KNOW ABOUT – RULES REGARDING – SEASON TICKE (RAILWAY)

03-12-2021

Season ticket (AS ON 1.5.07) 1.(i) Rules, rates and other particulars regarding issue of season tickets can be obtained by application to the Railway concerned. Season tickets are issued for suburban as well as non-suburban sections. Fares for Second Class MST is equivalent to the fares for 15 single journeys by second class (Ordinary) uniformly for all distances. Fares for First class MST continues to be four times the Second Class MST fares. Season tickets to children are issued at half of the adult season ticket fare. Quarterly Season tickets are charged at 2.7 times of the normal adult/child MST fare. Season tickets are issued for First and Second classes only and these

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Does IR have push-pull operations?
June 20, 2019

Does IR have push-pull operations? Push-pull operations are seen in a few places. The Bangalore-Mysore Passenger has a loco at one end and driving trailer cab at the other end for true push-pull operation. The trailer cab is sometimes seen in the middle of a rake instead of the very end (Bangalore-Arsikere-Nanjangud Passenger) The 6057/6058

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How many locomotives does IR have in its fleet?
June 20, 2019

How many locomotives does IR have in its fleet? As of 1998, IR operated a fleet of about 4,400 diesel locos, and about 2,550 electric locos. In mid-1997, it still counted 85 steam locos in its fleet, although most of those are not in service any more (see the section on the last of steam. In 2005, IR had about 4,800 diesels, 3,065 electrics, and

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Serial numbers: How are/were locomotives numbered in India?
June 20, 2019

Serial numbers: How are/were locomotives numbered in India? Prior to 1940 or so, each railway company had its own system of numbering different classes of locomotives. Beginning in the early 1940s, the state began taking over several of the railway companies, and newer locomotives acquired thereafter were allotted numbers based on the ‘IRS’

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Were/are battery-powered electric locos used in India?
June 20, 2019

Were/are battery-powered electric locos used in India? Yes. Western Railway inherited from the BB&CI Railway two broad-gauge battery-powered shunters that were used in a yard that was not electrified (and where the use of steam or diesel locos was thought to be too noisy). There is a picture of one of these in Jal Daboo's book. These were

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What kinds of bogies (trucks) are used by IR’s locomotives?
June 20, 2019

What kinds of bogies (trucks) are used by IR’s locomotives? For mainline BG locomotives, there were, until the 1980s, two main alternatives. The venerable WDM-2 which existed (exists) in vast numbers, along with the WDS-6, WAM-4, WAG-5, and some of the WCAM-1/2 locos used an Alco design asymmetric trimount (Co-Co) cast bogie design. Most other

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What does ‘Static Converter Fitted’ or similar annotation mean on a locomotive?
June 20, 2019

What does ‘Static Converter Fitted’ or similar annotation mean on a locomotive? Locos traditionally had a rotary converter (of Arno make) to generate 3-phase AC on board to power auxiliary equipment such as traction motor blowers, compressors, exhausters, etc. Starting in the 1980s static converters using solid-state circuitry to generate

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