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| Type | Commercial Circular |
|---|---|
| Topic | freight |
| Currency | Currency not verified |
structure of the tract, ballast and buildings outside the premises of the siding owner Public Siding: A Public siding is a Railway siding laid out at a distance from the
Railway Sidings
Types of Sidings: (1) Private (2) Assisted (3) Public & (4) Defence
Private siding: A siding laid out to serve either a Govt. Department, factory, mill or
other industrial premises which are under a special agreement. The siding owner shall
bear the capital cost of the siding from the take-off point at the serving station,
including Over Head Equipment (OHE).
Assisted siding Under this concept Railways shall share the cost of New Railway
siding, if the Industry comes up with a long term commitment of traffic for 10 years or
more commensurate with the investment of Railways.
(i)
Siding owners shall be required to bear the cost of the land, earthwork, sub-
structure of the tract, ballast and buildings outside the premises of the siding
owner.
(ii)
Cost of the removable super structure including track, sleepers, fastenings,
girders of bridges, point & crossings, fencing signalling and interlocking
appliances, machineries of any kind and overhead equipment outside the
premises of the siding owner, shall be born by the Railways.
(iii)
Entire cost of the siding within in the applicant’s (siding owner) premises
shall be borne by the siding owner.
Public Siding: A Public siding is a Railway siding laid out at a distance from the
serving station or the existing goods shed. These sidings are generally opened for both
inward and outward traffic and can be used by all consignors, consigners desires of
loading/unloading through Rail.
Defence Siding: A siding laid for the conveyance of Defence personnel for movement
of troops along with men & material from one Artillery centre to another.
These sidings operate as per the guidelines/instructions issued by the Ministry of
Railways from time to time.
Opening of New sidings:
1. The Chief Traffic & Planning Manager (CTPM) of the Zone will be the Nodal
Officer for the Pre-construction stage of the siding and for singing of the
agreement.
2. Chief General Engineer (CGE) of the Zone will also be Nodal Officer thorough
out the construction stage including activities for approval of plans and
sanctioning of Estimate.
3. The Chief Commercial Manager/FS (CCM/FS) of the Zone will be the Nodal
Officer after commissioning of the siding.
Provision of Co-user facility: No traffic, inward or outward other than that of the
applicant works shall at any time be sent over the siding by the applicant except with
the prior written permission of the Railway Administration and the undertakes not to
permit any other person whom so ever to use the siding and not to take or receive or
permit any other person take or received from any other person whom so ever any
consideration of remuneration of any sought or in respect of the carrying of any
commodity over for any purpose what so ever in connection with the siding except
with the prior written permission of the Railway Administration. The booking and
delivery of traffic of a Co-user of the siding shall be governed by the same rules and
regulations as applicable to the siding owner as far as levy of freight and other charges
are concerned.
Closure of Sidings: When there is a request for closure of siding from the siding owner
or when there is no traffic on the siding a closure notice is served to the siding owner,
so that all the dues are cleared. When a “No due certificate” is issued by the division,
closure notification is issued and the siding is treated as closed for all descriptions of
traffic.
Total number of sidings on South Central Railway
Type of Siding
Number of Sidings
Private Sidings
85
Assisted Sidings
13
Public Sidings
01
Defence Sidings
02
Total
`101
Division-wise list of sidings along with the serving station as on 03.07.14 are as under:
SECUNDERABAD DIVISION-PRIVATE SIDINGS
Sl.No.
Name of the Siding
Serving Station
1.
Mancherial Cement Co. siding
Mancherial
2.
Kothagudem Thermal Power Station siding
for APGENCO
Gajulagu
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