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| Type | Commercial Circular |
|---|---|
| Topic | freight |
| Currency | Currency not verified |
between the serving station and the siding, siding charges
Types of Consignments yp g A consignment may be booked as a A consignment may be booked as a full train load or “wagon load”. The f i l d l h rates for train loads are lower than those for wagon loads, which is turn are lower than those for parcels. Consignments lower than wagon Consignments lower than wagon loads are charged as parcels. Mi i i ht li bl t Minimum weight applicable to consignment. For a consignment to qualify as a train load or wagon load its weight has to be equal to or higher than the minimum weight prescribed for the purpose. This is termed as a minimum weight condition and is determined on the basis minimum weight condition, and is determined on the basis of loadability of a commodity into a wagon upto its carrying capacity (CC). While a commodity like coal or y g p y ( ) y iron ore can be loaded wagons upto CC in , a commodity like fruits and vegetables cannot be so loaded. Sometimes different weight conditions are prescribed even for the same commodity, e.g. for cotton raw, fully pressed the weight condition is 170 Q for a broad gauge wagon but it weight condition is 170 Q for a broad gauge wagon, but it is 110 Q when it is half pressed. For train loads also weight conditions differ, depending on the commodity. Registration & supply of wagon • For booking traffic in train loads/wagon loads a i h l i d f h d consignor has to place an indent for the type and the number of wagons required. For registering the i d i h h S i M i i indent with the Station Master, wagon registration fee at the rate of Rs.150/- per broad gauge, 4 h l i bl f 8 h l wheeler wagon is payable, for 8 wheeler wagon, this fee is doubled in each case. Wagon R i i f i h d i f ili Registration fee is not charged in case of military traffic & railway materials. Major siding owners I di R il ll d t d it on Indian Railways are allowed to deposit a lumpsum wagon registration fee. • The wagon demands so registered are noted in a separate register called the “Wagon Indent Register” in serial order and wagon g g is supplied in the order of registration. But, certain categories of traffic are given certain categories of traffic are given priority under the schedule of preferential t ffi f d b C t l G t d traffic framed by Central Government under the provisions of the Railways Act, 1989. For example military traffic is given the highest priority as it is schedule A traffic. g p y Other Traffic is similarly placed under schedules B C D&E Forwarding Note • The first requirement of the party wanting b k ffi b il i f i h to book traffic by rail is to furnish forwarding note to the Railway. This is a legal requirement prescribed in section 64 of the Railway Act, 1989 which lays down of the Railway Act, 1989 which lays down that every person entrusting any goods to a railway administration for carriage shall railway administration for carriage shall execute a forwarding note in such form as b ifi d b h C l may be specified by the Central Government. • Every consignment of goods when handed over to the railways for dispatch must be accompanied by a forwarding note which must be signed by the sender or his authorized agent and must contain a declaration f h i h d i i d d i i i of the weight, description, etc. and destination station of the goods consigned/offered for booking. The for arding note is th s a doc ment b hich the forwarding note is thus a document by which the consigner gives full details of the description of goods to be booked their weight measurement etc station to be booked, their weight, measurement, etc., station to which booked etc. It also contains certain important conditions subject to which the goods are booked. It conditions subject to which the goods are booked. It thus becomes the document by which the consigner enter into a contract with the Railways for booking y g and carriage of traffic and has a legal validity. Weighment of Consignments • All consignments accepted for booking should be weighted, not only for the purpos
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