WR to run two more festival special trains, check details

Western Railway on Thursday said that it has decided to extend the trips of two more festival special trains for the upcoming festive seasonIn an official statement the Western Railway said that for the convenience of passengers and with a view to meet the travel demand Western Railway has extended the trips of two pairs of Festival Special Trains on Special FareAccording to a press release issued by Vineet Abhishek ndash Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway details of these trains are as under1 Train No 0505405053 Bandra Terminus ndash Gorakhpur Superfast Festival Special Weekly Unreserved 26 TripsTrain No 05054 Bandra Terminus ndash Gorakhpur Special has been extended from 7th September to 30th November 2024 Similarly Train No 05053 Gorakhpur ndashBandra Terminus Special has been extended from 6th September to 29th November 20242 Train No 0504605045 Rajkot ndash Lalkuan Festival Special Weekly 18 TripsTrain No 05046 Rajkot ndash Lalkuan Special has been extended from 7th October to 2nd December 2024 Similarly Train No 05045 Lalkuan Rajkot Special has been extended from 6th October to 1st December 2024The booking of extended trips of Train No 05046 will open from 23rd August 2024 at all PRS counters and on IRCTC websiteFor detailed information regarding timings of halts and composition passengers may please visit the website the statement saidWestern Railway now has 320 stations with electronic interlocking systemMeanwhile in an another statement the Western Railway has always been a pioneer when it comes to providing various facilities for our esteemed commuters especially pertaining to safety and security measures Continuing in in this direction Western Railway has commissioned Electronic Interlocking System at 320 stations which ensures precise control over train movements and eliminates the potential for human errorAccording to a press release issued by Western Railwayrsquos Chief Public Relations Officer Vineet Abhishek WR is progressively replacing all the electrical signalling installations with new computer based Electronic Interlocking system Till now out of 513 Interlocked stations 320 stations have been provided with Computer based Electronic Interlocking system along with Universal Fail Safe Block Instrument The rest of the stations will also be equipped with the advanced Electronic Interlocking EI system in the near future EI employs computerbased systems and electronic equipment to control signals points and levelcrossing gates Unlike conventional electrical relay interlocking systems where innumerable wires and relays are used EI utilises software and electronic components to manage the interlocking logic It reads the inputs from the signalling gears in the yard and processes the commands from the operational console VDU in a failsafe mannerVineet Abhishek further added that this technology has resulted in multiple benefits which has a tremendous effect on safety as well as has enabled in increasing the speed of trains This system minimizes the risk of accidents caused by conflicting routes misplaced signals or human oversight Electronic Interlocking can be interfaced with KAVACH technology as well as the Centralised Traffic Control system CTC Moreover it has also enabled in efficient working thereby reducing the time of operation