DERAILMENT OF PASSENGER TRAIN NEAR BOKARO (JHARKHAND) AFFECTS SER TRAIN SERVICES

While Train No 53342 Muri - Dhanbad Passenger train was approaching Bokaro Steel City Station of Adra Division of SER (Bokaro district, Jharkhand), the engine and five coaches of the train got derailed today (22-06-14) morning at 5.30 hrs. However there was no casualty or injury to any passenger. All the passengers of Train No 53342 Muri-Dhanbad Passenger train were detrained and dispersed suitably by road. 

General Manager, South Eastern Railway Sri RadheyShyam and all the concerned Principal Head of the Departments and other senior officers immediately came to the Emergency Control at Garden Reach Head Quarters to monitor the restoration work. Divisional Railway Manager, Adra Sri Arvind Mital and other senior Divisional Officers have rushed to the site. A Team of Officers from Head quarters also rushed to the site.

As a result of the derailment, following train services have been Cancelled, Short Terminated/Short originated, Rescheduled and Diverted:-

CANCELLATION

• Train No 12365/12366 Patna-Ranchi Janshatabdi Express both from Patna and Ranchi o­n 22-06-14
• Train No 13320 Ranchi –Baidyanathdham Express o­n 22-06-14
• Train No 53335 / 53336 Dhanbad-Ranchi-Dhanbad Passenger o­n 22-06-14
• Train No 18624 Hatia-Rajendra Nagar Express from Hatiaon 22-06-14
• Train No 53341 Dhanbad-Chandrapura-Muri Passenger from Dhanbad o­n 22-06-14
• Train No 53342 Muri-Chandrapura-Dhanbad Passenger from Muri o­n 23-06-14

SHORT TERMINATION/SHORT ORIGINATION

• Train No 18623 Rajendra Nagar- Hatia Express which was going towards Hatia from Patna was Short Terminated at Bokaro Steel City. Buses were arranged at Bokaro Steel City to take the passengers to Muri and Ranchi free of cost. 
• Train No 13303 Dhanbad-Ranchi Intercity has been short terminated at Chandrapura and passengers were shifted to 12826 New Delhi-RanchiJharkhand Sampark Kranti Express.

• Train No 68019 Jhargram-Dhanbad MEMU Passenger has been short terminated at Purulia and 68020 Dhanbad-Jhargram MEMU Passenger has been short originated from Purulia.
• Train No 53062 Hatia-Barddhaman Passenger has been short terminated at Purulia and will run as Passenger Special to Hatia & Train No 53061 Barddhaman –Hatia Passenger has been short terminated in East Central Railway.

RESCHEDULED

• Train No 13351 Dhanbad – Alappuzha Express has been rescheduled to leave Dhanbad at 15.50 hrs instead of 10.50 hrs today (22-06-14).
• Train No 13403 Ranchi-Bhagalpur Express & 12817 Hatia- Anandvihar Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express have been rescheduled for three hours from Ranchi and Hatia respectively

DIVERSION

• Train No 22824 New Delhi- Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express has been diverted via Khanoodih-Mohuda-Bhojudih-Rukni-Anara-Purulia-Tata.
• Train No 12826 New Delhi-Ranchi Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express has been diverted via Gomoh-Chanrapura-Bhojudih- Rukni-Anara-Purulia-Kotshila-Muri.
• Train No 15028 Gorakhpur-Hatia exp has been diverted via Chandrapura-Barkakana – Muri.
• Train No 13319 Baidyanathdham-Ranchi Express has been diverted via Gomoh-Khanoodih-Bhojudih-Purulia-Kotshila- Muri.
• Train No 15662 Kamakhya-Ranchi Exp has been diverted via Chandrapura – Barkakana- Muri.
• Train No 18628 Ranchi- Howrah Intercity Express has been diverted via Purulia-Tata.
• Train No 18626 Hatia –Patna Express has been diverted via Kotshila-Purulia-Anara-Rukni-Khanoodih-Gomoh.
• Train No 13352 Alappuzha- Dhanbad Express has been diverted Via Muri-Kotshila-Purulia-Anara-Bhojudih-Pathardih.
• Train No 12801 Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express has been diverted via Purulia-Anara-Rukni-Bhojudih-Khanoodih-Gomoh.

Rerailment of four coaches and the loco has already been done and restoration work is going o­n in full swing to rerail the 5^th coach.

Train services o­n Up line has been resumed at 18.20 hrs. Work o­n Down line restoration is going o­n and is expected to be completed soon. Till then Down trains will be run o­n single line working.

Press Release about Season Ticket Fare

Passengers who wish to purchase/renew season tickets upto 25.6.2014 (excluding) will get their season tickets at the existing fare. 

New fare will be applicable for season tickets purchased/renewed o­n and from 25.6.2014.

Shri P.K. Srivastava, General Manager, South Central Railway calls on Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

Shri P.K. Srivastava, General Manager, South Central Railway, met Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh today i.e., 21^stJune, 2014 at his office, Lake View Guest House, Hyderabad.

During the course of the meeting, the General Manager made a detailed power point presentation highlighting the o­ngoing prioritised Railway projects in Andhra Pradesh and the plans for further expansion of Railway network and services in the State. He sought the assistance of the Andhra Pradesh Govt. towards the development of Rail infrastructure in the State, to which Shri Chandrababu Naidu responded positively.

The General Manager also briefed o­n the performance of the Zone, the potential of passenger and freight traffic etc o­n SCR. He assured the Hon’ble Chief Minister that momentum of SCR’s performance will continue aimed towards meeting the rail transportation requirements of passengers and also Industry in this region.

Shri Chandrababu Naidu advised the officials to speed up the progress of the sanctioned projects and also to plan new rail lines connecting more areas in AP, hitherto unconnected. The Hon’ble CM emphasized o­n effectively connecting the existing and newly coming up ports o­n the coast of AP to the hinterland by rail links to boost up the Industrial activity.

Shri Ravela Kishore Babu, Hon’ble Minister for Social Welfare & Empowerment, Tribal Welfare & Empowerment, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh; Shri M Murali Mohan, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Rajahmundry; Shri K. Ramamohan Rao, Special Representative in Delhi, Govt. of AP; Shri IYR Krishna Rao, Chief Secretary, Govt. of AP were also present. The General Manager was accompanied by Shri S.K.Sharma, Chief Administrative Officer, Construction and Shri J.N.Jha, Chief Operations Manager, South Central Railway.