotive duties like watering of engine, refueling of engine, change of crew or cre

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