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CARRIAGE & WAGON

HOWRAH DIVISION C&W Activities under the control of Sr.DME(C&W)/Howrah:

CARRIAGE & WAGON MAINTENANCE DEPOTS : Coaching :

Tikiapara Coaching Depot Sorting Yard Coaching Complex Jheel Siding Coaching Depot Barddhaman C&W Depot Azimganj C&W Depot

Freight:

Pakur Freight Depot

Organization : The Division is headed by Sr. DME(C&W) who is assisted by DME(C&W)/CDO/TKPR, ADME(C&W)/HWH, DME/SYAE and ADME/RPH. At the divisional level, Sr. DEE/G is the overall in charge of electrical activities concerned to the depots. For electrical activities, CDO gets assistance from DEE(Coaching) and AEE/G. Sr. DME(C&W) looks after overall aspects at divisional level. Howrah Division carries the glory of ownership of the first Rajdhani Express introduced over Indian Railways on 3rd March 1969.The first ever journey of India’s superfast full AC train Rajdhani Express from Kolkata, connecting capital to capital, people to people. Rajdhani Express was upgraded to “SWARN” standard from 23rd December 2017 with elegant makeover of existing LHB coaches. The journey of passengers has become comfortable with special type amenity and upgraded services. This year Howrah Division is celebrating the completion of 50 Glorious Years journey of Rajdhani Express on 3rd March 2019.

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A. COACHING ACTIVITIES IN DEPOTS i. Tikiapara Coaching Depot DEPOT BRIEF

Tikiapara is one of the oldest and largest Coaching Maintenance Depot on ‘Indian

Railways’.

Total 19 Primary base trains, 04 Round trip (own base) and 05 Foreign Rail

Round Trip trains are being maintained at Tikiapara Coaching Depot.

Total coach holding : 871 coaches.

Maintains prestigious trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi,

Duronto, and Yuva Express.

LHB coaches have been introduced in 07 trains i.e.

Howrah – New Delhi Kolkata Rajdhani Express w.e.f.

Feb ‟06, Howrah – New Delhi Poorva Express w.e.f. 30th

Apr ‟13, Howrah – Ranchi Shatabdi Express w.e.f. 7th

Dec ‟13, Howrah – ANVT Bi-weekly Express w.e.f. 29th

Aug „15, Lalkuan Weekly Express w.e.f. 23rd

Mar ‟18,

Agneebina Express with link w.e.f. 27th

Oct „18, and Bhopal Express w.e.f. 5th

Aug

„19.

Hybrid with Air spring Duronto Express from

2nd

April‟10

NDLS Yuva Express, first on Indian Railway, from 30th

Dec‟09.

The Divisional Training School has been upgraded

as per CAMTECH guideline.

One Trainee‟s Hostel with Seminar Hall

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One 2 ton per shift capacity Mechanized Laundry has been

set up at Tikiapara Coaching Depot as a pilot project.

Operation started from 17th

Jan „11. This is 1st in Eastern

Railway. At present, capacity of laundry is 4.5 ton per

shift.

One Under Floor Wheel Lathe was sanctioned in

M&P Programme (2007-08) at a cost Rs 5.05 crore

and has been commissioned at TKPR on 22nd

Jul „10.

Summer special, Durga Puja special are being formed and maintained every year during,

Summer & Durga Puja.

ii. Sorting Yard Coaching Complex DEPOT BRIEF

Coach maintenance started at new coaching complex, Sorting

Yard on 15th

August 2001 with single pit and finally 06 deep

pits were constructed. Covered Shed is provided over

Pit Line No. 1 to 3 with automatic turbo ventilators.

Total 11 Primary base trains, 04 Round Trip

(own base), 04 Round Trip foreign railway and 01

secondary maintenance trains are being

maintained at Sorting Yard Coaching Complex.

Total coach holding: 731 coaches.

For optimum utilization of pits, round the clock maintenance facilities have been

provided.

LHB coaches have been introduced in 02 trains i.e. Himgiri

Express w.e.f. 14th

Aug „18 and Jaisalmer Express w.e.f.

26th

Aug „19.

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Bio-toilet Effluent Testing Laboratory has been set up on Sep - 2014 at Sorting Yard Coaching Complex for periodical testing & analyzing of effluent being discharged as per CAMTECH guideline.

First on Eastern Railway to introduce ETP in

Coaching Depot. Capacity – 0.48 mld .

Treated water from ETP is filtered in Recirculation

Plant. Treated water is used for coach washing

purpose for pit lines 4 & 5.

iii. Jheel Siding Coaching Depot DEPOT BRIEF

Most of the Howrah Base Passenger trains and 03 Express trains are maintained at this depot.

