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section (2) of Section 83 of Railways Act 1989

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Topicfreight

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section (2) of Section 83 of Railways Act 1989 When goods are accepted for carriage by goods trains, the freight on such goods shall

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दक्षिण पक्षिम रेलवे 
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY 
 
बहु क्षवद्या िेक्षिया प्रक्षििण संम्स्थान - धारवाड़ 
Multi Disciplinary Zonal Training Institute - 
Dharwad 
 
 
 
 
Study Material for Pro CC/TC/CA 
Goods Theory 
 
(Compiled by S.Hari Manohar Instructor Commercial) 
Up dated up to Feb 2021

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Index  
 
Sl. No. 
Topic 
Page No. 
1 
Definitions 
3 
2 
Books of Reference 
6 
3 
Rules for Acceptance of Goods 
8 
4 
Various kinds of wagons 
9 
5 
Forwarding Note  
12 
6 
Bans and Restrictions 
13 
7 
Wagon Demand Registration Fee 
15 
8 
Preferential Traffic Order 
18 
9 
Routing of Goods 
21 
10 
Rating of Goods 
22 
11 
Classification of Goods 
24 
12 
Weight Conditions 
25 
13 
Weighment of Goods 
26 
14 
Packing Conditions 
28 
15 
Labeling & Marking 
30 
16 
Placement of wagons , WTR, Loading of goods 
33 
17 
Sealing & Riveting 
35 
18 
Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) 
37 
19 
Railway Receipt, Said to Contain Railway Receipt 
40 
20 
Un-loading of Goods, DDM, DDPC 
41 
21 
Re-Weighment of Goods 
43 
22 
Punitive Charges  
44 
23 
Delivery of Goods on collection of Railway Receipt 
47 
24 
Open Delivery & Assessment Delivery 
48 
25 
Delivery of Goods in absence of the Railway Receipt 
50 
26 
Gate Pass, Sunday Inventory 
53 
27 
Misdeclaration of Goods 
54 
28 
Unconnected Goods 
55 
29 
Undelivered Goods 
56 
30 
Transportation Products 
57 
31 
Freight Investment Schemes 
63 
32 
Rebooking of Goods 
64 
33 
Diversion of Goods 
66 
34 
Demurrage Charges 
68 
35 
Wharfage Charges 
70 
36 
Stacking of Goods 
73 
37 
Intoxicating Drugs, Contraband Goods 
74 
38 
Railway Material Consignments 
75 
39 
Military Goods 
76 
40 
Explosive & Dangerous goods 
77 
41 
Live Stock 
79 
42 
Sidings 
81 
43 
Responsibility of Railways as Common Carriers 
83 
44 
Claims & Claims Preparation 
84

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Definitions  
 
1. ‘Authorized’ means authorized by railway administration 
 
2. ‘Booking Railway’ means the railway on which traffic originates. 
 
3. ‘Carriage’ means the carriage of passengers or goods by a railway administration. 
 
4. ‘Classification’ means the classification of commodities made under section 31 of 
Railways Act, 1989, for the purpose of determining the rates to be charged for 
carriage of such commodities. 
 
5. ‘Class Rate’ means the rate fixed for a class of commodity in the classification. 
 
6. ‘Commodity’ means a specific item of goods. 
 
7. ‘Consignment’ means goods entrusted to a railway administration for carriage. 
 
8. ‘Demurrage’ means the charge levied for the detention of any rolling stock after the 
expiry of free time, if any, allowed for such detention. 
 
9. ‘Destination Railway’ means the railway on which the traffic terminates. 
 
10. ‘Endorsee’ means the person in whose favour an endorsement is made and in the case 
of successive endorsements, the person in whose favour the last endorsement is made. 
 
11. ‘Endorsement’ means the signing, by the consignee or the endorsee after adding a 
direction on a railway receipt to pass the property in goods mentioned in such receipt 
to a specified person. 
 
12. ‘Excess value’ in respect of any consignment means the amount by which the value 
declared by a consignor exceeds the amount of liability of a railway administration as 
specified or calculated under the rules. 
 
13. ‘Forwarding Note’ means the document executed under section 64 of the Railways 
Act, 1989, for booking of goods. 
 
14. ‘Freight’ means the charges levied for the carriage of goods. 
 
15. ‘General Manager’ means the general manager of a zonal railway appointed under 
section 4 of the Railways Act, 1989. 
 
16. ‘Goods’ includes 
a. Containers, pellets or similar articles of transport used to consolidate goods. 
b. Animals. 
 
17. ‘Government Railway’ means a railway owned by the central government. 
 
18. ‘Intermediate Railway’ means any railway between the booking railway and the 
destination railway.

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19. ‘Indemnity Note’ is an agreement executed between the railw

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