Dimapur, May 14 (EMN): Northeast Frontier Railway (NF) has announced that it has tightened control on train movement to improve punctuality. An update from the NF Railway informed on Monday.
According to the update, as many as ten trains including Rajdhani, Shatabdi, and trains of Northeast India (NE) like NE Express, Kamrup Express, and Avadh Assam Express are now being directly monitored by the general manager of the zone on real time basis.
A 15-day punctuality drive has been started during which all the mail express trains running within the zone will be foot plated by officers of the NF Railway. Foot plating is a practice where an officer examines the driver’s cabin for real time monitoring of aspects like signal visibility, observation of safety protocols like signal exchange, riding quality of the track, taking off of signals in time and avoidable en route detention, the update stated.
The movement of trains in 19 stations of the zone including Katihar, New Coochbehar, New Bongaigaon, Guwahati, Kamakhya, Agartala, Naharlagun, Dibrugarh, Ledo, New Tinsukia, Farkating, and Mariani is now being monitored through sensors known as data loggers. Through this device the timing of train movement will be transferred to a central system without any human interference. Thus the figures of arrival and departure of trains can no longer be altered or manipulated, the update stated.
Section controllers have also been counselled to be vigilant and plan all crossings judiciously to ensure maximum punctuality.
In NF Railway there are numbers of ongoing infrastructural work. These are been given priority to ensure timely completion of connectivity projects as they are executed in close vicinity of running tracks. However, strict monitoring of loco motives and signal systems failures are being reduced to achieve the objective of safe and timely movement of trains across the zone, the update added.
