OPERATING
1. INTRODUCTION
Jhansi Division of North Central Railway happens to be the largest in size, business in both freight & passenger operation, socio-politically active and important from the view point of tourism and pilgrimage centers. For operations on Indian Railway, Jhansi division acts like a spinal cord, hence needs constant and careful attention and monitoring.
Division overall handles 178 pairs of Mail/Exp. trains,29pairsof passenger trains & 04 pair of passenger trains on Narrow gaugesection.
But during the pandemic of Covid -19 Jhansi Division overall handles 100 special coaching trains & holiday/festival spls on daily avg in addition 169 freight trains avg/day. are running on the division and 15 to 20trains are handled at various loading /unloading terminals every day.
2ORGANIZATION
2.1Gazetted
Divisional Operating Department is headed by Sr.DOM (Coordination), assisted by Sr.DOM (Goods & General), along with DOM (Goods) and DOM (Chg.). There are one post of field officer such as Station Director/Jhansi (Jr. Scale).
Sr.DOM(G&G)
Sr. DOM(Co)
DOM (Chg)Station DirectorDOM (Goods)
2.2Non-Gazetted
The summary of Staff strength of Non - Gazetted Operating Department is as under:-
| Sr. No. | Category | SS | MOR | Vacancies | % Variation |
| 1 | SM/YM/TI’s | 635 | 557 | 78 | -13 |
| 2 | Controllers | 41 | 33 | 08 | -19 |
| 3 | Guards | 1076 | 630 | 446 | -41 |
| 4 | ShuntingMaster | 30 | 17 | 13 | -43 |
| 5 | TNC | 72 | 45 | 27 | -38 |
| 6 | Traffic porter, Shunt man etc. | 1204 | 1102 | 102 | -0.9 |
3.OPERATING PERFORMANCE
3.1The operating performance ofthe division is as under:-
| ITEMS | Actual | Target | Current Month | Cum. Avg Up To Apr- Jan 2020-21 |
| 2017-18 | 2018-19 | MTH | CUM | Jan 2020 | Jan 2021 | %Var. | 2019 | 2020 | % Var. |
| %Punctuality ofMail Exp. trains | 61 | 68 | 90% | 90% | 47.7 | 83.02 | +74.4 | 66 | 91.86 | +37.8 |
| Rev. Loading vehicle Units/Day | 318 | 336 | - | - | 338 | 379 | +13.0 | 332 | 336 | +1.2 |
| Vehicle Units/Day | 8510 | 7473 | - | - | 7331 | 7775 | +6.1 | 7874 | 6729 | -14.5 |
| | 4888 | 3949 | 4000 | 4000 | 4263 | 4263 | -18.6 | 4194 | 4478 | +6.8 |
| Wagon Turn Round | 0.99 | 0.99 | - | - | 0.99 | 0.99 | same | 0.99 | 0.99 | same |
| NTKM Wagon Day | 10038 | 8970 | 10800 | 10800 | 11148 | 14874 | +33.4 | 10140 | 9906 | -2.3 |
| Wagon Kms Wagon Day | 282 | 271 | 280 | 280 | 299 | 386 | +29.1 | 278 | 272 | -2.2 |
| Electric Engine Utilization | 484 | 509 | 565 | 565 | 439 | 603 | +37.4 | 515 | 593 | +15.1 |
| Diesel Engine Utilization | 357 | 344 | 454 | 454 | 349 | 410 | +17.5 | 421 | 454 | +7.8 |
4. PROFILE OF TRAIN OPERATIONS
Jhansi division is spread from BINA /WCR( excluding) to DHO (excluding) B.G. double line ‘A’ route which is divided into02 sections viz, BINA-JHS & JHS-DHO and 07 branch lines i.e. JHS-CNB, JHS-MKP, MBA-KURJ,BNDA-CNB, GWL-UDMR, LAR-KURJ &AIT- KNH. In additional to above B.G. section, there is 01 branch line section of N.G. i.e. GWL-SBL-SOE.
