cana ere / GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Yar tater / Ministry of Railways aferor a7 Xt / South Central Railway rer sete rege] eorerforer Office of the General Manager[E] coh fas erfenjter Prereret ‘7 Floor, Rail Nilayam ferbexrarz Secunderabad-500 071 ‘WEMINo. E. 195/TRS/Safety/HPC/Vol-1 feaian/Date: 16.01.2017 DRM, SC, BZA, GTL, GNT, HYB & NED firwa/Sub : Accepted Recommendation of the High Power Committee to review the duty hours of Running Staff. af/Ref : 1. Railway Board letter No.E(LL)/2016/HPC/7 & RBE No.120/2016, dt.13.10.2016. 2. Railway Board letter No.E(LL)/2016/HPC/1 & RBE No.143/2016, dt.28.11.2016. “eee Vide reference above (issued as RBE circulars), Railway board have issued Accepted Recommendation of the High Power Committee to review the duty hours of Running staff. The existing duty hours and revised duty hours recommended by High Power Committee & accepted by Railway Board are as under. [S. ] Procedure followed previous to | No. | Recommendations of High Power committee ‘Accepted Recommendations of High Power | committee dt. 13.10.16 & 28.11.16 vide Bd’s letter “1+ Total duty at a stretch (from ‘sign on to sign off’) for the Running staff should not exceed 12 hours. Total duty at a stretch (from ‘sign on to sign off’) for the Running staff should not exceed 11 hours. Running duty at a stretch should not ordinarily exceed 10+2 hours. Running duty at a stretch should not ordinarily exceed 9+2 hours. In case crew changing point is 1 hr | away, the duty hrs can be extended by Lhr. ie 10+2+1=13 hrs. In case crew changing point is 1 hr away, the duty hrs can be extended by 1 hr 9+2+1=12 hrs, but should not exceed 12 hrs. For Mail/Exp. trains, duty hrs should not exceed 10 hrs from sign ON to sign OFF. For Mail/Exp. trains, duty hrs should not exceed 8 hrs from departure to arrival. HOrs rest is 16 hrs if working hours is 8 hrs and above. HQrs. Rest is 12 hrs if working hours is below 8 hrs. Subject to exigencies of service, HQrs. rest 16 hrs irrespective of working hrs. 10 | There is no limit to maximum hrs of running staff in a fortnight. Subject to exigencies of service, a maximum limit of 125 duty hours per fortnight should be laid | down for all Running Staff. | ii |The limit of stay away from Head quarters or turnaround for running staff should be fixed at 96 hours. The limit of stay away from Head quarters or | turnaround for running staff should be fixed at 72 hours. 12 [Continuous night duty for Running Staff should be limited to 6 nights. Continuous night duty for Running Staff should be limited to 4 nights with fourth night towards headquarters. 15 | 5 PR of 22 hrs in a month or 4 PR of | 30 hrs in a month, There will be no change in the existing provisions for periodical rest. However, preference should be given to periodical rest for 4 periods of 30 consecutive hours. It is requested to advise the concerned official for tt same.