IZATNAGAR DIVISION History With the introduction of Divisional system on North Eastern Railway, Izatnagar Division was established on 1st May, 1969 in a new and changed shape of old Kumaun Rohilkhand Railway. The Division has been named after Late Alexander Izat, the Agent & Chief Engineer of Rohilkhand Kumaun Railway Company during 1883 to 1904. This Division of North Eastern Railway situated in foothills of Himalaya, has emerged as an important link for the development of Kumaun region of State & Western U.P. It has become the most convenient medium for serving the passengers of Uttarakhand & U.P. States as well as a gateway for carrying the passenger from far- flung areas of the country to important places of and tourist points, full of natural beauty. Geographical Features Izatnagar Division is situated between 770 to 80 0 longitude and 27 0 to 290 latitude. On the northern side the division is covered by the Kumaun ranges of and towards the North West portion is . Indo-Gangtic plain is situated on the southern side of the division. The land is very fertile and served by important rivers like Ganga, , , Kosi and Deoha. The division provides services to fourteen districts of viz , , , , Mahamaya Nagar, Kashiram Nagar, , , , Shahjahanpur, Lakhimpur Khiri, , Rampur, and three districts of Uttrakhand viz. , Udham Singh Nagar and Champavat as rail heads and , , , Nainital, Champavat as non rail heads. The rainfall varies from place to the place and lies in the range of 1000 mm to 3000 mm.

Vital Information – At A Glance

1.0 TOTAL ROUTE KILOMETERS – 1030.02 kms Single Line (B.G.) – 639.53 kms Single Line (M.G.) – 390.49 kms Uttarakhand (B.G.) – 149.88 kms Uttarakhand (M.G.) – 42.15 kms Uttar Pradesh (B.G.) – 489.65 kms Uttar Pradesh (M.G.) – 348.34 kms

1.1 GAUGE CONVERSION i- CNB-KSJ-MRT & KSJ-BE-LKU Length – 544.50 Km, Sanctioned Year – 1997-98, Estimated Cost – Rs 1577.46 Cr Exp. Upto 31.3.2013 – Rs 1419.80 Cr., Outlay 2013-14 – Rs 135 Cr. BC-BE-KSJ section – work in progress & targeted by Railway Board to be commissioned by Mar/2014. ii- BPR-PBE-TPU Length – 101.79 Km, Sanctioned Year – 2008-09, Estimated Cost – Rs 195.64 Cr Exp. Upto 31.3.2013 – Rs 60.56 Cr., Outlay 2013-14 – Rs 10 Cr. Work in progress & likely to be completed in 2014-15. iii- PBE-MLN-ASH (Work being done by RVNL) Length – 261 Km, PBE-MLN – 67 Km, MLN-ASH – 194 Km Sanctioned Year – 2011-12, Estimated Cost – Rs 715 Cr Contract has been finalised by RVNL. Mobilisation under progress. TDC = Mar/2016.

1.2 NEW LINES i- KHH-KHMA Length – 57.7 Km, Sanctioned Year – 2003-04, Estimated Cost – Rs 208.40 Cr Exp. Upto 31.3.2013 – Rs 0.15 Cr., Outlay 2013-14 – Rs 0.11 Cr. Land was to be given free of cost by State Govt. State Govt has not been able to provide land as per final location survey and had requested for change in alignment. Details for change in alignment submitted to State Govt. Decision awaited.

1.3 SURVEYS i- Tanakpur - Bageshwar Length – 254.58 Km, Sanctioned Year – 2010-11, Estimated Cost – Rs 2790.15 Cr Survey report with Planning Commission. ii- Ramnagar - Chaukhutia Length – 86 Km, Sanctioned Year – 2009-10, Estimated Cost – Rs 1378.73 Cr Revised survey report sent to Railway Board on 23/01/12. iii- Tanakpur - Jaulgivi Length – 90 Km, Sanctioned Year – 2010-11 Civil Engg. field work including estimate completed. Estimate of Electrical and S&T awaited and justification (ROR etc.) from Traffic deptt. awaited. TDC = Apr/14. iv- Kathgodam - Nainital Length – 35 Km, Sanctioned Year – 2010-11 Survey completed and as per survey report the length of proposed railway line is approx 133 Km. Approx cost – Rs 5000 Cr. v- Tanakpur - Purnagiri Length – 11.54 Km, Estimated Cost – Rs 60.93 Cr Survey report with Railway Board. vi- Etah - Length – 29 Km, Estimated Cost – Rs 213.28 Cr, Sanction Year 2010-11 Updated survey report sent to Railway Board on 04.5.2011. vii- Farrukhabad – Mailani via Shahjahanpur Length – 154 Km, Sanctioned Year – 2011-12 Civil Engg. field work including estimate completed. Estimate of Electrical and S&T awaited and justification (ROR etc.) from Traffic deptt. awaited. TDC = Mar/14. viii- () – Madarshah Mazar Length – 15 Km, Sanctioned Year – 2011-12 Field work completed, Engg., Elec & Mech estimate vetted by finance. S&T estimate awaited. 1.4 SURVEYS SANCTIONED IN 2012-13 i- Doubling Kanpur-Kasganj-Mathura (352 Km) Estimate sanctioned. Agency not fixed as only token allotment of Rs 1000 has been made. Tender opened on 09.01.2013 & TC under progress. ii- New Lines -Chorgaliya (Approx 20 Km) Estimate sanctioned. Agency not fixed as only token allotment of Rs 1000 has been made. Haldwani-Ritha Saheb (Approx 35 Km) Estimate sanctioned. Agency not fixed as only token allotment of Rs 1000 has been made. Letter sent to Railway Board on 27.12.2012 for revision of distance.