The division has 163 stations of all categories, whichare as under :-
| section | Gauge | distance in KMs. | class of stations |
| A | B | C | D | Spl | Total |
| BINA (Excl.) - JHS(Incl.) | B.G. | 152.57 | X | 18 | 01 | X | X | 19 |
| JHS (Excl.) - DHO(Excl.) | 166.86 | X | 16 | X | 02 | 02 | 20 |
| JHS(Excl.) BZM (Incl.) | 205.86 | X | 22 | X | 02 | 00 | 24 |
| AIT(Excl.) KNH(Incl.) | 13.68 | X | 01 | X | X | X | 01 |
| JHS(Excl.) MKP(Excl.) | 292.50 | X | 25 | X | 04 | X | 29 |
| KID (Excl.) BZM(Incl.) | 118.65 | X | 09 | X | 04 | X | 13 |
| BLNR (Excl.) -UDMR(Excl.) | 118.35 | X | 06 | X | 08 | X | 14 |
| MBA (Excl.) -KURJ(Incl.) | 64.49 | X | 02 | X | 03 | X | 05 |
| LAR(Excl.) -KURJ(Incl.) | 164.49 | X | 08 | X | 04 | X | 12 |
| TOTAL B.G. | | 1297.45 | X | 106 | 01 | 27 | 02 | 135 |
| GWL(Excl.) - SOE(Incl.) | N.G. | 199.80 | X | 12 | X | 15 | X | 26 |
| GRAND TOTAL | | 1497.25 | X | 118 | 01 | 42 | 02 | 163 |
4.1Major Yards.
4.2Jhansi
JHS is a very impotent station keeping in view of handling of through north- south coaching traffic. Presently JHS station is having 05 platforms for handling of through Mail Express trains, In addition to that 03 bay platforms are also available at JHS for origination/termination of divisional Mail Exp/ Passenger Trains.
JHS is an intermediate goods yard also for handling of goods rakes, POH wagons for workshop, loaded rakes for goods shed, military special rakes and traction changing trains. There is carriage & wagon examination depot for freight stock, which examines 1 to 2 rakes every day.
Further Jhansi is also having major passenger depot where 16 rakes of passenger trains are maintained. The yard consists of 3 by-pass lines of full length, 2 R&D lines, 3 UP dispatch lines, 2DN dispatch lines ,and 11 marshalling lines (of less than standard length).
4.3 Gwalior
GwL is also a very impotent station keeping in view of handling of through coaching traffic. Presently GWL station is having 04 platformsfor handling of through Mail Express trains .
Gwalior has also an intermediate yard, which has been shifted to RRU recently, now GWL is a major coaching maintenance yard and depot both for BG and NG trains.
4.4Traffic Control
4.5JHANSI ControL :-
Five sectional control boards are being operated in JHS Control Office.
| Sr.No. | Sections | KMS | Stations |
| 01. | JHS-DHO | 164.49 | 18 |
| 02 | JHS-BINA | 152.57 | 20 |
| 03. | (i)JHS-BZM | 219.68 | 21 |
| (ii)BLNR-UDMR | 101.37 | 05 |
| (iii)AIT-KNH | 13.68 | 02 |
| 04. | BZM-MKP | 229.40 | 24 |
| 05. | (i)JHS-KID | 180.75 | 14 |
| (ii)MBA-KURJ | 64.49 | 03 |
| (iii)LAR-KURJ | 164.49 | 10 |
(i)GWL-SOE NG Section is presently non controlled.
