For the convenience of rail passengers and to clear extra rush of passengers, Railway has decided to extend the run of 09003/09004 Bandra Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin- Bandra Terminus three days a week superfast AC Rajdhani special train as per the following programme –
The 09003 Bandra Terminus-H-Nizamuddin three days a week superfast AC Rajdhani special train will be extended to run from 17.04.2018 to 15.05.2018 (on every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday) ,while the 09004 H-NIZAMUDDIN- Bandra Terminus three days a week superfast AC Rajdhani special train will be extended to run from 18.04.2018 to 16.05.2018 (on every Wednesday, Friday & Sunday.
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Every year, during the Railway Week Celebrations in the month of April, awards and shields are given away to various zones, divisions and staff of Indian Railways in recognition of their outstanding efforts made during the previous year.
This year the Mechanical Department of Southern Railway has bagged the Best Department Shield declared by Railway Board. Shri.R.K.Kulshrestha, General Manager, Southern Railway and Shri.Shishir Dutt, Chief Workshop Engineer, Southern Railway received the award at the 63rd Railway Week Celebrations National Award function held in Bhopal o­n 16th of April, 2018. The Shield was presented by Shri. Piyush Goyal, Hon'ble Union Minister of Railways & Coal and Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan , Hon'ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the...
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presence of Shri Manoj Sinha ,Hon'ble Union Minister of State of Railways.
Performance highlights of Mechanical Department of Southern Railway during 2017-18
On-Board House Keeping Services (OBHS)
On-Board House Keeping Services (OBHS) are presently available in 85 trains over Southern Railway.
BOOT laundries
To ensure the supply of quality linen to AC passengers, two BOOT (Build, Operate and Transfer) laundries are operational at Basin Bridge and Kochuveli. Four more would be established to take care of 100% of linen supply in Southern Railway.
Bio-toilets
65% of the coaches over Southern Railway are fitted with Bio-toilets. All 6229 coaches of Southern Railway would be fitted with bio-toilets by this year end.
Heritage Steam Voyage in NMR
Three special coaches have been refurbished for the “Heritage Steam voyage” NMR Summer special trains . Two first class coaches were refurished at Golden Rock Workshop, Triuchchirappalli and o­ne SLR (Luggage cum Brake Van) coach at Mettupalayam Depot. The steam locos for this summer special is pooled from Coonoor Loco Shed, which has four steam locos in service.
Refurbishing of Double Decker Coaches for Uday Rake:
Double Decker Coaches (11 Nos.) were refurbished/upgraded with provision of Poly Vinyl Wrapping o­n Coach Interiors/Exteriors, Wi-Fi enabled Infotainment System with LCD Display, Pantry with Coffee and Snacks Vending Units etc. The above Coaches are planned to ply between Coimbatore – Bengaluru Section.
Improvements carried out in Shatabdi Trains under “Project Swarn”:
Two pairs of Shatabdi Express trains operated by Southern Railway have been shortlisted by Ministry of Railways under Project ‘Swarn’ for renovation with improved passenger amenities, aesthetics and hygiene standards. The refurbishing of coaches is in progress in Chennai Central–Mysuru-Chennai Shatabdi Express and Chennai Central – Coimbatore – Chennai Central Shatabdi Express.
LHB Coaches
LHB Coaches with German technology was introduced in 12673/74 Cheran Express from 10/11/2017. A total of 12 trains with 451 coaches have been provided with LHB coaches in Southern Railway so far.
Landmark achievements
Golden Rock Workshop (GOC), Trichy is the premier Workshop of Southern Railway engaged in manufacture of Wagons. During the year 2017-18, 160 Nos. BOXNHL and 178 Nos. BLC Wagons were manufactured. In addition, GOC Workshop has bagged an order for manufacture of 250 Nos. BVCM Wagons for Rs.36.46 Crores and 1035 BCS Wagons for Rs.314 Crores for CONCOR. The workshop bagged the prestigious 5-star label and National Award for Energy Efficiency from Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power. Besides, Certifications for Integrated Management System (IMS) [ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001], 5S, Welding Quality Assurance (ISO 3834) etc. have been obtained Housekeeping for all the Workshops.

Railways has decided to continue the provision of experimental stoppage of following train:
1.Train No. 16315/16316, KSR Bengaluru - Kochuveli - KSR Bengaluru Express at Whitefield untill further advice.
2.Train No. 12614/12613, KSR Bengaluru - Mysuru - KSR Bengaluru Tippu Express at Kengeri untill further advice.
3.Train No. 22679/22680, Yesvantpur - Hassan - Yesvantpur Intercity Express at Hirisave for a period of...
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six months with effect from 01st May, 2018 to 31st October, 2018.

Train No.16734 / 16733 Okha – Rameswaram – Okha express trains have been provided stoppage at Bhatiya railway station (in Gujarat) for a period of six months o­n an experimental basis with effect from 17.04.2018.
The timings at Bhatiya railway station are provided below.
Train No.16734
Okha – Rameswaram Express
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Train No.16733
Rameswaram – Okha Express
08.50 / 08.52 hrs.
Bhatiya
11.41 / 11.43 hrs.

Due to engineering works in Tarapith Road and Rampurhat railway stations (in West Bengal) of Eastern Railway, trains will be diverted as detailed below.
1.Train No.12507 Thiruvananthapuram – Silchar (via Chennai Central) express, scheduled to leave Thiruvananthapuram on 17.04.2018, will be diverted via Howrah, Bandel, Katwa, Azimganj and New Farakka with stoppages at Bandel, Katwa and Azimganj railway stations.
2.Train No.15227 Yesvantpur – Muzaffarpur (via Chennai Central) express, scheduled to leave Yesvantpur on 18.04.2018, will be diverted via Howrah, Bandel, Katwa, Azimganj and New Farakka with stoppages at Bandel, Katwa and Azimganj railway...
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stations.
3.Train No.12509 Bengaluru Cantonment – Guwahati (via Chennai Central) express, scheduled to leave Bengaluru Cantonment on 18th, 19th & 20th April, 2018, will be diverted via Howrah, Bandel, Katwa, Azimganj and New Farakka with stoppages at Bandel, Katwa and Azimganj railway stations.