Booking of Railway Material consignment (RMC)

Booking of Railway Material consignment (RMC):-

1. For booking RMC Forwarding Note No. T-1601 should be executed. Wagon registration fee will not be collected.

2. For payment of freight credit notes duly signed by in charge will be accepted.

3. RMC credit note should be used only for carriage of Railway material & Stores booked by and to Railway official in their official capacity.

4. RMC credit note book will be supplied to officers who are authorized to issue the same. It is prepared in 3 copies.

a. Record b. Booking Station c. Accounts office.

5. RMC which are carried free of cost are listed in IRCA goods tariff and coaching tariff. Free service way bill (FSW) is issued at the time of booking of such goods.

6. When RMC are booked under general service, rules applicable to general traffic will be followed viz. wharfage and demurrage charges, free time etc.

7. Charging of all types of RMC shall be done at notified class rate of the commodity.

8. If RMC is booked in train load in departmental wagons, then charges with a concession of 30% shall be levied. No other charges/ surcharge shall be levied i.e. busy season surcharge, etc.

9. If a rake consists of more than one commodity, it shall be charged on per wagon basis for the type of commodity loaded. If a wagon contains more than one commodity highest class of the commodity loaded in that wagon shall be charged.

10. These charges shall be levied as per stenciled CC in case of departmental wagons and in case of general service wagons as per notified PCC.

11. Siding charges will not be collected when RMC are booked from private/railway siding (Both in case of Departmental + General Service wagons.)

12. Demurrage charges will not be collected on departmental wagons and on condemned wagons of general service.

13. At Railway premises, used exclusively for handling of RMC, wharfage charges will not be collected. But at Goods sheds/siding meant for general service wharfage will be collected at public tariff.

14. Separate delivery book will be kept at destination station for marking delivery.

15. If goods have been loaded from a siding remark – “Said to contain” and “Loading not supervised by commercial staff” should be passed on Railway Receipt.