South Central Railway introduces ‘Train Captain’ service in Venkatadri Express

Hyderabad | Thursday | 21st June, 2018

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more-inVenkatadri Express which started from Kacheguda towards Chittoor on Wednesday evening became the first train across South Central Railway (SCR) to have a ‘Train Captain’. At least one train in each of the six divisions of the zone will be having the new concept of a ‘Train Captain’ who will be overall in charge of the train as decided by the Railway Board recently. The next ‘captain’ in the zone to coordinate on board services will be on Telangana Express starting on Thursday morning from Hyderabad to New Delhi. There will also be a change in ‘Captain’ in between the journey for long distance trains, added Mr.

Yadav. The captaincy is being handed over to the senior-most among the travelling ticket examiner (TTE) in the train from the starting point..