4.6RUNNING OF FREIGHT TRAINS - COMPARATIVE INTERCHANGE OF GOODS.
| 2019-20 (Apr-Jan) | 2020-21 (Apr-Jan) |
| T/O | T/O Avg/Day | M/O | M/O AvgAvg/Day | T/O | T/O AvgAvg/Day | M/O | M/O AvgAvg/Day |
| DHO | 7649 | 25.0 | 6490 | 21.2 | 7568 | 24.7 | 5759 | 18.8 |
| UDMR | 85 | 0.3 | 194 | 0.6 | 61 | 0.2 | 207 | 0.7 |
| BINA | 4745 | 15.5 | 4791 | 15.7 | 3452 | 11.3 | 4319 | 14.1 |
| GWL | 293 | 1.0 | 212 | 0.7 | 515 | 1.7 | 248 | 0.8 |
| MDVK | 532 | 1.7 | 408 | 1.3 | 450 | 1.5 | 164 | 0.5 |
| AGD | 2716 | 8.9 | 3838 | 12.5 | 2827 | 9.2 | 4473 | 14.6 |
| OHAN | 2022 | 6.6 | 1468 | 4.8 | 2241 | 7.3 | 1104 | 3.6 |
| BZM | 2839 | 9.3 | 3445 | 11.3 | 3462 | 11.3 | 4215 | 13.8 |
| MKP | 457 | 1.5 | 476 | 1.6 | 289 | 0.9 | 362 | 1.2 |
| Total | 21338 | 69.7 | 21322 | 69.7 | 20866 | 68.2 | 20851 | 68.1 |
5STREAMS OF FREIGHT TRAFFIC
Primarily North South freight traffic is run on the double line electrified section of JHS-DHO & JHS BIN section.
| Sr No. | DHO-BIN/AGD (UP) | BIN/AGD-DHO (DN) |
| 1 | Entire North South trafficof Food Grain, Fertilizer, Steel and Containerized cargo and POL rakes empty & loaded. | Coal from South - Eastern Railway & NGP division of Central Railway to The Power houses and Industries of Northern India, |
| 2 | Export Container traffic betweenICD / TKDto Mumbai. | Cement from West Central Railway to Northern India. |
| 3 | Empty BOXN/BCN Rakes for coal & other loading BOX & Containers for Steel loading for New KatniJunction, JBP Division WCR. | Fertilizer from Southern and Western Regions to Northern India |
| 4 | Container traffic from ICD/ CNB to the destinations of KDLP & JNPT | Iron & Steel products from South Eastern Railway to Northern India |
| 5 | Entire goods traffic fromNorth East direction to KTE/BPL via AGD/BINA | Terminating traffic of POL, Cement, Fertilizer and Steel for division. |
5.1JHS-CNB–JHS SINGLE LINE SECTION.
| Sr.No. | JHS-CNB (DN) | CNB-JHS (UP) |
| 1 | Traffic of POL Fertilizer ,SaltClinker and Cement are run in DN direction. | F/Grain, Coal & Empties are run in UP direction. |
5.2BNDA-CNB- SINGLE LINE SECTION.
| Sr.No. | BNDA-CNB (DN) | CNB-BNDA (UP) |
| 1 | Traffic of Cement Clinker, Fertilizer and steel traffic are run toward CNB and beyond in DN direction. | Traffic of F/Grain, Empty Jumbo & BOXN rakes are moved towards JBP Division are run in UP direction. |
5.3BNDA-OHAN- SINGLE LINE SECTION.
| Sr.No. | BNDA-OHAN (DN) | OHAN-BNDA (UP) |
| 1 | Traffic of F/Grain, Empty Jumbo & BOXN rakes are moved towards JBP Division are run in UP direction. | Traffic of Cement Clinker, Fertilizer and steel traffic are run toward CNB and beyond direction. |
5.4LAR-KURJ- SINGLE LINE SECTION.
| Sr.No. | LAR-KURJ (DN) | KURJ-LAR (UP) |
| 1 | Traffic of loaded Coal rakes from BIN/AGD for LPGCL sdg at UDPR station. Similarly loaded coal rakes from MBA direction to LPGCL sdg at UDPR station. | Traffic of Empty Coal rakes to BIN/AGD & MBA direction. |
5.5GWL-UDMR- SINGLE LINE SECTION.
