Unified Goods Theory PDF

CHAPTER 1:- DEFINITIONS. ________________________________________________________________ Rail Traffic –The traffic transported by railways (trains) is known as Rail Traffic. It includes Goods Traffic and Coaching Traffic. Goods Traffic –The traffic which is carried by goods trains is known as goo...

CHAPTER 1:- DEFINITIONS. ________________________________________________________________ Rail Traffic –The traffic transported by railways (trains) is known as Rail Traffic. It includes Goods Traffic and Coaching Traffic. Goods Traffic –The traffic which is carried by goods trains is known as goods traffic. Goods traffic is accepted in Wagon Load and Train Load. Coaching Traffic- The traffic which is carried by coaching trains is known as Coaching Traffic. Coaching Trains includes Ordinary, M/Exp, Super-Fast, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Janshatabdi, GaribRath and Parcel trains. Rates of coaching traffic are comparatively higher than Goods Traffic. Railway premises: ‘Railway premises' means station building, platforms, railway track, Goods shed, Godown, Railway sidings and other property belonging to railways including trains. Goods Shed: The office where 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. Consignor: 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. Endorsee: Endorsee means the person in whose favour an endorsement is made for specific purpose, however liability will be always with consignor / 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. Presently prepayment of freight is compulsory. 7 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. Coaching Trains- The train by which coaching traffic is transported is known as coaching trains. Types of coaching trains are- Passenger trains (Ordinary, Mail/Exp., Rajdhani, Shatabdi, GaribRath, Janshatabdi), Parcel trains and Mixed trains. On accounting point of view Rail Traffic has been classified as under:- 1) Local Traffic - The traffic which originates from a station on a Zonal Railway and terminates on another station of the same Zonal Railway is known as Local Traffic. 2) Foreign Traffic –The traffic which originates on station of a Zonal Railway and terminates on a station of another Zonal Railway is known as Foreign Traffic. The Traffic which originates at the station of a Zonal Railway and terminates on other station of the same Zonal Railway but is carried through a different Zonal Railway en-route is also known as Foreign Traffic. 3) Through Traffic – The Traffic which neither originates nor terminates on the Zonal Railway but is carried through that Zonal Railway, such traffic is known as Through Traffic for that Zonal Railways. Rail traffic is accepted as the following places: A) Station - This office is situated besides Railway track, Trains halt at this place and various types of traffic is dealt with. 8 B) City Booking Office: With the purpose of reducing rush at stations and providing facilities to passengers, the offices which are opened in the middle heart of big cities for handling different types of traffic are known as City Booking Offices. In these offices tickets are issued to passengers and Luggage /Parcels are also booked here. The fare collected at City Booking office from passenger is the same as collected at station. But in case of Luggage and Parcels CBO charges are collected in addition to normal freight. In this office, Railway employees are posted. C) City Booking Agency (CBA): The functions under taken in this office are same as performed at a CBO, but these functions are performed by employees appointed by contractor. D) Out Agency (OA): To facilitate rail traffic from Industrial Areas, where there is no railway line or it is not possible to lay railway line to that area, with the purpose of capturing additional traffic the offices which are opened in such areas are known as OA. Contractors are appointed for transporting the goods accepted at Out Agency to Railway stations. Out Agency charges are collected in addition to normal freight on goods booked from Out Agency. 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. Payment of Railway staff deputed at military siding is debited to Military department. 2) Private Siding: These siding belong to private parties. Expenses for construction and maintenance are borne by private party. Siding owner may permit multiple co-users and inform the concerned Zonal Railway at least 07 9  working days in advance. Non-EOL Siding owner pays the salary of one Railway staff for every two years in advance. 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 rent / lease. Siding owner may permit multiple co-users and inform the concerned Zonal Railway at least 07 working days in advance. 4) For traffic booked from / to sidings, Railways responsibility will be as per section 94 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 along with name of the siding on the seal cards and pocket labels of wagon booked to sidings. Important Information found on a wagon.- 1) P – Pooled Wagons: These wagons can be dispatched from any Zonal Railway to any Zonal Railway. 10 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, BCNHL etc. b) Open Wagon- BOXN, BOXNHS, BOST, BOXNHS, BOX etc. c) Hopper Wagon- BOBY, BOBYN, BOBR, BOBRN etc. d) Tank Wagon- TP, TK, BTPN, BTFLN, 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.mtr. 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 hours. Workings hours can be extended / reverted according to volume of traffic by DRM. Working hours are taken into consideration, while calculating demurrage charge. Working hours is 24 Hrs. in some good sheds 11 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 be extended / reverted according to volume of traffic by DRM. Business hours and Working hours are taken into consideration, while calculating wharfage charges. Busy Season - In Goods traffic, Busy season is from 1st Oct to 30 June. Lean Season - In Goods traffic, Lean Season is from 1st July to 30 Sept. Busy season surcharge - In Goods traffic, Busy Season Surcharge will be levied on base freight in busy season as under:- Type of goods Busy Season Busy Season Charge To be charged on All Commodities (Except Coal & Coal & Automobile 1 Oct to 30 June 15% On base freight, which traffic moved in NMG, have been given in the BCACM, BCCNR & BCACBM list of goods rate list. Container 1 Oct to 30 June 10% Coal & Coal & Automobile traffic moved in NMG, Busy Season Charge will not be levied on these commodities. BCACM, BCCNR & BCACBM Congestion Surcharge - It will be levied on base freight as under:- Type of goods Congestion Surcharge All type of Goods Traffic booked to 25% Bangladesh All type of Goods Traffic booked to Pakistan 20% Supplementary Surcharge – It will be levied on base freight. Type of traffic Supplementary Surcharge Mini Rake 1 – 1000 Km - 5%, 1001 – 2000 Km - 7.5%, 2001 & above - 10% Two-point rake 5% (Throughout year) Multi point rake 20% (in busy season) 12 Normal Tariff Rate:- 1. When Busy Season Surcharge, Congestion Surcharge and Supplementary Surcharge is added to base freight , it is known as Normal tariff Rate. 2. All concessions are given on NTR. 3. Late payment surcharge is also levied on NTR. 4. Punitive charges for overloading and mis-declaration is also levied on NTR. 5. Development charge is also levied on NTR and it will be 5% on NTR. The books published by IRCA ( for goods traffic)— 1. IRCA Goods tariff No. 41 Part-I, Vol. I, for Transportation of Goods/Live Stock, general rules of delivery. 2. IRCA Goods tariff No. 49 Part-I, Vol. II, for General Classification book for Goods. 3. IRCA Goods tariff No. 49 Part-II, for Goods freight tariff rates. 4. IRCA Red tariff No. 20 for transportation/rules/rates of dangerous & explosive goods. 5. IRCA military tariff No. 06 for transportation rules of military traffic. 6. IRCA book for classification of stations. 7. IRCM Vol. II for Goods traffic, Booking of Live Stock, Transportation and Delivery rules. 8. Distance table for Central Railway. 9. Distance tables for Foreign Railway. 10. Indian Railway Map. 11. ARNs issued by zonalrailways. 13