1.5 NUMBER OF STATIONS "A" Class – 02 "B" Class – 09 "D" Class – 29 "E" Class – 59 "F" Class – 39 Total – 138 1.6 LEVEL CROSSING GATES Spl. Class – 21 "A" Class – 33 "B-1" Class – 02 "B" Class – 72 "C" Class (Manned) – 285 "C" Class (Un-manned) – 313 Total – 726 Total Manned Level Crossing – 413 Total Un-manned Level Crossing – 313 Provided with lifting barriers – 413 Interlocked with signals – 165 Non-interlocked provided with telephones – 248

1.7 NUMBER OF QUARTERS Type-I – 4807 Type-II – 2287 Type-III – 254 Type-IV – 145 Type-V – 10 Total – 7503

1.8 NUMBER OF TRAINS RUN DAILY

Express Passenger Mixed Total

M.G. 10 38+2* – 50

B.G. 20+2*+12^+4∆+2# 52 – 92

Total 50 92 – 142

* Special ^ Weekly ∆ Tri-weekly # Six days in a week

1.9 RUNNING ROOMS – 6 Running rooms at Kasganj, Mathura Cantt, Shahjahanpur, Tanakpur, Kathgodam & Lalkua.

1.10 LOBBIES – 6 Medium - Bareilly City & Kasganj Small - Pilibhit, Kashipur, Kathgodam & Farrukhabad Computerised Crew Management – Kashipur, Farrukhabad & Kathgodam

1.11 FULL RAKE SIDING (B.G.) - 10 Kashipur, Rudrapur City, Bilaspur Road, Haldi Road, Farrukhabad, Lalkua (C.P.M.L. & IOC), Kasganj, Mendu & Baheri. (M.G.) - 4 Pilibhit, Puranpur, Tanakpur & Bareilly City.

1.12 HALF RAKE SIDING (B.G.) - 2 : Lalkua & Ramnagar (M.G.) - 3 : Shahjahanpur, Bisalpur & Budaun

1.13 TWO POINT COMBINATION OF TERMINALS IN COVERED WAGONS Rudrapur City-Haldi Road, Rudrapur City-Bilaspur Road, Kasganj-Farrukhabad & Bilaspur Road-Haldi Road.

1.14 SIDING CAPABLE FOR HANDLING FULL RAKE On Through Distance Basis - CPML/LKU, IOC/LKU Other Than Through Distance - Ballast Siding/LKU, Concrete Sleeper (Departmental) Siding/LKU, Ballast Siding/MEU

1.15 CONTROL BOARD - 04 (At Izatnagar)

Board Mathura Mailani Kathgodam

Area Kasganj- Bareilly Bareilly City - Bhojipura-, Farrukhabad- City- Mailani. Lalkuan-Kashipur, Kanpur Kasganj- Pilibhit-Tanakpur Rampur-Kathgodam, Mathura Jn. Moradabad-Ramnagar Anwarganj Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur

Distance 247.06 Kms 211.51 Kms 272.37 Kms 289.94 Kms

1.16 TRAIN WATERING STATION – 11 Kasganj, Farrukhabad, Bareilly Jn., Lalkua, Kashipur, Ramnagar, Kathgodam, Pilibhit, Tanakpur, Shahjahanpur & Bareilly City.

1.17 ADARSH STATION – 6

Class Station Name

“A” Kathgodam

“B” Farrukhabad & Pilibhit

“D” Ramnagar &

“E” Bilaspur Road

1.18 COMPUTERISED P.R.S. – 52 Rail Head (15) – Mathura Cantt, Kathgodam, Budaun, Pilibhit, Kannauj, Kalyanpur, Kasganj, Rudrapur City, Haldwani, Farrukhabad, Kashipur, Lalkua, Ramnagar, Fatehgarh, and Izatnagar. Non Rail Head (02) – High Court and Bus Stop Nainital. Defence (02) – Mathura Cantt & Fatehgarh. Post Office (10) – Bageshwar, Almora , , Pithoragarh, Kausani, Baijnath, , Shahmatganj.& . Unification (24) – Bareilly City, Puranpur, Bhojipura, Baheri, Ujhani, , Ganjdundwara, City, Tanakpur, , , Pantnagar, Haldi Road, Bilhaur, , Bisalpur, Bilaspur Road, Shahjahanpur, , , Sikndra Rao, , Roshanpur, and .

