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Commercial Branch


COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT

 

Commercial Department is face of Indian Railways and one of the important wings. The department is the major source of Revenue generation in Railways. Its primary duties are issue of Reserved and Unreserved Tickets, booking of Parcels and Luggage as well as movement of Freight. It is also the nodal department for public relations. The various activities handled by the department is appended below.

vFacilitation of Enquires and issue of Reserved and Unreserved Ticketing.

vProviding robust ticket checking mechanism for hassle free travel and effective monitoring of ticketless travel.

vAnnouncement of precise and timely information of running of trains though Public Address systems and across the counter.

vBooking of Parcel and Luggage.

vFreight transportation.

vProvision of Passenger Friendly Amenities like Catering, Waiting rooms, Retiring rooms, Escalators, Lifts, Buggy services etc. 

vMarketing of Parcel and Freight by extending various schemes beneficial to customers.     

vEmpathetic resolution of public grievances in the shortest time possible. 

Mysuru division commercial branch prides itself in providing quality services with a smile. The division plans for running of need based and demand driven special trains during festival and summer seasons to cater to additional rush of passengers. 

The division has set up a Business Development Unit to ease the way of doing business for Parcel and freight customers. In a first of its kind the division has developed an APP “SWIFT ” an acronym for single window integrated freight transportation. This app provides comprehensive information about services provided, freight calculator etc at the click of a button.       

 

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE 

 

Senior Divisional Commercial Manager :  Shri. Lohiteshwara J, IRTS

Divisional Commercial Manager              : Shri. Girish Dharmaraj Kalagonda, IRTS

Assistant Commercial Manager              :  Shri Vinodan Kinarullathil

 

DIVISION GENERAL PROFILE OF MYSURU

Districts Covered by Mysuru Division – 12 Districts

CHAMARAJANAGARA – MYSURU – HASSAN – CHIKMAGALUR – TUMAKURU – SHIVAMOGGA – DAVANGERE – CHITRADURGA – HAVERI – DAKSHINA KANNADA – MANDYA-BALLARY.

TOTAL NUMBER OF BLOCK STATIONS HAVING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

81

TOTAL NUMBER OF HALT STATIONS OVER THE DIVISION

38

TOTAL NUMBER OF BLOCK STATIONS NOT HAVING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

10

TOTAL NUMBER OF STATIONS DEALING WITH GOODS (FREIGHT)

19

TOTAL NUMBER OF SIDINGS DEALING WITH GOODS (FREIGHT)

07

TOTAL NUMBER OF STATIONS DEALING WITH PARCEL TRAFFIC

15

TOTAL NUMBER OF SIDINGS DEALING WITH PARCEL TRAFFIC (RBI)

01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          DETAILS OF UNRESERVED & RESERVED COUNTERS

 

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No.

COUNTER DESCRIPTION

NUMBERs

UNRESERVED SEGMENT

01

Number of stations having UTS facility

63 Nos.

02

Number of stations having UTS cum PRS facility

18 Nos.

03

Number of JTBS terminals operational over the Division

04  Nos. @ 4 locations

04

Number of ATVM’s Installed over the Division

25 Nos. @ 12 stations

RESERVED SEGMENT

01

Number of stations having exclusive PRS facility

13 Nos.

02

Number of IPPRS counters functional over the Division

11 Nos.

03

Number of YTSK Counters functional over the Division

2 Nos. @ 1 location

 

NOTE: STATION TICKET BOOKING AGENTS (STBA) CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED AND FUNCTIONAL AT 

            31 LOCATIONS. 

DETAILS OF GOODS SHEDS & SIDINGS

DESCRIPTION

NUMBERS

TOTAL NUMER OF GOODS SHEDS EXISTING

19

TOTAL NUMER OF SIDINGS EXISTING

8

TOTAL NUMBER OF TMS LOCATIONS FUNCTIONAL

12

TOTAL NUMBER OF ELECTRONIC INMOTION WEIGHBRDGES

4

For all your Freight related queries Please visit https://www.fois.indianrail.gov.in/RailSAHAY/index.jsp

DETAILS OF MAJOR COMMODITIES BOOKED AS PARCEL TRAFFIC

Motor cycles, Dry chilies, Iced fish, Copra, Bamboo baskets, Bamboo products, Household articles, Spices like Cardamom, Pepper, Dry ginger, wet ginger, coir mattress, silk cocoons etc.

 

 Parcel Locations 

Arsikere - Bhadravathi - Byadgi -  Chitradurga - Davangere - Hassan  - Harihar - Haveri -  Mysuru - Nanjangud Town-Ranibennur- Birur – Sakleshpur – Shivamogga Town - Talguppa

 

DETAILS OF SLR/AGC AND VPH LEASE 

DESCRIPTION NO OF SLR’S LEASED NO OF VPH LEASED
Leased parcel space 12 Nos by 09 Trains 01 Nos by 01 train
 

DETAILS OF SLR & VPH LEASES

                                                                                     
SLR space lease details

T.No 11036- 03 SLR’s.
T.N0 12786- 02 SLR's.
T.No 16210, T.No 22818,T.No 12975, T.No 19688,T.No 16315 & T.No 22687, T.No 12781 – 01 SLR each

VPH space lease details

T. No 12781 -01 VPH each

Source : South Western Railway Last Reviewed : 28-05-2026