Southern Railway (SR)

Southern Railway (SR) (India), Railway systems and operators

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Title
Southern Railway (SR) (India)

Section
Railway systems and operators

Appearing in
Jane's World Railways

Publication date
Jul 23, 2008

Organisation
At the time the IR network was restructured in April 2003 the former Bangalore and Mysore Divisions were transferred to create the South Western Railway. SR now comprises six divisions, Chennai, Madurai, Pal ghat, Salem, Trichi and Trivandrum. It serves the states of Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamilnadu and small part of Andra Pradesh. Formation of the new Salem Division (778 route-km) was a highlight of 2007, a move intended to streamline the provision of capacity for ever increasing freight and passenger traffic.

Passenger operations
Originating passenger traffic in FY2006-07 grossed 564 million journeys. To meet increasing passenger demand, many important trains are now operated with 24 coaches. In 2006 there were 142 computerised reservation centres on SR.SR also operates the Chennai MRTS commuter rail system, Phase I of which (between Chennai Beach and Thirumalli) was commissioned in October 1997. Phase II from Thirumalli to Vellachery (11.2 km) was opened to passenger traffic in November 2007. Work subsequently started on the Vellacheri-St Thomas Mount section. MRTS is a broad-gauge double-track part-elevated/part-surface railway electrified at 25 kV AC. There are 100 daily emu passenger services on the MRTS. To augment the capacity of EMU trains, all eight-car rakes have been converted to nine-car formations and eight nine-car rakes converted to 12 car rakes. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) was created to develop a complete Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), which has been approved by the Ministry of Urban Development.

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