Mumbai local train updates: No Jumbo block on Sunday, says Western Railway

The Western Railway while sharing Mumbai local train updates on Friday said that there will be no jumbo on SundayIn a statement the Western Railway said that to carry out maintenance work of tracks signalling and overhead equipment an overnight jumbo block of four hours will be taken on up and down fast lines between Vasai Road and Virar station from on the intervening night 6th and 7th July from 0015 hrs to 0415 hrsAccording to a press release issued by Vineet Abhishek ndash Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway during the block period all up and down fast line trains will run on slow lines between BVasai Road and Virar stations Some suburban trains will remain cancelled during the blockDetailed information to the effect is available with concerned Station Masters Passengers are requested to please take note of the above arrangements the Western Railway saidMumbai WR fixes its AC local train fleet efficiently with 8020 ruleThe principles of a 19th century Italian polymath Wilfried Fritz Pareto have been put to use by the Western Railway to fix its fleet of AC local trains by drawing up a Reliability Action Plan RAPThe Pareto principle also known as 8020 rule states that for many outcomes roughly 8037 of consequences come from 2037 of causes the vital fewPareto also contributed to the fields of sociology and mathematics The Pareto principle is the basis for the Pareto chart one of the key tools used in total quality control and Six Sigma techniques Incidentally Paretos first job was with the stateowned Italian RailwaysldquoBased on the Pareto principle the failures of the AC train fleet were plotted in descending order and execution of the RAP was started from failures having most significant impact on reliability and services It is pertinent to mention that the results were remarkable and a significant reduction in line failures were witnessed leading to a marked improvement in commuter satisfactionrdquo Western Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Vineet Abhishek saidldquoDeveloping a robust RAP involves post root cause analysis along with a clear understanding of the challenges ahead with a multi dimensional approach aimed at addressing each identified issue systematically and permanentlyrdquo he saidldquoCurrently Western Railway is running 96 AC local services with seven trains For an efficient upkeep amp maintenance of these AC trains and to tackle this issue headon a RAP has been devised by the team of local train carshed at Mumbai Central Kandivali and Virar to address the failures in Airconditioned rakes Through rigorous testing and data analysis of all AC local trains key factors contributing to the failures were identified After critical analysis of the failures they were classified into different heads and subheads Some of the major concerns which were addressed were pertaining to Roof Mounted Package Unit RMPU traction motors automatic door closure and the trains electrics and equipment from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited BHEL Due to such diligent analysis strategic planning and collaborative effort the failures in AC rakes have significantly reducedrdquo he said