Passenger Safety is Utmost Priority of Railways

Request Cooperation of Passengers for Safer Rail Journeys

Vijayawada Division, South Central Railway is running a Passenger Safety Campaign to create awareness amongst the Rail Users in general and passengers in particular towards safer rail journeys.

Keeping in view the ensuing Holiday Season, Passengers are requested to reach Railway Station well in advance to board the train in time. For longer rail journeys, they are requested to make reservations for a hassle-free and comfortable travel. It is also requested to passengers not to travel in reserved compartments with unreserved tickets and travel with proper authority only.

We appeal to the passengers not to resort to Alarm Chain Pulling (ACP) for unnecessary and frivolous reasons, thereby inconveniencing the rest of travellers. Please remember an alarm chain system has been devised by the Railways to stop the train in a crisis only.

Following are a few reasons / situations when Alarm Chain Pulling in Train is valid:

🚇 If a companion or child misses the train

🚇 If an elderly or Divyangjan is taking time to board the train while it starts running

🚇 Suddenly someone’s health deteriorates (seizure or heart attack)

🚇 If there is an incident of snatching, theft or robbery in the train

🚇 Any other situation wherein passenger safety is compromised

Resorting to Alarm Chain Pulling in unnecessary circumstances is a punishable offence under Section 141 of the Railways Act, 1989. Under this rule, if a passenger uses the alarm chain without any reasonable and sufficient reason, s/he can be fined Rs.1,000 or imprisoned for one year or both.

On Vijayawada Division, in ACP cases, the number of incidents and the persons arrested & prosecuted are 508 incidents and 103 persons, 1295 incidents and 457 persons, 514 incidents and 187 persons for the years 2020, 2021 and till date in 2022 respectively.

(SCR BZA PR No.07 dated 12.04.2022)