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(iii)India developing nuclear powered Trains
Indeed.viveks wrote:Great idea. If they can make nuclear powered aircrafts, it shall be just great.
Need I point out it's the 1st of April today.jaysimha wrote:Ministry of Railways
Technology Improvement/Development of Railways
Posted On: 30 MAR 2022 2:14PM by PIB Delhi
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(iii)India developing nuclear powered Trains
...Abe submarine, Jahaj chalta hain...ooo bhi waste fekta hai kya idhar udhar? Where there is a will, there is always a way!!. Period!!Karnprayag railway line under RVNL package 2 has seen a new achievement. The Larsen & Turbo (L&T) team has created a new record by completing 1,012 meter NATM (New Austrian tunneling method) tunneling between Shivpuri to Beasi in just a span of 26 days. This tunneling record has been achieved by the team of L&T despite difficult geographical conditions.
there is no ideal world Aditya_V jiAditya_V wrote:Chetak, you want an ideal world, it will not happen- lets us build strong domestic manufacturing capabilities with a few players.
There is a misguided idea that India should be grateful for the democracy, law and trains that the British Empire brought to their country. But along with these ‘gifts’, Britain also stole $45 trillion from India during its long and oppressive rule, which culminated in the biggest mass migration in human history during the Partition of India and Pakistan. And those beloved trains? They became the sites of mass slaughter as violent clashes occurred when over four million people were uprooted from their homes and forced to trek to a Muslim-majority Pakistan and a Hindu-majority India. VICE World News host Zing Tsjeng reveals exactly why India shouldn’t be grateful for their trains.
Centre looking at options following delay in delivery of Vande Bharat train parts from Ukraine
India procures the wheels and some other components of the Vande Bharat trains from Ukraine.
29th April 2022
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said there have been some delays in the delivery of certain components of Vande Bharat trains by the manufacturer in Ukraine.
The MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said options are being looked at to ensure the delivery takes place.
"Ukraine manufactures some components. There has been an impact on the delivery schedule. We are looking at options so that delivery takes place on time," he said at a media briefing.
He was asked whether the ongoing conflict in Ukraine delayed the supply.
"The Railway ministry has the details. But we are coordinating to ensure that we receive the components as soon as possible," Bagchi said.
India procures the wheels and some other components of the Vande Bharat trains from Ukraine.
India's import orders to a Ukrainian firm for thousands of wheelsets for Vande Bharat trains were been hit by the war.
Ukraine, which is one of the world's largest suppliers of such wheels, has virtually stopped new production with most staffers joining the war effort after Russia launched a military offensive on February 24.
The railways' plan of launching dozens of new Vande Bharat train this year ran into troubles as the entire order given to the Ukraine-based firm -- 36,000 wheels at a cost of $16 million -- looked undeliverable.
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Rail Wheel Factory to supply axles for India’s fastest train - Vande Bharat Express
Also wheelsets stuck in Ukraine have been moved to Romaniaccording to the Chief Public Relations Officer, RWF, Jitendra Haral, “The Hyderabad-based Medha Servo Private limited was contracted by the Railway Board to deliver forged axles to the Perambur based Integral Coach Factory for 44 Vande Bharat rakes(train). It was supposed to get the axles from M/s Stork in Ukraine but the ongoing war has affected the supply.”
The Railway Board has requested RWF to do so. “We will supply a total of 136 axles,” Haral said. Axles are used to join wheels together to form a wheel set. The total cost of the order is Rs 2.22 cr.
World quality need world prices, or at least not the cut rate pricing that is asked of bidders/in-house manufacturers. IMHO we are penny wise pound foolish when it comes to public infra and property. These assets have long lives and are put to rather stressful use, so they should be build in a commensurate high quality manner which emphasizes total lifecycle cost including repairs, replacements and potential for accidents, rather than handing it over to the L1 bidder.rsingh wrote:Body work on Vande Bharat is flimsy and of low quality.Need big work there.
Modern Indian want world quality.
Castings are typically susceptible to particulate contamination and air/cavity encapsulation that act as centers for crack nucleation and propagation. Forging is a superior technique to produce high density high strength structures that can bear high cyclical loads. This is a safety issue.nandakumar wrote:A post by former GM of ICF.
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He says there is no reason why cast wheels should not be preferred for passenger coach wheel sets as opposed to forged wheel sets. Of course he doesn't quite explicitly assert that but confines himself to merely criticising that the Railway Board which has been dogmatic in closing its eyes to such a possibility. Now a flat bed wagon with double stack containers on Dedicated Freight Corridors may well have an axle load on par with passenger coaches. Also DFC trains are supposed to run at top speeds of 120 kmph which is not significantly lower than speeds for Vandhe Bharat trains. So can we switchover to cast wheels which eliminates imports?
The trial of the first phase of Rapid Rail from Delhi to Meerut is going to take place in the coming days. A 17-km high-speed track from Sahibabad to Duhai (Uttar Pradesh) will be prepared. This train will run at a speed of 180 kmph, which will also be the first in the country to have a business or ‘premium’ coach on a regional corridor.