| Sr.No. | GWL-UDMR (DN) | UDMR-GWL (UP) |
| 1 | Traffic from BIN/AGD & Guna direction to the destinations ofNorth East part of India. | Traffic received from ETW direction to the destination of KDLP, JNPT & via BPL direction. |
5.6 Originating and Terminating Traffic:
Major handling terminals:
| Sr.No. | Terminals | Outward | Inward |
| 1 | Morena | DOC ,Food Grain & Millet | Cement Fertilizer |
| 2 | Banmor | Railway Sleeper RMC | - |
| 3 | Rairu | DOC, Food Grain | Cement Fertilizer, Steel & Iron |
| 4 | Sanichara | Pvt Ballast | - |
| 5 | Malanpur | Container, Food Grain | Food Grain, Steel |
| 6 | Antri | RMC | - |
| 7 | Dabra | Food Grain | Cement Fertilizer |
| 8 | Datia | Food Grain & DOC | Cement Fertilizer |
| 9 | Karari | Railway Sleeper RMC | - |
| 10 | Jhansi | Fertilizer, Food Grain, RMC Ballast, Military traffic | Cement Fertilizer,Food Grain, Military Traffic. |
| 11 | Bijouli | Pvt..Ballast,RMC | - |
| 12 | Khajaraha | RMC | - |
| 13 | Babina | Military Traffic | Military Traffic |
| 14 | Lalitpur | Food Grain, | Cement Fertilizer, Food Grain |
| 15 | Garhmau | RMC Ballast | - |
| 16 | Chirgaon | RMC Ballast | - |
| 17 | Ait | RMCBallast | - |
| 18 | Orai | Food Grain | Cement , Fertilizer |
| 19 | Chaurah | RMC Ballast | - |
| 20 | Bhimsen | - | Cement |
| 21 | Bharwasumerpur | RMC, Ballast | - |
| 22 | Newari | DOC & Food Grain | Food Grain,Fertilizer |
| 23 | Harpalpur | Food Grain | Cement, Fertilizer |
| 24 | Mahoba | Food Grain | Cement, Fertilizer |
| 25 | Kabari | Pvt.Ballast | - |
| 26 | Khairar | RMC Ballast | - |
| 27 | Banda | Food Grain,& Send | Cement, Fertilizer, Salt |
| 28 | TKMG | Food Grain | - |
Sidings:
| | Siding name | Serving Station | Traffic dealt |
| 1 | PTPP | Parichha | Coal |
| 2 | Diamond Cement factory | Parichha | Cement, Clinker |
| 3 | IOC,BPCL,HPCL | Rairu | POL |
| 4 | IOC,BPCL | Karari | POL |
| 5 | BHEL | Khajraha | Transformers, Electric Locomotives. etc. |
| 6 | HPCL | HPTR(Rasulpur Gogamau) | POL |
| 7 | Bajaj Power Plant | LPGU (Udaipura) | Coal, Fly Ash. |
| 8 | Reliance | PRIL (Lalpur) | POL |
6.highlights: -
6.1Originating Revenue Loading
Commodity wise comparative no. of wagons loaded per day during 2020-21 is given below:-
| | Target 2020-21 | Apr-Jan 2019-20 | Apr-Jan 2020-21 | % In Increase / Decrease |
| Revenue Loading(In terms of vehicle unit) | - | - | - | - |
| A.Cement | | 78 | 68 | (-) 12.8% |
| B.Food grain | - | 28 | 63 | (+) 125.0 % |
| C.POL | - | 141 | 136 | (-) 3.5 % |
| D. Ballast(PVT) | - | 30 | 10 | (-)66.6% |
| E.Other general. Goods(Incl.DOC,fertilizer, ballast(Engg), containers etc.) | - | 55 | 59 | (+) 1.8% |
| Total originating revenue loading Avg /day | N/R | 332 | 336 | (+) 1.2% |
6.2Originating Revenue Loading (IN MT)
Commodity wise comparative originating revenue loading in MT during 2020-2021 is given below:-
| Commodities(In M/T) Target 6.75 MT 2020-21 | Total (MT) Apr- Jan 2019-20 | Total (MT) Apr – Jan 2020-21 | %Variation |
| Food Grain | 0.53 | 1.23 | +132.1 |
| POL | 2.24 | 2.18 | -2.7 |
| Cement | 1.55 | 1.31 | -15.5 |
| Ballast(pub)0 | 0.57 | 0.18 | -68.4 |
| Other Commodity (Incl. Sand Ballast(Engg), DOCS /Grit,F/Ash & Containers | 0.66 | 0.84 | +27.2 |
| Total | 5.55 | 5.74 | +3.4 |
