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Taking a train on a Sunday? Expect delays from Railway maintenance

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India
Jun 18, 2018 05:20 PM IST

The Railways has decided to undertake major maintenance works across all its zones on Sundays

There’s some bad news for weekend travellers. The railways has decided to undertake major maintenance works across all its zones on Sundays. The silver lining is that if a train gets delayed during meal times, passengers with reserved tickets will get free food and water, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said.

The maintenance drive would be launched once the Indian Railways reworks its time-table by August 15 and identifies the trains which could be affected, officials said(HT)
The maintenance drive would be launched once the Indian Railways reworks its time-table by August 15 and identifies the trains which could be affected, officials said(HT)

The maintenance drive would be launched once the Indian Railways reworks its time-table by August 15 and identifies the trains which could be affected, officials said.

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“We will be combining the works from across the zones and try to carry out maximum maintenance work on Sundays. We will work towards passenger engagement, creating awareness among the passengers, informing them in advance. Whenever a train gets delayed during meal time, we will provide free food and drinking water to the passengers,” Goyal told a press conference.

He added that while small blocks for maintenance and safety-related works will continue to be taken throughout the week, on Sundays, mega blocks of six-seven hours will be taken. It had been decided that the time-tables of all the zonal railways would be revised in such a way that maintenance work is carried out in a planned manner, Goyal said.

He added that passengers would be informed about delays through SMS and advertisement in newspapers.

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The railways will also introduce GPS loggers in the system, which will help log the progress of each train on a real-time basis, which will then be uploaded on the railways’ website. “The passengers can type their train number and get to know where the train is,” the minister said.

The railway ministry also plans to increase the production output of the coach factories, so that spare rakes and additional coaches can be provided to standardise the rakes.

“The spare rakes will help us maintain the schedule of the outbound train, even if the incoming train is late,” Goyal said.

The minister, who had held a review meeting with seven railway zones on June 15, said the average punctuality of mail/express trains increased from 70 per cent to 85 per cent the very next day. “I had interacted with the field officers on June 15 and everybody got down to the task immediately,” Goyal said.

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