Ministry of Railway Releases All India Railway Time Table “Trains at Glance 2015-16” (to be effective from 01-10-2015)
Ministry of Railway Releases All India Railway Time
Table “Trains at Glance 2015-16” (to be effective from 01-10-2015)
The Ministry of Railways has
released its new All India Railway Time Table known as “TRAINS AT A GLANCE
(TAG) 2015-16” which will come into effect from 1st October
2015. In addition to the “Trains at a Glance”, all the 17 Zonal Railways
are releasing their Zonal Railway Time Tables (5 Zonal time tables
in all, each Zonal Time Table comprising 3-4 Zonal Railways train services)
which will also come into effect from 1st October 2015.
Passengers are advised to refer to the new timings and new starting terminal
stations etc. w.e.f. 1st October 2015 before starting the
journey. The new Trains at a Glance will also be available w.e.f. 1st October
2015 on Indian Railways’ official website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in.
The salient features of Trains at a Glance-2015 are
as under:
1. Encouraged by
the public response over the past few years all the user-friendly features of
Trains at a Glance viz. how to read a table, route map, station index, trains
between important stations, station code index, Train number index, Train name
index, commercial information of passenger use and interest viz. advance
reservation period, reservation through internet, Tatkal scheme, Refund rules,
disaster management, rail travel concessions and catering services has been
retained.
2. In addition, a
brief description of Rajdhani, Duronto, Shatabdi,, Jan-Shatabdi, Sampark
Kranti, Double Decker, Yuva Express in the initial pages of Trains at a
Glance (TAG) 2015-16 has also been incorporated as was done in the past.
Operational halts of all Duronto trains have been converted into Commercial
stoppages as well except a few, where no operational halts existed previously
and these are now featuring in the TAG 2015-16.
3. Vigilance
Organization and Public grievance machinery has been suitably updated and
incorporated.
4.
Indian Railways has launched an on-line public grievance redressal portal i.e. www.coms.indianrailways.com.in
which is a web-based complaints and suggestions application.
Passengers now can also lodge complaints/suggestions through SMS on 9717630982.
5. No new trains,
extension and increase in frequency of existing trains have been announced in
the Railway Budget 2015-16. However, owing to public demand, completion
of new lines and gauge conversions, 6 new Express trains which have been
introduced recently also find place in the new Time Table.
6. To improve
punctuality of trains, the old timings were re-visited and certain changes have
been made in trains timings and also terminals of some areas viz. Jammu, Delhi, Patna, New
Jalpaiguri and Bengaluru area etc. The revised timings/terminals have
also been incorporated in the TAG 2015-16.
7. Speeding
up of trains: Some trains have been speeded up (i.e. travel time reduced) for
the benefit of the travelling public.
8.
Re-numbering of trains: Some trains have been re-numbered due to
shifting of primary maintenance depot or due to speeding up,thus making them
superfast, have been updated in the new Time Table.
9. Naming of trains
: 12723/12724 Hyderabad – New Delhi A.P. Express has been re-named as
Telangana Express and 17035/17036 Secunderabad – Sirpur Kaghaznagar Express has
been renamed as Kaghaznagar Express and 22415/22416 Visakhapatnam – New Delhi Express
has been named as Andhra Pradesh AC Express. Besides, some trains have
also be named recently, viz. Anuvrat Express, Leelan Express, Loknayak Express,
Sushashan Express, Yoga Express, Kriya Yoga Express etc. also feature in
the new Time Table.
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