7Performance of overall maintenance block hours provided to Engg. & TD departments–
The cumulative performance of maintenance blocks as well as block hours for the year 2020-2021 are as under: -
| Sr. No. | Department | Apr-Jan- 2019-2020 | Apr-Jan 2020-2021 | %Variation of Block Hrs. |
| Total Blocks | Total Block Hrs. | Total Blocks | Total Block Hrs. |
| 1. | Engg. Machines Blocks | 6208 | 11481’-35” | 8317 | 17778’-25” | (+) 54.8 % |
| 2. | Non machineBlocks | 7378 | 15332’-05” | 7319 | 18320’-30” | (+) 19.5 % |
| 3. | OHE Blocks (Incl. RE & RVNL Blocks) | 4214 | 6320’-15” | 5065 | 7792’-45” | (+) 23.3 % |
| | Total | 17800 | 33135’-25” | 20701 | 43892’.40” | (+) 32.5 % |
8.Improvement in Operational facilities 2020-21 (Apr-Dec)
| Sr.No. | Innovational work | Results. |
| 7.1i | Provision of EI facility at RORA station in July 2020 | Raising ofInterlocking of station from MNI to Std-.III with increased speed from 15 KMPH to MPS. |
| ii | Provision of EI facility at RNRD station in Aug 2020 | Raising ofInterlocking of station from Std-I to Std -III with increased speed from 50 KMPH to MPS. |
| iii | Provision of EI facility at BJI station in Aug 2020. | In connection with the 3rd line 1st phase work between BAB-JHS |
| iv | Provision of EI facility at KHJ station in Sep2020 | In connection with the 3rd line 1st phase work between BAB-JHS |
| v | Provision of EI facility at MRPR station in Nov 2020 | Raising ofInterlocking of station from MNI to Std-.III with increased speed from 15 KMPH to MPS. along with the facility of additional loop & simultaneous receiving & dispatch. |
| vi | Provision of EI facility at MLAR station in Nov2020 | Raising ofInterlocking of station from Std.-I to Std.III, with increased speed from 15 KMPH to MPS & provision of additional loop line. |
| vii | Provision of EI facility at SAC station in Jan 2021 | Raising ofInterlocking of station from Std.-I to Std.III, with increased speed from 15 KMPH to MPS |
| 7.3 | Alteration workat JHS EI cabin regarding3rd line connectivity in Nov 2020 | For the connectivity regarding 3rd line work. Of BAB- JHS section |
| 7.4 | Commissioning of longer loop at SIKD station in Jan 2021 | This will enable for arranging precedence of long haul and other long length freight trains. |
9.Operational Mile stones set in the year 2020-21 (Apr-Jan)
| S.N. | INDICES | On A day | Date | In A Month | Month |
| 1 | Punctuality of M/exp train | - | - | 98.7 % | Oct-2020 |
| 2 | Best ever coal rake unloading at LPGU | 12Coal Rakes | 11.9.2020 | 193 Rakes | Sep-2020 |
| 3 | Goods rakes transported to Bangladesh | - | - | 09(05Rakes of Wheat &04 Rakes of DOC | Oct-2020 |
| 4 | Best ever Originating revenue loading( in wagons) | 640 Wagons | 20.01.2021 | 429 wagon /day | Dec-2020 |
| 5 | Best ever Originating revenue loading( in MT) | - | - | 0.77MT | Nov-2020 |
| 6 | Best ever loading of food grain (in MT) | - | - | 0.22 MT | Dec-2020 |
| 7 | Best ever loading of food grain (in Wagons/Day) | - | - | 114 Wagons | Dec 2020 |
| 8 | Best ever electric loco utilization(In Kms) | 1330 Kms | 13.4.2020 | - | - |
| 9 | Best ever Interchanged at GMC (incl Shramik, ECR & goods) | 73 Trains | 24.5.2020 | - | - |
| 10 | Best ever Interchanged at BINA (incl Shramik, ECR& goods) | 73 Trains | 21.5.2020 | - | - |
