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Date: 03-Apr-2023 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General (Amendment) Rules, 2023

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Executive Summary & Key Takeaways

What it means

  • The gazette notification introduces the Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General (Amendment) Rules, 2023. These rules amend the Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General Rules, 2018, specifically concerning speed restrictions over non-interlocked facing points, turn-outs and crossovers.

Key Changes

  • The amendment modifies rule 156 of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General Rules, 2018.
  • It stipulates that the speed of trains over non-interlocked facing points shall not exceed 30 kilometers per hour under any circumstances.
  • The speed over turn-outs and crossovers shall not exceed the permissible speed or 30 kilometers per hour, whichever is less, unless approved special instructions permit a higher speed.
  • The rules come into effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette (April 3, 2023).

Impact Analysis

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL)

  • Action Items: Engage with the Railway Board to clarify any ambiguities in the new rules and to seek approvals for any necessary deviations or special instructions.

Train Operators

  • Action Items: Train operators must be provided with updated schedules and operating procedures that reflect the new speed restrictions.

Railway Board

  • Action Items: The Railway Board should provide guidance and support to DFCCIL and other stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of the new rules.

Key Entities Referenced

Central Government: The entity that has issued the notification and made the rules further to amend the Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General Rules, 2018, in exercise of powers conferred by section 198 of the Railways Act, 1989. Railway Board: The division of the Ministry of Railways responsible for the Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General (Amendment) Rules, 2023. Railways Act, 1989: The Act of Parliament that empowers the Central Government to make rules for railways. Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General Rules, 2018: The original rules that are being amended by this notification. Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General (Amendment) Rules, 2023: The new rules introduced via this gazette notification.
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रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-03042023-244895 xxxGIDHxxx CG-DL-E-03042023-244895 xxxGIDExxx असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i) PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY स.ं 204] नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, अप्रैल 3, 2023/चत्रै 13, 1945 No. 204] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2023/CHAITRA 13, 1945 रेल मत्रं ालय (रेलव ेबोडड) अजधसचू ना नई दिल्ली, 28 माच,ड 2023 सा.का.जन. 264(अ).— केन्‍दर ीय सरकार, रेल अजधजनयम, 1989 (1989 का 24) की धारा 198 द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, डडे ीकेटेड फ्रेट कॉररडोर रेलव ेसाधारण जनयम, 2018 का और संिोधन करने के जलए जनम्न जलजखत जनयम बनाती ह,ै अर्ाडत ् :- 1. सजं िप्त नाम और प्रारंभ. – (1) इन जनयमों का संजिप् त नाम डडे ीकेटेड फ्रेट कॉररडोर रेलवे साधारण (सिं ोधन) जनयम, 2023 ह।ै (2) य ेरािपत्र म ेंइनके प्रकािन की तारीख से प्रवृत् त होंगे। 2. डेडीकेटेड फ्रेट कॉररडोर रेलव े साधारण जनयम, 2018 के, जनयम 156 म,ें उप जनयम (1) के स्ट्र् ान पर जनम्न जलजखत उप-जनयम रखा िाएगा, अर्ातड :्- "(1) गैर-अंतपाडजित सम् मुख काटं ों पर गाजियों की गजत दकसी भी पररजस्ट्र्जत में तीस दकलोमीटर प्रजतघंटा से अजधक नहीं होगी और टनआड उट और क्रॉसओवर पर अनुज्ञेय गजत या तीस दकलोमीटर प्रजतघंटा से अजधक नहीं होगी, िो भी कम हो, िब तक दक अन्‍द यर्ा इन्‍द ह ेंअनुमोदित जविेष अनुिेिों द्वारा जनधाडररत न दकया गया हो, िो उच् च गजत की अनुमजत िें।” [फा. स.ं 2022/सफ्े टी (ए एंड आर)/19/27] िया वमाड जसन्‍द हा, सिस्ट् य (पररचालन एव ंव् यवसाय जवकास) और पिेन सजचव 2214 GI/2023 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] रटप्प ण:- मलू जनयम, भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग-।।, खंड-3, उपखंड (i) म ेंअजधसूचना सं. सा.का.जन. 765(अ), तारीख 10 अगस्ट् त, 2018 द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए र् ेऔर उन्‍द ह ें आगे सा.का.जन. 822 (अ), तारीख 6 नवम् बर, 2019 द्वारा संिोजधत दकया गया र्ा। MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Railway Board) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 28th March, 2023 G.S.R. 264(E) —In exercise of the powers conferred by section 198 of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General Rules, 2018, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General (Amendment) Rules, 2023. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General Rules, 2018, in rule 156, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) The speed of trains over non-interlocked facing points shall not exceed thirty kilometers an hour in any circumstances and the speed over turn-outs and crossovers shall not exceed its permissible speed or thirty kilometers an hour whichever is less, unless otherwise prescribed by approved special instructions, which may permit a higher speed." [F. No. 2022/Safety(A&R)/19/27] JAYA VARMA SINHA, Member (O & BD) and Ex-Officio Secy. Note:-The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, section 3, Sub-section (1) vide notification No. G.S.R. 765(E) dated 10th August, 2018 and were further amended vide G.S.R.822(E) dated 6th November, 2019. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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