RAILWAY GUARDS staged a demonstration at the Gorakhpur station superintendent’s office on Saturday. They demanded stern action against Railway Protection Force jawans who assaulted a guard of the Jansewa Express at platform number five on Friday.
They said the RPF jawans tore the guard’s clothes, beat him and put him in the lock up. They threatened to boycott their duties if the railway administration failed to punish the RPF jawans.
Guard Udai Shanker Singh was on duty on the 5209 Jansewa Express. The RPF escorts boarded the train at Chhapra railway station. When the train neared Mairwa station, a passenger pulled the chain and alighted from the train. The guard Udai Shanker Singh reported it in the diary. The RPF escorts warned him not to note down the incident.
The dispute took an ugly turn when the train reached Gorakhpur railway station around 9 pm. The RPF jawans dragged him out of the guard’s bogey and bashed him up. The incident led to resentment among other guards. They rushed to the GRP police station and mounted pressure for the release of their colleague.
Extra coaches: The North Eastern Railway administration has decided to add extra sleeper coaches to ten trains to clear the summer rush. These coaches will be attached to the 0524 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express from June 25, the 0502 Gorakhpur-Yashwantpur Special Summer Train, the 5018 Dadar Express, the 1056 Godan Express, the 0526 Gorakhpur-Ahmedabad special summer train, the 2559 Shivganga Express, the 2534 Pushpak Express from Lucknow to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the 2555 Gorakhdham Express from Gorakhpur to Rohtak, the 5012 Rapti Sagar Express from Gorakhpur to Thiruvananthapuram, the 5047 Purvanchal Express from Gorakhpur to Kolkata, the 5049 Kathgodam-Gorakhpur to Howrah Express, the 3019 Bagh Express and many other trains.
{{/usCountry}}Extra coaches: The North Eastern Railway administration has decided to add extra sleeper coaches to ten trains to clear the summer rush. These coaches will be attached to the 0524 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express from June 25, the 0502 Gorakhpur-Yashwantpur Special Summer Train, the 5018 Dadar Express, the 1056 Godan Express, the 0526 Gorakhpur-Ahmedabad special summer train, the 2559 Shivganga Express, the 2534 Pushpak Express from Lucknow to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the 2555 Gorakhdham Express from Gorakhpur to Rohtak, the 5012 Rapti Sagar Express from Gorakhpur to Thiruvananthapuram, the 5047 Purvanchal Express from Gorakhpur to Kolkata, the 5049 Kathgodam-Gorakhpur to Howrah Express, the 3019 Bagh Express and many other trains.
{{/usCountry}}Net reservation
INTERNET RAILWAY reservation facility is being made available in Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Bareilly, Varanasi, Kanpur, Shahjahanpur, Hathras, Mathura and other stations, according to the North Eastern Railway (Gorakhpur) chief public relations officer.
This is applicable on Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, superfast, important mail and express trains.
Passengers will have to go to the website of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, New Delhi (www.irctc.com) for registration.