| 11 | Best ever goods trains made over at AGD & BINA | 53 Trains | 29.9.2020 | - | - |
| 12 | Best ever goods trains made over at AGD | 30 Trains | 29.9.2020 | - | - |
| 13 | Best ever divisional interchange | 228 Trains | 09.11.2020 | - | - |
| 14 | Best ever goods interchange at BZM | 44 Trains | 09.11.2020 | - | - |
| 15 | Best ever handing over of goods trains at BZM | 25 Trains | 09.11.2020 | - | - |
| 16 | Best ever divisional Through put | 10577 Wagons | 09.11.2020 | - | - |
| 17 | Best ever lowest DWB | 2434Wagons | 08.08.2019 | - | - |
10.Efforts of BDU
1.During Oct 20 to Jan 21. total 10 rakes of fly Ash have been loaded from LPGU siding for the destination of Punjab and U.P
2.On 24.09.2020 M/S Khaitan fertilizer has loaded 21 BCN of fertilizer from JHSto JEAthis has given anadditional earning of Rs.11,54,405/- andup to Nov.2020 M/s Khaitan has loaded 03 rakes of 21 BCN each of fertilizer.
3During August to October Piece meal loading of POL has also been organized from RPGU.
The details are as under:-
I.August2020-18 BTPN for BSB.
II.August2020-32 BTPN for BPCM
III.October 2020-22 BTPN for BSB.
4On 20.09.2020 11 wagons has been loaded from JHS to RRU as piecemealloadingthis has also given an additional earning of Rs.1,99,915/-
5In sep 2020 total 07 rakes including 06 rakes of DOC and One rake of wheat have been loading from RRU and MRA to the destinations of Bangladeshthis is the best ever DOC loading for Bangladesh.
6.In October 2020 Highest ever 09 Goods rake (5 rakes wheat & 04 rakes of DOC) dispatched for Bangladesh.
7.The food Grainlast loading fromMLAR on 10.03.2019 andRestarted from Nov. 2020 the first rake has been loaded on `11-11-2020 and in current month total 05 rakes of food grain have been loaded.
8.The loading of ballast from KBR has again started and in Nov.2020 the first rake of 45 BOBYN of ballast has beenloaded on 24.11.2020.
9In Dec 2020 division has loadedfirst time Millet(cktjk) from MRA .on 26.11.2020 division has loaded 42BCN Millet (cktjk) from MRA to the destination of NSZ (BPL) this has given an additional earning of 13.67lac .
10 In Dec 2020 division has first time loaded the Sand commodity from BNDA station .On 28.12.2020 the first rake of sand consisting 21 BoxN have been loaded from BNDA to the destination of BTE RAJ. This has given an additional earning of 11.67 lac.
Further, in Jan 21 01 full rake of 58 box N of sand has been loaded from KID and this has also given an additional earning of 21.34 lacs
11 During Jan 2021division has loaded 07 rakes (including 04 mini rakes )of food grain for the destination of GIM ,KDLP,SRVA &SAMT etc this has given an additional earning 1.96 crores
11. Efforts of OPTG during the period of Covid-19 Pandemic
11.1 Operationof empty coaching rakes.
| Month | Total ECR rakes T/O | Total ECR rakes M/O |
| May -2020 | 688 | 717 |
| June-2020 | 103 | 95 |
| Total | 791 | 812 |
11.2Operationof Shramikspecial trains .
| Month | Totals ShramikspecialT/O | Totals Shramik special M/O |
| May -2020 | 644 | 651 |
| June-2020 | 72 | 72 |
| Total | 716 | 723 |
Total termination of Shramik Specials –67
Total Origination of Shramik Specials –71
Total De - boarding of Shramik Specials –62
