Attended a meeting held by SCR Officials at Lpingampalli. The following points were summarised So in Today's meet Sr.DOM Mr. Yadgiri, Sr.AOM Mr. Christopher n Sr.DCM Mr. Sumit Sharma, kept forward many interesting details of what's gonna happen next in SCR
1. Upgradation Of Sabari.
It is now in SR's responsibility of Sabari. As of now bookings are suspended n WTT is being worked out by SR officials, but if It's gonna be a SF, no halts will be removed n also the...
more... train will terminate at Secunderabad. Possibly SR planning to give 3 dedicated rakes to Sabari as no compatible RSA partner has been found. (Sabari as SF still under discussion)
If Sabari is made SF, it'll arrive behind Palnadu n depart ahead of Palnadu
2. Halt Proposals
- 12723/24 at CHZ n PDPL
- 12735/36 at MALM
- 12731/32 at BMT,LPI n TDU
- 22691/92 at Either VKB or TDU
- 11307/08 at SEM
- 12621/22 at KMT
- 12705/06 at NKD
- 12641/42 at WL
- 12611/12 at WL
- 12773/74 at KMT
- 17001/02 at KMNR.
3. Delinking of Dakshin
Soon Dakshin will be delinked with VSKP link n extended to Amritsar. Coach composition to increase to 22, with 2 SLR, 4 GS, 10 SL, 4 3AC n 2 2AC. Removal of some halts is under discussion, will be finalized after discussion with other Zones n approval of RB.
4. Stoppages at Hi-tech City.
Being the IT Hub of the metropolis, there is a long pending demand of Stoppages of important trains at HTCY, the two obstacles are, 1) Being MMTS station (State Govt + Rly Joint management), 2)PF length, N now these have solutions, State Govt is ready to hand over the station completely to Railways n also Pf length to be increased to 24 coach capacity. Already works have begun . Trains to be stopping at HTCY will be
- 12737/38
- 12733/34
- 12735/36
- 12805/06
- 11307/08
- 17031/32
- 57549/50
- 57659/60
- 57129/30
- 57605/06
- 57547/48
- 57155/56
- 57517/18
5.A LHB rake was transferred from SC Division to BZA division. (ICE). Either Pinakini or Ratnachal will be soon LHBfied.
6.Track strengthening works in progress.
Maintenance n track Strengthening works in progress in SC KZJ BPQ n KZJ BZA stretch to increase the MPS to 160 but due to operational reasons will be restricted to 130. Strengthening Bridges, extra care on curves n better signalling system to take up n works have already started n in good progress.
7. Tenders will soon open for MED - NZB n NZB - MUE Electrification.
8. Many things were spoken about Station development Especially
Secunderabad
Hyderabad Deccan
Kacheguda
Lingampalli
Charlapalli
Medchal
Hi-tech City
Malkajgiri
Sitaphal Mandi
Umdanagar.
9. New parking cum Secondary pits are being built at Hafizpet . 40% progress as of now. Soon to be functional
10. A Day time fast Passenger is proposed from Secunderabad to Karimnagar via KZJ PDPL.
11. Speeding up of Trains
- All Overnights departing SC after 15:00 to 22:30 Will be speeded up at least by 10 min . Discussions being held.
12. Soon MMTS will Terminate/Originate from Patancheru,With Halts at Telapur n BHEL.Lingampalli will be true terminal from then.Already extension of pf4/5 Is going on at a speedy pace.
