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Marshalling Yard Statistics

 

Railway Undertakings/Production Units/PSUs

  • RDSO(Research, Development , Standards Organization)

Headquartered at Lucknow , it is Research and Development wing of Indian Railways headed by a Director General. It has well equipped laboratories. It designs, advises, directs on technological developments in IR.

  • RRT, Chennai

It consists of a Chairman and 2 members. Its chief function is to look into complaints lodged by commercial bodies and Trade Associations with regard to the freight charges and similar matters concerning Railways.

FOIS enquiries/Reports

  • FOIS will have online information pertaining to basic data. Therefore information will be available from the system in real time in the form of Reports and Enquiries.
  • Reports can be programmed to print at specified time at specific places like the morning operating position. Or they can be programmed to be printed automatically in select yards on the route of the train. 

Yard Working Instructions and Registers kept in Marshalling Yards

Yard Working Instructions

Yard Working Instructions contains instructions on all important aspects of working other than Reception and despatch procedures (which is given in SWR). It contains:

Marshalling Yard Organisation

Yard working is controlled by CYM/YM for small yards and Area Officer for bigger yards. Yard in charge will have 2 organizations under him.

FOIS Software

  • FOIS is designed in client server technology using middleware and a Relational Data Base Management System (RDBMS).
  • Application servers at the CRIS are networked and linked to a central database for global level transactions.
  • The central database acts as the repository of all current and historical data.
  • The application is interface-ready for web-based services like connectivity to customers and e-payment gateway interface.

Freight Operations Information System (FOIS)

  • FOIS is the Management Information System (MIS) used in Indian Railways for its freight business.
  • MISs are used for improving efficiency in management and control of operations in Railways resulting in higher productivity of resources and improving quality of service to customers. FOIS helps to improve the process of planning, monitoring and decision making and reduce operating expenses through a more efficient utilization of rolling stock.

Functions of a Marshalling Yard and Activities involved

Functions of a Marshalling Yard

Syllabus for 30% LDCE Assistant Commercial Manager (ACM)

  • Eligibility : Group C employees of Commercial department working Pay Band Rs. 9300-34800 with Grade Pay Rs. 4200/-and above with 5 years service in GP Rs. 4200 (including service rendered in corresponding pre-revised scales).
  • Apprenticeship period is also included for calculating minimum service.
  • Ministerial staff in Commercial Department should exercise a one-time option to appear for Group B exam in Personnel Department or Commercial Department. Option once exercised shall be final.

Information Technology for Railway Management

  • Railways all over the world progressively implements Information Technology for improvement in efficiency and for better management.
  • Computerised Management Information System (MIS) helps in planning, monitoring and decision making of all modern Railways.
  • On IR the development of a system for availability of information on freight operations as an aid to decision making was mooted and first sanctioned in 1983-84 as due to the sheer size and complexity of freight operations the management of freight operations was highly complex.
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