SHORANUR- A PRELUDE

Shoranur is a major Railway junction in Kerala, situated on the banks of Bharathapuzha River. It is ideally located, serving as a threshold to the middle and North Kerala in respect of reaching by rail. During the British rule itself the significance of Shoranur was rightly understood and they laid the rails converting Shoranur as a major Railway station so as to connect Kerala to different parts of India. The world famous cultural institution ‘Kerala Kala Mandalam’ is situated just 4 kms from Shoranur by the side of Shoranur –Trichur state highway. Panchakarma research institute and Kerala Ayurved samajom are the ayurvedic hospitals that are situated nearby. Shoranur is a land of temple festivals. Each temple celebrates its festivals giving a unique opportunity to interact with the cultural heritage. People throng in large numbers irrespective of cast, creed and religion during festival season. The historic Sreekrishna temple at Guruvayoor and Bhagavathi temple at Kadampuzha are easily accessible by road from Shoranur. One cannot forget the train journey which passes through the heart of Valluvanadan villages to Nilambur road, a tourist destination. A new chapter was written in the history of Shoranur when the steam loco shed was started more than hundred years ago for catering the needs of steam locos. More than 3000 employees were directly engaged in the shed. Consequent to the abolition of steam locos in 1980, various other activities were undertaken in the shed, the present one is IOH of coaches. A significant phase has started with the commissioning of CNC Pit Wheel Lathe in 2012 which caters to the need of other divisions also. Taking into consideration of its vast Railway land and the infrastructure facilities now available, Shoranur still has the potential to maintain an express train originating from SRR.

ACTIVITIES . 1. This is an ISO 9001:2008 certified depot since 2013. 2. IOH of the all the Primary Maintained coaches of the division are done at SRR with an average 35 coaches per month. Unlike other IOH depots of Southern Railway the bogie overhauling is also undertaken with axle box bearing certification by GOC shop staff. 3. One CNC under floor pit wheel lathe of HEC make is available and being used for tyre turning of coaches, locos and MEMUs. At an average of 132 Wheels per month. 4. For accident relief one class- A ART with 140 Ton crane is available. The shed for accommodating crane is nearing completion. One SPART with Scale I ARME is also available at SRR. 5. Primary Maintenance of 84 passenger coaches are under taken with one pit line of 12 coach 6. One running room with 53 beds including four exclusive beds for lady running staff is available. Three time subsidized food is provided for running staff. The maintenance of running room is outsourced. 7. One combined crew booking point is working round the clock and all the running staff are booked in CMS. 8. Clean Train Station (CTS) is operational at SRR from March 2015 which is functioning between 06.00 to 22.00 hrs deploying 48 men per shift throughout sourcing. Daily average of 22 rains with 287 coaches cleaned. 9. One bio toilet lab is established for testing the effluent from bio toilets. 10. Carriage watering of through trains is also attended at SRR . 11. Monthly attention to Tower wagons based at SRR and PGT TRD depots

STAFF POSITION (C&W) CATEGORY SANCTION ACTUAL Supervisors 14 13 Group C -Technicians 109 95 Ancillary 18 10 Group D 42 51 Total 183 169

STAFF POSITION (RUNNING) CATEGORY SANCTION ACTUAL CCRC 1 1 Chief Loco Inspector 4 4 CRC/PRC 4 4 LP Mail 36 38 LP Pass 25 17 LP goods 9 9 SHUNTER 17 17 ALP 68 67 TOTAL 164 157

ORGANISATION CHART

B. VENUGOPAL, IRSME Sr. Divisional Mechanical Engineer 9746763400

RAJASEKHAR CHENNAMSETTY, IRSME Assistant Divisional Mechanical Engineer, Shoranur 9746763401 SSE/GEN SSE/ISO/IOH SSE/PITWHEEL/SPART CMS JAWAHAR SSE/ART/CRANE SSE/STORE SSE/CTS SSE M&P JOHNSON.P JAYESH ABDUL REHMAN 9746763406 RAFEEK RAJESH C.G SHYAM ARUN

PRIMARY MAINTENANCE OF TRAINS Primary maintenance of trains Train pair Train pair No. of rakes No. of coaches total 1 56621/56612/56613/56616/56617/56610/56611/56614/56619/566 5 pair 3 12 36 20

SRR-NIL-SRR-PGT-NIL-SRR

2 56601/56664/56663/56600/56604/56605/56603/56602 4 pair 4 12 48 SRR-CLT-TCR-CLT-SRR-CBE-TCR-CAN-SRR

TOTAL 9 pair 7 84 SECONDARY MAINTENANCE OF TRAINS Sl. Train No. From To No. of Days of turn Daily No. Coaches round Average 1 16302/16301 TVC/SRR SRR/TVC 23 Daily 23 2 56612/56613 NIL/SRR SRR/NIL 12 Daily 12 3 56616/56617 NIL/SRR SRR/NIL 12 Daily 12 4 56614/56619 NIL/SRR SRR/NIL 12 Daily 12 5 56608/56607 ERS/SRR SRR/ERS 12 Daily 12 6 66605/66604 CBE/SRR SRR/CBE 8 Exc Sun 6.9 TOTAL 77.9 AVERAGE

PITLINE: One at IOH shed. Rd. No.8 Coach Holding : 84 coaches Length of pit / capacity : 12 coaches. Length of pit line : 265 Meters. SHORNUR JUNCTION PIT OCCUPATION CHART 00 01 02 03 05 06 07 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pi 04- 09- Days ------t 05 10 01 02 03 04 06 07 08 09 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00

SUN 56601 56621

MON 56601 56621

TUE 56601 56621

WED 56601 56621

THU 56601 56621

FRI 56601 56621

SAT 56601 56621

LAY OUT OF SHORNUR JUNCTION