Total 07 Primary base trains, 03 Round Trip (own base), 01 Round Trip (own railway)

and 01 Round Trip foreign railway trains are being maintained at Jheel Siding

Coaching Depot

Total coach holding: 188 coaches.

iv. Barddhaman C&W Depot DEPOT BRIEF

02 Passenger trains and 02 Round Trip (own rail) trains are maintained at this depot.

Total coach holding : 31 coaches ART: There is a C&W Brake down gang for assisting ART, based at BWN. Salvaging wagon :

One salvaging wagon has been made by modifying an over aged

BOXN wagon, to serve the en-route wheel loading /unloading

operation including carrying of the wheel set to and from the

spot. Previously unloading/re-loading of wheel set was being

done manually and was not very safe for staff

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v. Azimganj C&W Depot DEPOT BRIEF

Azimganj depot carries out Primary maintenance of 02 Passenger rakes and 20 nos. of Round

trip and Turn – round trains are attended at Platform.

Total coach holding : 65 coaches

vi. Rampurhat C&W Depot DEPOT BRIEF

16 nos. of Round trip and Turn – round trains are attended at Platform.

B. FREIGHT ACTIVITIES

Pakur Freight Depot DEPOT BRIEF

Pakur is Freight maintenance depot in Howrah Division.

Types of rake Examination at Pakur freight depot are: CC Rake, Premium Rake & End-

to-End Rakes. Present holding of CCRakes is- 32 Rakes (BOBYN).

PAKUR sick line is equipped with EOT crane (15 T capacity) and has shed with heavy

duty flooring. A & B category unloadable wagons are got repaired at sick line.

ACHIEVEMENTS

i. Retro fitment of Bio-Digester toilet :

All Coaches of TKPR, SYAE, JS, BWN and AZ depot are

running with bio-toilet fitted coaches.

ii. Screen Printing of destination board and belly board at

SYAE depot

31 nos. of primary rakes of different trains are being maintained

at SYAE coaching depot. For proper maintaining of destination

board and belly board, screen printing has been started

departmentally at depot.

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iii. Introduction of Utkrisht rake

Train no. 13019 Up Bagh Exp (4 rakes), 12333 Vibhuti Exp (2

rakes), 13023 Gaya Exp (2 rakes), 12327/12369 Upasana

/Kumbh Exp (3 rakes), 13009 Doon Exp (02 rakes), 13007

Toofan Exp (01 rake) and 13043 RXL Exp (01 rake) has been

upgraded to Utkrisht standard during this period.

iv. Conversion of All rake of train no. 12341 UP Agnibeena Express and 12371 UP

Jaishalmer Express to LHB stock

All rake rake of ICF Train No. 12341 UP, HWH-ASN and 12371 Up HWH-JSM Exp

have been replaced by LHB variant coaches. This LHB rake will provide more

comfortable journey to the passengers.

v. Introduction of infotainment system in Rajdhani Express

Infotainment system has been introduced in Rajdhani 1st AC coaches.

This system runs on hotspot.

For this user has to first connect his device with the available „vurail‟

connection on the device. Passengers can enjoy the content of their

interest such as watching movies, listening songs etc in English, Hindi

and regional languages. Kids also can enjoy cartoons, songs etc. content

pertaining to Railways is also available in this facility.

vi. Fitment of Dustbin in Non-AC coaches

Dustbins have been fitted in all lavatories of HWH division based

coaches.

vii. Guard Box in SLRs and Power car in nominated trains

Guard Box fitted in 60 nos. of SLRs fitted of 30 nos. of trains.

viii. Up-gradation of Mechanized Laundry Plant at TKPR Depot:

Capacity of the Mechanized laundry of TKPR has been augmented by a 1.5 ton per shift.

With the augmentation capacity, daily average outturn of the laundry has got increased

from 6T per day to 9T per day.

ix. Introduction of soaking washing system at TKPR Laundry

For removing heavy stained mark such as curry, blood, shoe

polish, oil Greece etc from Bed sheet and pillow covers,

Soaking Washing system with Soaking Tank has been

introduced at TKPR Mechanized Laundry through the

washing agent named “Clax 100L Crystal 33E1(Superior

Performance Detergent Powder )” & “ Deep Cleaning Liquid

Detergent” . After applying of soaking washing system,

percentage of recovery of Bed sheet is 90.31% and percentage

of recovery of Pillow cover is 87.69%.

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x. Installation of Condensation plant at Tikiapara

laundry plant

Previously steam was exhausted to atmosphere after its

use in the laundry plant. To reuse the waste steam, a

condensation plant has been installed at TKPR

mechanized laundry plant. The waste steam is being

condensed and fed to the boiler plant which increases the

overall inlet water temperature and finally reduces the

energy consumption of the boiler.

Saving :

HSD Oil : Approx Per day savings – 68.70 Ltrs.

Approx Annual savings – 68.70 X 365 = 25075.50 Ltrs.

HSD fuel cost per ltr – ` 65.68/-

Cost of saving per year – ` 16,46,958.84/-

Water : Approx water deposited in hot water sump per day- 11115 Ltrs.

Approx Annual water saved - 40,56,975 Ltrs.

Water cost per ltr - ` 0.20 (Notional)

Cost of saving per year – ` 8,11,395/-

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