Trains originating from Bangalore Division

16501/16502 Ahmedabad – Bangalore Express (weekly) via Guntakal, Daund, Jalgaon, Surat.

16505/16506 Gandhidham – Bangalore Express (weekly) via Hubli, Miraj, Pune, Kalyan, Ahmedabad

16507/16508 Jodhpur – Bangalore Express (Bi-weekly) via Hubli, Miraj, Pune, Kalyan, Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad.

16515/16516 Yeshwantpur - Karwar Tri-Weekly Express via Arsikere, Hassan, Mangalore.

16517/16518 Yeshwantpur – Kannur express via Mysore, Hassan and Mangalore.

16519/16520 Jolarpettai - Bangalore express via Bangarapet.

16521/16522 Bangarapet - Bangalore express.

16525/16526 Island Express (Daily) between Kanyakumari and Bangalore via Bangarpet, Erode, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Trivandrum (Tiruvanathapuram).

16527/16528 Yeshwantpur – Kannur express via Salem, Erode and Palakkad.

16529/16530 Udyan Express between Mumbai and Bangalore via Prasanti Nilayam, Guntakal and Pune. Udyan means Garden, Bangalore being city of gardens.

16531/16532 Garib Nawaz Express (weekly) between Ajmer and Yeshwantpur via Guntakal, Bellary, Hubli, Pune, Kalyan(Mumbai), Ahmedabad and Marwar.

16533/16534 Jodhpur – Yeshwantpur Weekly Express Via Dharmavaram, Guntakal, Bellary, Hubli, Miraj, Pune, Vasai Road, Ahmedabad.

16535/16536 Gol Gumbaz Express a daily train between Yeshwantpur and Solapur via Tumkur, Davangere, Haveri, Hubli, Gadag, Bagalkot and Bijapur named after Historical Monument Gol Gumbaz.

16537/16538 Bangalore City - Nagercoil Weekly Express via Salem, Erode and Madurai.

16557/16558 Rajya Rani Express between Mysore and Bangalore via Mandya and Ramanagaram.

16559/16560 Yeshwantpur - Mysore Express via Ramanagara and Mandya.

16589/16590 Rani Chennamma Express between Kolhapur and Bangalore via Tumkur, Hubli-Dharwar, Belgaum, Miraj named after legendary queen of Kittur Kingdom in Belgaum district.

16591/16592 Hampi Express between Hubli and Bangalore via Bellary, Guntakal. Hampi was the capital of Legendary Vijayanagara Empire which is in Bellary district.

16593/16594 Nanded - Bangalore Express via Parbhani, Parli Vaijnath, Bidar, Vikarabad, Raichur and Guntakal.

12027/12028 Shatabdi Express Between Bangalore and Chennai Central.

12079/12080 Jan Shatabdi Express between Bangalore and Hubli.

12251/12252 Wainganga Weekly Express between Yeshwantpur and Korba.

12253/12254 Anga Express between Yeshwantpur and Bhagalpur.

12255/12256 Yeshwantpur - Pondicherry Weekly Garib Rath Express via Salem, Villupuram.

12257/12258 Yeshwantpur - Kochuveli (Thiruvanthapuram) Garib Rath Express Tri-Weekly via Salem, Erode, Coimbatore.

12291/12292 Yeshwantpur – Chennai Weekly Express via Jolarpet.

12295/12296 Sanghamithra Express between Bangalore and Patna via, Chennai, Warangal, Nagpur, Jabalpur, Mughalsarai. This train was named after Sangamitra (daughter of Buddha).

12493/12494 Rajdhani Express between Bangalore and Hazrat Nizamuddin via Secunderabad, Nagpur and Bhopal.

12539/12540 Yeshwantpur – Lucknow Weekly SF Express via Nagpur, Allahabad.

12607/12608 Bangalore – Chennai Lalbagh Express running via Krishnarajapura, Bangarpet, Jolarpettai, Katpadi and Arakkonam.

12609/12610 Bangalore - Chennai Intercity Express running via Krishnarajapura, Bangarpet, Jolarpettai, Katpadi and Arakkonam.

12613/12614 Tippu Express between Mysore and Bangalore named after Tippu Sultan who ruled Srirangapatna near Mysore Province

12627/12628 Karnataka Express between New Delhi and Bangalore via Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, Guntakal, Raichur, Gulbarga, Daund, Jalgaon, Bhopal and Agra named after the state where it originates.

12629/12630 Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (Bi weekly) between Yeshwantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin via Tumkur, Hubli, Miraj, Pune and Bhopal introduced as part of the Sampark Kranti Series. (Sampark = Contact, Kranti = Revolution).

12649/12650 Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (5 days a week) between Yeshwantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin via Dharmavaram, Kacheguda, Nagpur and Bhopal.

12657/12658 Bangalore - Chennai Mail via Bangarpet, Jolarpettai and Katpadi

12725/12726 Siddaganga Intercity Express between Dharwad and Bangalore via Hubli, Davangere.

Operation Management of indian Railways

Operation Management of indian Railways
In the present business world there has been a significant concentration on service basedindustries. This paper presents the way one of the

world’s second biggest employer INDIANRAILWAYS has been operating and together analyzing its various issues/ problems, and itsrelationship to

operations practice in the organization. Though there have been many issuessubjected to operations management practice, in the interest of word

limitation a few issuesrelating to the concepts below has been discussed throughout. Consequently, incorporating someof the Operations

Management theory like process(es) structure, quality dimensions, TQM,capacity planning, impact analysis, and improvement concepts. The study

is based on thecomparison of theories with actual practice, evaluating the applicability of these theories in realtime progression of the

organization, consideration of its impact on quality and customer focus.Finally, a proposal as to how the practice (es) could be enhanced.

