WESTERN RAILWAY

Headquarters Office,
Churchgate, Mumbai-20
No.T .202/5/3 (R) Date: 08.06.2015

DRMs BCT BRC ADI RTM RJT BVP

Advisor Safety Railway Board, New Delhi
Director General, N.A.I.R., Vadodara
Principal, Zonal Railway Training Institute Udaipur.
Principal, Zonal Electric Training Centre Vadodara.
Principal, Diesel Training Centre RTM/VTA
Principal, Signal & Telecom.Training Centre Sabarmati
Instructor-in-charge, Area Training School (Traffic) PL.
BL BRC UJN ATC SBI RJT JND
C/-CRS (Western Circle) CCG.
C/- CSO PCE CEE CME CSTE CSC CAO(C) CCM CPO FA&CAO
C/- CPM ADI CPM(RE) ST.
C/- Secy to COM.
C/- Sr.DOMs/DOMs- BCT BRC RTM ADI RJT BVP for notification to all concerned .

Sub: G&SR- Chapter –III – SIGNALS

Ref: Railway Board's Gaz. Notification No. 2012/Safety(A&R)/19/5 dtd. 16.3.15.

An advance copy of Amendment Slip No. 39 to the above mentioned chapter is reproduced
below. This amendment should be brought into force with immediate effect by notification to all
concerned.

This has the approval of 'Authorized Officer'.

The Advance Amendment Slip No. 39, June 2015 to the G&SR- 2008 edition, is given below:

Substitute the contents of GR 3.36 (2)(a) & after clause (a) insert clause (aa) at page No. 38 and SR
3.36(5) at page No. 39 & 40 with the followings.

GR 3.36 FIXED SIGNALS GENERALLY.-

(2) A signal which has been taken 'OFF' for the passage of a train shall not be placed
'ON' until the whole of the train which it controls has passed it, except-
(a) In case of emergency to avert an accident,
(aa) where Starter and Advanced Starter taken 'off' for departing trains that is trains
starting from station after coming to stop are required to be put back for the purpose
of movement of another train for precedence or crossing shall be put back only after
taking following precautions :
(I) relevant Starter and Advanced Starter may be replaced to 'on' position and
thereafter the Loco Pilot of the train for which the signals had been taken 'off' shall
be advised by on-duty Station Master through a secured means of communication,
specified under special instructions or where secured means of communication are
not available, through a written memo to the effect that the said signals have been
replaced to 'on' and that the Loco Pilot shall not start;
(II) till the Loco Pilot has been advised through secured means of communication
referred to in sub-clause (i) or through a written memo and his acknowledgement
received, the route set shall not be altered except to avert an accident; or

SR3.36 (5)
(A) whenever, a reception signal has to be placed to 'ON' position before the arrival of the train to
which it refers, no points shall be altered until the train has come to a stand, except to prevent
an accident.
(B) On single line section, where a tangible authority has been delivered to the Loco Pilot, the
same should be withdrawn from him before altering the route.
(C) The instructions contained in GR 3.36 (2) (a) (aa) (i) (ii) are also applicable to Mumbai
suburban section, where EMU/DMU/MEMU trains are operated. The secured means of
communication is through TMS on Mumbai Suburban Section.
For COM-CCG