Siding

 Siding: - The branch lines extended from main line to industrial area is known as Sidings. Sidings are constructed under an agreement.

Objective:-

1) To provide door to door service.

2) To compete with road transportation.

Types of Siding:–

1) Military Siding: These siding are constructed in Military areas for booking of military traffic. Construction and maintenance work is done by Railways and all the expenses are debited to Military department.

2) Private Siding: These siding belong to private parties. Construction and maintenance is done by Railways and the expenses are collected from private party only the traffic of the siding owner is booked from such sidings.

3) Assisted Siding: The working of Assisted sidings in similar that of private sidings. These sidings are known as assisted sidings because Railways contribute towards the cost of construction at the time of construction.

4) Special Siding: These sidings belong to Railways. Construction and maintenance of these sidings is done by railways. Goods of any party can be booked from these sidings.

General Rules for sidings:

1) List of siding is published by each Zonal Railway.

2) Sidings are constructed for booking of specific types of goods.

3) Sidings owner cannot give the siding to any other party on rant / lease. Only the traffic of the siding owner is booked from siding.

4) For traffic booked from / to sidings, Railways responsibility will be as per section94 of Railway Act 1989.

5) Shunting will be performed as per siding agreement.

6) Apart from freight, prescribed siding charges will be collected.

7) If the siding has been notified as an IBP and freight is charged on through distance basis by adding distance from serving station to siding, siding charges will not be collected.

8) Normal demurrage rules will apply to sidings as well.

9) If Railway employees are posted at the siding their salary will be debited to the siding owner.

10) Working of the siding is similar to that of normal goods shed.

11) If Railway employees are not posted at siding, loading of goods will be done at the siding, but the RR will be prepared at the station/Goods shed with the remark “said to contain”. Similarly delivery of inward rakes will be given at the station/ Goods shed and wagons will be sent to siding for unloading.

12) It is mandatory to write name of the serving station long with name of the siding on the seal cards and pocket labels of wagon booked to sidings.

Goods Shed: The office was goods traffic is handled is known as Goods Shed.

Forwarding Station: The station from where traffic is booked is known as forwarding station.

Destination Station: The station for which the traffic is booked is known as Destination station.

Consigner: The party, who is booking goods at forwarding station, is known as consigner.

Consignee: The party who is receiving goods at destination station is known as consignee.

Consignment: A Package / group of packages booked under one Railway Receipt is known as consignment.

Paid Freight: When freight of a consignment is paid at the forwarding station, it is known as Paid freight.

To Pay Freight: When freight of a consignment is paid at the destination station is known as To-pay freight.

To Pay Surcharges: When Goods are booked as To-pay, To pay surcharge is collected. For coal traffic it is 10% and in case of other traffic it is 05%.

Late payment charge: In Goods traffic if payment of freight of general merchandise is done after the expiry of scheduled time, late payment charge of 5% shall be levied on NTR. For Coal late payment surcharge is 10%.

Goods Trains: The trains by which goods are transported are known as goods trains. Goods trains are of two types:-

1) Through goods Trains. 2) Shunting goods trains.

Coaching Trains- The trains by which coaching traffic is transported is known as coaching trains. Types of coaching trains are- Passenger trains (Ordinary, Mail/Exp., Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Garib Rath, Janshatabdi), Parcel trains and Mixed trains.

Important Information found on a wagon.-

1) P – Pooled Wagons: These wagons can be dispatched from any Zonal Railway to any Zonal Railway.

2) NP- Non Pooled Wagon: These wagons should be utilized within the owning Zonal Railway. As required these wagon can be sent to other Zonal Railway, but should be returned to the owning railways immediately after unloading.

3) Wagon Number: Wagon number is printed on each wagon.

4) Owning Railway: Name of owning Railway is printed on each wagon.

5) For Local traffic only: These wagons are utilized within the owning Zonal Railway only.

6) Engineering Department (ED): There wagon are utilized for the transportation of Railway material consignment.

7) R (Return Date): On every wagon return date is printed in Hindi and English. By the last day of the month printed on the wagon, the wagon should send to workshop of the owning railway for repair.

8) WT (Water Tight): In such wagons, commodities likely to be damaged by wetness are loaded.

9) NWT (Non Water Tight): In such wagons, commodities likely to be damaged by wetness are not loaded.

10) Type of Wagon: On every wagon the type of wagon is printed.

a) Covered wagon-BCX, BCN BCNA, BCNAHS etc.

b) Open Wagon- BOXN, BOXNHA, BOST, BOXNHS, BOX etc.

c) Hopper Wagon- BOBY, BOBYN, BOBR, BOBRN etc.

d) Tank Wagon- TP, TK, BTPN, BTPGLN, etc.

e) Flat wagon- BFR, BRS, and BFH etc.

f) Wagons for container traffic-BLCA, BLCB, BLLA, BLLB, etc.

11) Carrying capacity: As per section 72 of Railway Act 1989 carrying capacity of wagons in tones should be written on each wagon.

12) Floor Area (FA): Floor Area of every wagon is written on it in sq.mt₹.

13) Tare weight: The weight of empty wagon in tones is written on every wagon.

Working Hours: The time during which loading and unloading of goods is under taken at Goods Shed/Siding is known as Working hour. Normal working hours are from 6 to 22 hour. Workings hours can be extended according to volume of traffic. Working hours are taken into consideration, while calculating demurrage charge.

Business Hours: The time during which goods are accepted, booked and delivered at Goods Shed is known as Business Hour. Normal Business hours are from 6 to 22 hour. Business hours can not be extended. Business hours and Working hours are taken into consideration, while calculating wharfage charges.