Importance of indian Railways

Railways and roadways are the two means of transport over the land. Roads can be built in the hilly areas also whereas railway lines cannot be laid easily. The railways have advantage over the roadways that they can carry a large number of passengers and large and heavy loads to long distances. Also journey by train is more comfortable than by bus.

India has a large network of railways throughout the country. We have trains from one corner of India to the other corner. Total length of the railway tracks in India is about 63000 kilometers. About 7800 trains carry about eleven million passengers to their destinations every day. Our railway network is the largest in Asia and the second largest in the world. Our goods trains transport about 6 lac tonnes of goods from one place to another daily.

The first railway in India ran in 1853 from Bombay to Thane a distance of 34 km. In less than 150 years we have the largest network of railways in Asia. Indian railways employ about 17 lac people. For administrative convenience Indian railways have been divided into the following nine

Crackdown By Railway Vigilance

Another crackdown by railway vigilance has exposed the nexus between agents and railways own staff. After railways received a tip-off that an authorized Rail Travel Service Agents (RTSA) is involved in preparing Tatkal tickets without Id proof, in connivance with the Railway staff by overcharging passengers, a vigilance check was conducted on the said agency.

Northern Railway vigilance staff impersonating as passengers approached the RTSA for seeking Tatkal reservation without ID proof. The RTSA agreed to book Tatkal Tickets for July 5 in train no. 12952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express in 3AC, without ID and demanded Rs 2300 per passenger which was Rs 500 more than the fare, Rs 1800.

The money was paid to him. However, on the next day the RTSA refused to provide the ticket on the plea of strict checking by vigilance and RPF staff. Further, when the PRS system was checked it was found that the ticket in the names, as given by vigilance team have been booked on the ID of an unknown person.

On July 5, simultaneous vigilance checks at the office of the RTSA agent and on the Train no. 12952 were conducted. The passenger on whose ID the reservation was made in train did not turn up. During raid at the office of RTSA, he confessed that he had agreed to book tickets without ID proof and has overcharged. He further informed that the Tatkal ticket was booked in connivance with PRS staff of Gwalior during banned hours for agents, (i.e. 8 am. to 10 am)

Special Railway Protection Force

Special Railway Protection Force teams to crack down on touts

Three days after TOI began a campaign highlighting the difficulties faced by passengers trying to book Tatkal tickets — touts crowding booking counters and online portals not being the least — the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has set up two special teams to crack down on the fraudsters.

Given the summer rush, policing will be stepped up at stations — particularly ticketing offices — to swoop down on unauthorized vendors and ticket canvassers.

“The intensified checks by the Delhi division led to the arrest of 73 people involved in canvassing tickets, hotels and taxis in the three days since TOI highlighted the problem,” said divisional railway manager (Delhi) Anurag Sachan.

Sachan also admitted that CCTVs in the reservation complex had been made operational only since the reports were published. The DRM said he was personally monitoring the renewed checks and had conducted a surprise check at the IRCA reservation complex in Paharganj. “During this check, the CCTV monitoring room on the second floor was made functional. To further improve monitoring through the CCTV network, I have ordered RPF staff to man the control room round the clock. I have also directed them to provide the CCTV camera feed to the local RPF inspector for continuous supervision of the ticket hall and other passengers interface areas of the IRCA complex,” said Sachan.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) has launched its own drive to take on the touts.

Introduction Of Indian Railway

     If you are looking forward to know more about Indian Railways then you will probably have to go more than 175 years back when plan for railway system in Indian was put forward in 1932 but nothing happened until 1844 when Lord Hardinge who was then the Governor general of India gave the green signal to private entrepreneurs to set up a railway system in India and heavy interest from UK investors led to the creation of railway system at a faster pace in the country.

It took another seven years until 1851 when the first train was introduced in India which was used for hauling of construction materials in Roorkee and by 1853 the first passenger train service started running between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thane. By 1880 the Indian Railways network was covering major port cities of Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata and five years later it even started building its own locomotives.

Later on various independent kingdoms came up with their own railways system and the network started spreading to other regions including Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Rajasthan. It was only in 1907 that Indian Railways started churning profits for the first time. 1908 saw electronic locomotives being introduced but WWI and WWII almost crippled the railways system in the country and independence saw major part of the network moving to Pakistan and therefore India was hence left with forty-two separate railway systems owned by Indian princely states which was merged to forma single unit called Indian Railways.

NEW DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES

Sanjeev Handa, member (mechanical) of the Railway Board, said the Indian Railways (IR) would soon manufacture high power locomotives of 12,000 horsepower.

Handa was addressing a function at the Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) on Saturday. He also flagged off a duel cab WDP 4D locomotive of 4,500 HP on the occasion. Addressing the function, he appreciated the work of DLW personnel in manufacturing the ultra modern locomotive. He said the operation of high speed trains was a challenge before the Indian Railways for which high power locomotives were needed.

Speaking on the occasion, DLW general manager KK Saxena highlighted the performance of DLW and said locomotives were being exported to countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Chief mechanical engineer Rakesh Vatash highlighted the features of WDP 4D locomotive. The DLW manufactured the duel cab locomotives with front and rear options for the first time. It can run at 130-km per hour maximum and 22.5km minimum speed.