ALL-INDIA CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TIME TABLE HELD AT MALIGAON
(Sugato Lahiri)
CPRO
ALL-INDIA CONFERENCE on RAILWAY TIME TABLE
HELD AT MALIGAON
Maligaon, 15th January 2014:
To deliberate on introduction of new trains, extension of existing
trains, increase in frequency of trains, modifications of train timings
and other related issues, the Indian Railways Time Tabling Conference (IRTTC), 2014 was hosted by N.F. Railway for the first time from 9th to 11th Jan’14
at Guwahati. More than 200 delegates including about 30 senior officers
from all the 17 zonal railways and the Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd.
participated in the conference which had “Maximising the Number of
Trains with Existing Resources” as the main focus. It is significant
that the Conference, considered to be the precursor of formulation of
Budget announcements and New Time Table that comes into effect in July
every year, was held in north-east for the first time.
The
IRTTC is an annual feature in Indian Railways wherein all the zonal
railways discuss and deliberate across the table to thrash out solutions
to issues like modifications in the timings of trains, augmentation of
capacities of trains and introduction of new trains in a co-ordinated
manner so as to improve the service being provided to the passengers.
The
major agenda of this years conference were – (a) measures to improve
on-time running of trains, (b) considerations of major demands for
introduction of new trains, (c) extension of new trains to new
destinations, (d) increase of frequency of trains which are not run
daily and (e) introduction of new trains or extension of existing trains
on newly-constructed or newly gauge converted railway lines. The
conference was successful in resolving several issues connected with
improvement of train services in the country.
(Sugato Lahiri)
CPRO
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