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Apr 24 2014 (14:35)  
 
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separate compartment for senior citizens
The Bombay High Court directed the Central and Western railways to consider providing a separate compartment for senior citizens travelling on local trains.
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Apr 25 2014 (08:02)
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there must be railway staff.
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Apr 16 2014 (02:41)  
 
Mintu Kumar
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The Allahabad High Court's recommendations to the railway board on passenger safety is perhaps the most comprehensive proposal on this critical matter so far.
The railways has started to implement one of these with regard to setting up a database of addresses of those buying season passes. The court felt this could help security agencies to track down those who might violate the rules during commute.
The court made the recommendations some time back, during the hearing of a suo morot petition on commuter safety. Among the others are the setting up of
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an all-India helpline number, permanent presence of at least two policemen in each coach, communication system between commuters and the guard, and random checks to weed out those making a nuisance.
All-India helpline number:
The court underlined that the helpline was "the need of the hour" and this should be operated on the pattern of the emergency 911 call service in the United States or 112 across the European Union. It wants that the call number be a maximum of three digits and has asked the railway board to ensure that the Rs25 crore necessary to get the number operational is arranged quickly.
Currently, most zonal railways have their own helpline numbers. But each has its own shortcomings, like some are not accessible from certain service providers.
The plan for an all-India helpline service was to be tried on a pilot basis at posts of the Railway Police Force in Mumbai, but it has not started yet.
Armed cops, trained staff, mikes for communication:
The Allahabad High Court stated that at least two seats in each coach should be allotted for railway police or RPF personnel so passengers know where to rush to inform the cops in case of an untoward incident.
An advancement on this would be the installation of a mike fitted at the level of the alarm chain along with an audio system so passengers can communicate directly with the guard. The guard in turn should be able to inform the police escorts on their wireless sets quickly.
The court has said that other railway employees on the train, like ticket examiners, coach attendants, catering staff, should also be trained to be part of the response by the railway police or RPF. It has recommended that the security personnel be armed with short range weapons, instead of the obsolete 303 rifles.
Act against those invading reserved coaches:
Citing rule 242.1 (iv) which specifically states that season tickets are not valid for travel in reserved coaches, the court asked the railways to refer to certain sections of the Railways Act, to ensure that passenger safety inside trains is at its best.
The rules include section 145 on punishment for drunkenness or creating a nuisance, Section 147 punishes trespass or refusal to vacate, while section 155 makes illegal entry into a reserved compartment punishable and section 162 makes illegal entry into a ladies coach punishable.
The court recommended that both the railway police and RPF conduct random checks in reserved coaches to root out the problem.

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Apr 15 2014 (10:12)  
 
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In what is a recommendation that would go a long way in making rail travel safe, the Allahabad high court has recommended the railway board that the format for applying for a season ticket should have a declaration that in the event of the pass-holder's involvement in any offence under the IPC or the Railways Act, on platform or trains, the 'seasonal ticket will be cancelled and will not be reissued'. The high court recommendation in this regard clearly states that 'people enjoying concession under the railway rules are not supposed to violate the Railways Act'.
For years now, the sore point among security agencies was that while the railways issued identity cards to season pass-holders, which were valid for seven years,
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the railways, despite its massive computer network, did nothing to create a database of the pass-holders.
While officials say that the need to take down the address of people will hugely impact the ticketing queues in the city, they agree that it will help in the long run. Currently the booking clerks manage to give out around three normal tickets every minute and a season pass in a minute-and-a-half. " Having everyone to give addresses, feeding them into the computer in a particular format will take some time. But yes, the ground reality is that the railways gets a database of millions of Mumbaikars, which can be used by security agencies to nab criminals," said a senior railway official.

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Apr 13 2014 (10:45)  
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Now on, address proof must for season tickets
Railway commuters will have to furnish their residential address proof from April 11 during purchase of season tickets,
Following a recent directive of the Allahabad High Court, the Railway Board has directed all zonal railways to ask for address proof from railway passengers while issuing fresh season tickets or renewing one with immediate effect.
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to name, age and photo-identity proof, booking clerks will henceforth also record the address and gender of the passenger.
A senior railway officer said, “The new rule will increase ticket-booking time and also cause confusion among commuters. People staying on rent could face problems.”
However, another railway officer said the new rule would help them keep data on the gender of the commuter and the specific location for which the ticket was being purchased. “This will help Railways schedule services better manner.

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Following are the details of the case wherein Allahabad High Court passed that direction.
Case :- MISC. BENCH No. - 9543 of 2011
Petitioner :- In The Matter Of Bonafide Passengers (Suo Motto) [P.I.L.]Crl
Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy., Ministry Of Railways & Others
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for Petitioner :- Suo Motto
Counsel for Respondent :- Advocate General,Asit Kumar Chaturvedi,Brijesh Kumar Shukla,C.S.C.,Jyotesna Pal,Pankaj Srivastava
Hon'ble Imtiyaz Murtaza,J.
Hon'ble Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya,J.
Pursuant to earlier order passed by this Court, an affidavit of compliance� dated 29.01.2014 on behalf of Railway Board has been filed by Divisional Railway Manager, Northern Railway, Lucknow.
The core of the affidavit is based on certain decisions taken by the Board in its meeting held on 12.12.2013. Since from the date of the meeting of the Railway Board considerable time has elapsed, therefore, the Court needs to ascertain the current status on the action taken on the decision.
Accordingly, let this case be listed on 17.04.2014.
On the next date of listing, another affidavit of compliance by the railways shall be filed indicating therein the issue wise decision of the Board and the action taken thereon.
Sri Asit Kumar Chaturvedi, learned counsel for Railways undertakes to get the affidavit prepared containing the developments which took place till 1st April, 2014.
Learned Additional Government Advocate appearing for the State will file an affidavit to be sworn in by the Director General of Police, Railways indicating therein the number of incidents of train dacoity which occurred, number of cases registered during the last three months in the State of U.P. and the action taken by the police.
The said affidavit shall indicate as to how many cases have been worked out/solved and what further measures are being taken by the Government to ensure that such incidents are in check.
Order Date :- 3.4.2014

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