Provision of seats for Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE), RPF, GRP and Conductors in the trains

Provision of seats for TTEs/Conductors in the trains-reg.

Ref: Railway Board’s letter no. 2003/TG-1/20/P/2 dated 02/11/2017 (Commercial Circular No. 72 of 2017).

Kind attention is invited to the points raised by the NFIR in the opening address of the PNM meeting on 13/14th November, 2017 at Rail Bhavan, relating to provision of berths/seats to the conductors/TTEs. While referring the Commercial Circular No. 72/2017, the Federation has pointed out “that the said circular provides for one berth in 2AC and one berth in 3AC Coaches, whereas the composition of Mail/Express, Superfast Trains varies from 3-4 to 5-6-7-8 or 9-10 Coaches. The said Commercial Circular has not specified that when the composition of trains varies with the increase of Coaches, the berths are required to be earmarked for conductors/TTEs and in absence of clarity in Commercial Circular No. 72/2017, the Ticket Checking Staff manning AC Coaches are facing lot of inconvenience due to non-provision of earmarked berth/seat for them”.

It is however noticed that the Railway Board has not taken remedial measures by providing berths on the basis of composition of number of Coaches on Mail/Express and super fast trains.

NFIR once gain requests the Railway Board (AM/Commercial) to kindly get the matter checked up for the purpose of providing one berth out of two AC Coaches for the conductors/TTEs and accordingly issue clarificatory instructions to the Zonal Railway soon.

(COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO. 7 OF 2014)

Sub: Earmarking of accommodation for GRP/RPF in trains.

Please refer to this office letter of even number dated 03.01,2014 (CC No. 01 of 2014) on the subject quoted above wherein it was inter-alia informed that berth no. 71 in coach no. SI should be earmarked for GRP/RPF/Escorting staff.

2. The matter has been reviewed and it has been decided that instead of berth no. 71, berth no. 63 in coach no. SI should be earmarked for GRP/RPF/Escorting staff

3. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned.