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| Topic | train-services |
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Provision of stoppage of Mail/Express trains at stations iv) Fast Mail and Express trains serving important
eA a न 2 kip G overnment of India Bherat Sorkar wl Ministry of Railways Rail Mantralaya (Railway Board) No.82/Chge11/13/18/Policy. New Delhi iF ebe, 19836 * The General Managers All Indian RailwaySe Sub:- Provision of stoppage of Mail/Express trains at stations. \ A The matter with regard to the policy for provision of f jppages’ to passenger carrying trains has been examined and Board desire that while considering the requests the following feiteria may be adopted: = 2e The Railways heave broadly the following five distinct categories of trains carrying passengers: = 5 1 yi) Ordinary passenger trains which are short distance | in nature ¢topping’at all stations and halts enroute. c 434.) Fast Passenger trains skipping a fow unimportant stations in order to speed up a particular service ain a particular sections 4 - 444). Mail/Express trains stopping at only important and है s. ‘samieimportent stations serving district headquarters, major hospitals, University complexes, industrial businese centres, important pilgrim centres and important junction stations serving branch lines. iv) Fast Mail and Express trains serving important Metropolitan cities, major towrs, industriel, business complexes and important junction on trunk routes often covering more than one Zonal Railway and skipping several stations that Mails and Expresses under item (iii) would servee v) Super Fast Mail/Express trains providing very fast services between Delhi and State Copitals and between different State Capitals and major cities with very few stoppagas ot intermediate points. 3. While planning different services the time distance ratio should bo kept in view so that the transit time of long distance passengers and medium distance passengers is brought down to the barest minimum to have convenient arrival/departure from originating and destination stations. The stoppages should be worked out keeping in view ths” following: = i) In case of ordinary passenger tratge stopping at all stations, attompt should be mace +o give: two trains each way to serve the passengers= one -train in thea morning hours. and one im tha svenings Ris hash 2.८2 me" + my tt gethe Leta Latte! | — by 4. services of stoppa these are stoppages passenger stoppage studied i the stati points, the occupation other ion caused in on accaun points Pr iii) wsain 33) In each section an —-+— attempt should be «ade to give minimum one fast service by a fast passenger tir convenient points Pp light hours for rea places where Courts Centres and District Hea The fast ger ie ,should 2 c+ egbabbon o+1im ct! aieRare oF feat passenger trains. Tr should be staggered ain providliy peta oducing articulerly duzisg the day ching the passengers at ; Schools, Galleges, Industria dquarters are situated. Different fast trains sho such a way that stoppages, are Pr थे i¢kipparig ,4hrough a ‘stations whete it is not convenient y? s noy convenient ‘hours an always necesgary that .al services e+ liso be available to all in ovided at 1 fast, trains ही pad stop at that ‘station thereby glowing dpwhy every iv) Fast Maii/Exprese trains running on trunk routes covering long distances are made by limiting the stoppages to on - stations serying. the tru should cover important towns and industrial/business complexes,: dmportant pilgrim centres and junetion stationse As some of theee trains touch cities liks and Bombay where there is larg suburban trains running in the e morning peak hours, the trains @ tailored to reach and depart the fixed hours onlye these trdins this 5 ty r 1 While conside Sp To sure convensunt ‘travel for passengers distance restrictions trains should be imposed to to travel on-these discourage the short distance by these trainSe Tt has been seen that available on the routes ges to trains. Due ta increase in tr ‘gn-spite of d there are dem justified for a perticular stations Should be viewed in the lead and eat s that move on the route.
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