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WESTERN RAILWAY
Headquarter Office,
Churchgate, Mumbai-20
No.T .202/5/3(R ) Date : 23 /01/2009.
DRMs BCT BRC ADI RTM RJT BVP

Advisor Safety Railway Board,New Delhi
Principal Railway Staff College Vadodara
Principal, Zonal Railway Training Institute Udaipur.
Principal, Zonal Electric Training Centre Vadodara.
Principal, Diesel Training Centre RTM/VTA
Principal, Signal & Telecom.Training Centre Sabarmati
Instructor-in-charge, Area Training School (Traffic) PL.
BL BRC UJN ATC SBI RJT JND
C/-CRS (Western Circle) CCG.
C/- CSO PCE CEE CME CSTE CSC CAO(C) CCM CPO FA&CAO
C/- CPM ADI CPM(RE) ST.
C/- PS/COM.
C/- Sr.DOMs- BCT BRC ADI RTM RJT BVP for notification to all concerned .
Sub : G&SR- Chapter – III – Signals.
An Advance Copy of Amendment Slip No. 3 to the above mentioned chapter is

reproduced below . This amendment should be brought into force with immediate
effect, by notification to all concerned .
This has the approval of 'Authorized Officer' .
The Amendment Slip No. 3, January 2009 to the G&SR- 2008 edition, is given
below :
Substitute the following in place of existing para of SR 3.70 (1) –
SR 3.70(1) On single line section, provided with Tokenless Block Instruments the
failure of the last Stop signal is to be considered as failure of the
Tokenless Block Instruments. In such cases, the Loco Pilot shall be
given 'authority' on Form T/C 1425 or T/D 1425 (Paper Line Clear
Ticket, for Up and Down direction respectively) as the case may be, to
pass the last Stop signal in 'ON' position .
For COM-CCG
WESTERN RAILWAY
Headquarter Office,
Churchgate, Mumbai-20
No.T /202/5/2(R ) Date : 19 /01/2009.
DRMs BCT BRC ADI RTM RJT BVP

Advisor Safety Railway Board,New Delhi
Principal Railway Staff College Vadodara
Principal, Zonal Railway Training Institute Udaipur.
Principal, Zonal Electric Training Centre Vadodara.
Principal, Diesel Training Centre RTM/VTA
Principal, Signal & Telecom.Training Centre Sabarmati
Instructor-in-charge, Area Training School (Traffic) PL.
BL BRC UJN ATC SBI RJT JND
C/-CRS (Western Circle) CCG.
C/- CSO PCE CEE CME CSTE CSC CAO(C) CCM CPO FA&CAO
C/- CPM ADI CPM(RE) ST.
C/- PS/COM.
C/- Sr.DOMs- BCT BRC ADI RTM RJT BVP for notification to all concerned .
Sub : G&SR- Chapter – II – Rules applying to Railway Servants generally.
An Advance Copy of Amendment Slip No. 2 to the above mentioned chapter is

reproduced below . This amendment should be brought into force with immediate
effect, by notification to all concerned .
This has the approval of 'Authorised Officer' .
For COM-CCG
(II) Taking and making over time : Taking and making over time should count as duty as
under :-
1. Loco Running staff. -
A. Where charge of engine is taken over in a shed:-

(i) Diesel- 30 mts. before departure of the locomotive from shed if charge is taken
over in shed and 15 mts. after arrival of locomotive in shed.
(ii) Electric –
(a) Where the charge of locomotive is taken over in a shed equipped with
servicing facilities 30 mts. before departure of locomotive from shed and 15
mts. after arrival of locomotive in shed.
(b) Where the charge of locomotive is taken over from an intermediary at loco
siding or any other similar place without servicing facilities – 40 mts. before
departure of the locomotive from loco siding/any other similar place and 15mts.
after arrival.
Note:- Where locomotive is taken over in shed, the time taken for movement of
engine from shed to the yard will be over and above 45”/30"/40", as the case
may be, and the same should be laid down for each shed by DRM concerned
taking in account the local conditions.
B. Where charge of engine is taken over outside a shed:- Diesel/Electric. 15 mts.