1.19 UTS – 83 Stations KGM, LKU, HDW, RUPC, KPV, RMR, IZN, BC, BPR, BHI, BEM, UJH, PP, TPU, KHMA, KSJ, HTC, MRT, GHJ, KJN, KAP, FBD, FGR, KMJ, SWRT, KLJ, GWA, PBE, PBW, KHH, BLU, HLDD, BPZ, GUB, BNSA, DRO, MHA, BJV, SSD, SG, RAYA, ARL, MSN, PTI, RDN, UTP, STH, SKA, BJR, PLS, SZP, BSUR, SRNK, SW, BLQR, MJZ, NOH, NRY, MQP, DBR, DRN, RHN, MDA, DOX, KDJ, CHRU, KJC, ALJ, JDA, MALA, SSC, SZN, RKN, AUL, MEU, SYZ, BHK, DYK, BFPA, GTP, BMY, MPG & BTRI UTS are functioning.

1.20 C & W DEPOTS – 9 M.G. - Bareilly City, Bareilly Jn. and Pilibhit. B.G. - Kathgodam, Kashipur, Ramnagar, Farrukhabad & Lalkua. M.G. + B.G. - Kasganj

1.21 NUMBER OF RAKES BASED FOR PRIMARY MAINTENANCE 20 M.G. & 23 B.G rakes.

1.22 DIESEL LOCO SHED (M.G. + B.G.) – Izatnagar Total Nos of Loco (holding) – 62 (MG) (55 at IZN + 7 at CPR) and 45 (BG) (31 WDM3D + 15 WDG4)

1.23 H.S.D. FUEL INSTALLATION – Kasganj & Izatnagar Diesel Shed.

1.24 NO. OF ELECTRIFIED STATIONS – 137 INCLUDING HALTS Station – 83 Halt – 54

1.25 ACCIDENT RELIEF TRAIN – 03 Kasganj (B.G. - without Crane) Lalkua, (B.G. Hydraulic Re-railing equipment MFD) and Bareilly City (With M.G. Crane). HS SP SPART has been received on 20.8.2013 at LKU and is under commissioning.

1.26 ACCIDENT RELIEF MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS - 07 a. Scale-I : 3 : Bareilly City (M.G.), Pilibhit (M.G.) and Kasganj (B.G.) b. Scale-II : 4 : LKU, KPV, FGR & MRT.

1.27 RPF POSTS – 12 Bareilly City, Budaun, Kasganj, Fatehgarh, Kannauj, Mathura Cantt, Pilibhit, Lalkua, Kashipur, General Stores/IZN, Workshop/IZN & Divisional Reserve.

1.28 TOTAL NO. OF STAFF IN THE DIVISION AS ON 01.8.2013 Group ‘’C’’ – 9678 (Excluding Account, Stores and RPF) Group ‘’D’’ – 100 (Excluding Account, Stores and RPF) Total – 9778

1.29 TOTAL NO. OF OFFICERS Group ‘’A’’ – 37 Group ’’B’’ – 20 Total – 57

1.30 STANDARD OF SIGNALLING

1.31 P.A. SYSTEMS – 36 Stations Izatnagar, Bareilly City, Bareilly Jn., Budaun, Kasganj, Pilibhit, Farrukhabad, Haldwani, Hathras City, Mathura Cantt., Rudrapur City, Fatehgarh, Kannauj, Kathgodam, Kashipur, Lalkua, Puranpur, Ramnagar & Soron. Manual – Kaimganj, Baheri, Shahjahanpur, Bilaspur Road, Bajpur, Roshanpur, Bisalpur, Khatima, Tanakpur, Kichha, Ujhani, , Ganjdundwara, Bilhaur, Gursahaiganj, Kamalganj & Bhojipura.

1.32 MEDICAL FACILITIES 1. DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL (136 beds) Facilities : Emergency Unit, ICCU 4 bedded, Operation theatres (3), Labour room, Post Operative recovery unit, Pathology, Physiotherapy, X-Ray Ultrasound, Colour Doppler Echo, TMT, Telemedicine, A.C. Mortuary. Specialist available: Physician, Surgeon, Eye Surgeon, Chest specialist, Gynaecologist, Pathologist, Dentist, Physiotherapist.

2. HEALTH UNITS – 10 Bareilly City, Kasganj, Fatehgarh, Mathura, Cantt, Pilibhit, Lalkua, Kashipur, New Model Railway Colony-Izatnagar, Workshop-Izatnagar & Kathgodam. 3. HOMEOPATHIC DISPENSARY – 03 (Izatnagar, Pilibhit & Kasganj) 4. AYURVEDIC DISPENSARY – 01 Izatnagar

1.33 RAILWAY INSTITUTES – 10

1.34 COMMUNITY CENTER – 01 Izatnagar

1.35 HANDICRAFT CENTRES – 01 (Izatnagar)

1.36 CONSUMERS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES – 02 (Kasganj & Pilibhit)

1.37 SCOUTING UNITS – 20

1.38 GUIDES UNITS – 14

1.39 SCHOOL a. Aided Junior High school – 05 b. Central school – 01 c. Schools run by NERWWO Izatnagar – 04

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