For a long time, the passengers travelling from Delhi to Meerut have been waiting for this rapid train. For the trial, the first railway coach has reached Duhai. The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is all set to run the train on time. The trial from Sahibabad to Duhai will start soon, while passengers will be able to travel through this train from 2023.
According to the Indian Railways, this train can travel from Delhi to Meerut within 50 to 55 minutes. This is the first system in the country’s rail network under which a 180 kmph train will cover a distance of 100 km in one hour during the first phase.
The journey of 82-km from Delhi to Meerut through Ghaziabad will be completed in 55 minutes. During the journey, 25 stations are being prepared from Delhi to Meerut. The train will stop for 30 seconds at every station and will be available every 5-10 minutes.
The unique feature of this train is that a stretcher has been arranged in the last compartment of the train coach. If a patient is referred from Meerut to Delhi, a separate train coach has been arranged so that he/she can reach at a cheaper cost.
A separate train coach has also been arranged for women as well as for the differently-abled persons and can be easily folded if they are unused during the train journey. The general seats have been made extremely comfortable.
Rlys removes, forces 20 top officers to retire
Thursday, 12 May 2022 | Deepak Kumar Jha | New Delhi
In an unprecedented step, the Indian Railways on Wednesday removed from service 20 top class one officials, including eight joint secretary level officers, and top electrical and mechanical engineers.
With this, around 100 top level officers have either been dismissed or forced to opt for Voluntary Retirement Services (VRS) in the last 10 months. They include three secretary rank level officers.
While a general manager rank officer was ‘advised’ to opt for VRS to make an honourable exit from the services on Tuesday, the largest employer of the country dismissed 20 officers who had adverse vigilance reports against them.
The railways invoked rule 56(J) of the Department of Personnel and Training service rules which says a Government employee can be forced to retire or be dismissed after being served a minimum of three month’s notice or a similar period’s pay.
The move is part of the Union Government’s efforts to weed out non-performers. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, after he took over the office in July 2021, has repeatedly warned officials “to take VRS and sit at home” if they do not perform.
Railway Ministry sources said the 20 people against whom the 56(J) were invoked include four officials each from the electrical and signalling services, three each from medical and civil, two from personnel and one each from stores, traffic and mechanical.
Under the VRS scheme, an employee is paid a salary equivalent to two months’ pay for every year of service left.
But the similar benefit is not available in compulsory retirement.
Under the provisions relating to pre-mature retirement in the Fundamental Rules (FR) and the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, the appropriate authority has the absolute right to retire a Government servant under FR 56(j), FR 56(l) or Rule 48 (1)(b) of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 as the case may be, if it is necessary to do so in public interest.
However, the 75 officials who put in their papers and decided to opt for VRS are those who have been denied promotion or sent on leave or circumstances have been created to force them to opt for retirement.
In July last year, nine officials including member (Rolling Stock and Traction) Rahul Jain put in their papers, followed by six in August, four in September, seven in October, nine in November, six in December. In 2022 , 11 officials in January opted for VRS, seven in February, eight in March, five in April and three this month.
Another Member of the Railway Board Ravindra Gupta also opted for VRS last month while general manager of Rail Wheel Factory A K Dubey was “advised” to proceed on VRS at earliest failing which the railways could invoke the DoPT dismissal rule. “There were strong vigilance recommendations against Dubey,” confirmed a railway official.
Haflong RS seems to have been inaugurated in year 2014. And the damage seems to be very severe. Do not know if the railway station was built on a land slide prone area. At least now it would be better to check the area and take precautionary measures against land slides. Konkan Railways also was plagued by this problem of land slides.chetak wrote:New Haflong Railway Station this morning, after a heavy rain and landslide
Jindal Steel will manufacture Rail Wheelset for Indian Railways at its Raigarh Steel plant in Chattisgarh. The plant will have an initial capacity of 25,000 Wheelsets per year.
Growing vertically. 4cm/year mount Everest. Growth is fastest at the mountains.....that is why they are higher as compare to the average hight in first place. Secondly both sides of the bridge go up at the same rate. Railways tracks are made to go through expansion of 2-3 Cm any ways. They used to have a special hard plastic between two pieces of rails( in old days). I do not know if it is still the case. That is done to go through temp changes.Cyrano wrote:As a wise man reminded me recently, the Himalayas continue to grow a couple of cm every year...
India's first private train, under the Bharat Gaurav Scheme, started its maiden service from Coimbatore North Station of Tamil Nadu to Sainagar Shirdi of Maharashtra, on Tuesday, June 14, at 6 pm. This train will reach Shirdi on Thursday, June 16 at 07.25 am. This train will return to Coimbatore on Sunday, June 19. This private train is being operated by a firm named South Star Rail. The train will be maintained by housekeeping service providers, who will clean the utility areas during frequent intervals and the caterers are experienced in preparing a traditional vegetarian menu, an official release said.