before the schedule departure of the train and 15 mts. after
arrival of the locomotive at the place where it is
handed over.
2. Traffic Running Staff –
A. Goods trains –
(i) At train originating and train examination stations – 45 mts. for taking over and
30 mts. for making over charge.
(ii) Other than train originating and train examination stations – 15 mts. for taking
over and 15 mts. for handing over charge.
B. Passenger trains –
(i) At train originating and train terminating stations – 30 mts. for taking over
and 30 mts. for handing over charge.
(ii) Other than train originating and train terminating stations – 30 mts. or
less according to halt of the train subject to a minimum
of 15 mts.
3. Other Running staff –

(a) Traveling Porters or Hamals- Passenger trains- 30 mts. for taking over and 15
mts. or less according to halt at intermediate station for making over.
(b) Travelling Asst. Goods Clerk – l hr. for taking over and 1 hr. for making over.
III. Counting of hours of duty :-
(a) Time for taking or making over specified in para II above shall be counted as time
on duty.
(b) Running duty in the case of running staff should not ordinarily exceed 10 hours at
a stretch and such staff are entitled to claim relief after 12 hrs. of duty at a stretch
provided they have given 2 hrs. notice for relief to the section controller.
Note: - For the purpose of computing duty at a stretch, time shall be calculated from the
actual departure of the train from the starting station.
(c) Running staff traveling as passenger on duty before or after working the train -
(i) will not count as duty if the journey does not exceed 4 hrs.
(ii) Staff classified as” Continuous” will be counted as ON duty for 2/3 of the
traveling time in excess of 4 hrs.
(iii) Staff classified as” Essentially Intermittent “ will be counted as ON duty for full
traveling time in excess of 4 hrs.
(d) Waiting at the place of duty and not resting will count as duty during which an
employee can be given other suitable work, before he actually starts on running
duty
IV. Traveling spare - No rest should be allowed if the journey as spare does not exceed
4 hrs.
the scales of rest to be allowed are as under :-
(a) At outstations – 1 hr. rest if the journey as spare exceeds 4 hrs.
2 hrs rest if the journey as spare exceeds 7 hrs.
3hr. rest if the journey as spare exceeds 10 hrs.
(b) At Hqrs. station -2 hrs. rest if the journey as spare exceeds 4 hrs.
3 hrs rest if the journey as spare exceeds 7 hrs.
5 hrs. rest if the journey as spare exceeds 10 hrs.
Note:- Those who are in scheduled links will pick up their schedules.
(c) Time spent by running staff in crew vans, rest vans or rest rooms, running rooms
or compartments provided for their use will count as rest and not as duty.
V. Periodic Rest – Running staff and “Other Running Staff” shall get the following
periodic rest–
(a) Continuous- 4 periods of not less than 30 consecutive hours each or 5 periods of
not less than 22 consecutive hours each in a month. Periodic rest given at Hqrs.
should always include a night in bed.

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WESTERN RAILWAY

No.T .202/5/3(R ) Date : 23 /01/2009.

DRMs BCT BRC ADI RTM RJT BVP

Sub : G&SR- Chapter – III – Signals.

An Advance Copy of Amendment Slip No. 3 to the above mentioned chapter is

This has the approval of 'Authorized Officer' .

Substitute the following in place of existing para of SR 3.70 (1) –

No.T /202/5/2(R ) Date : 19 /01/2009.

DRMs BCT BRC ADI RTM RJT BVP

Sub : G&SR- Chapter – II – Rules applying to Railway Servants generally.

An Advance Copy of Amendment Slip No. 2 to the above mentioned chapter is

This has the approval of 'Authorised Officer' .

1. Loco Running staff. -

A. Where charge of engine is taken over in a shed:-

B. Where charge of engine is taken over outside a shed:- Diesel/Electric. 15 mts.

2. Traffic Running Staff –

3. Other Running staff –

III. Counting of hours of duty :-

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