Railway Accounts Department Examinations

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Glossary of Terms - Statistics

 


Glossary of Terms - Statistics 


SN

Picture

Term

Description

1

Authorized Rolling Stock

Sanctioned allotment of Rolling Stock of Zonal Railways

Included: Stock ordered for or under construction, but not handed over to Traffic. 

Included: Stock sold or broken up but not replaced or removed from Authorized Stock 

Excluded: Stock replaced but still running  

2

Average Haul / Lead

The Average distance each  passenger or tonne of goods transported

3

Capital at charge

Book value of the Capital assets of the Railway

4

Capital Outlay

Capital expenditure incurred during the period (i.e., Financial year)  with the object of increasing concrete assets of a material character. 

5

Cross Traffic

All  traffic which neither originates nor terminates on the reporting Railway.

6

Departmental Train

Trains run for: 

  1. Revenue works / Capital works of an Open Line

  2. Workmen 

  3. Inspection 

  4. Pilot / Patrol Trains - In front of trains 


Note: Trains for Railway Coal are not included. 

7

Empty Running

Running of Vehicles without being loaded

8

Engine Failures

An Engine, if unable to work its booked train within the prescribed load from start to destination 


For a Period of:  


  1. 30 minutes or more  - Passenger Trains 

  2. 60 minutes or more - All other cases   


Due to reasons: 


  1. Defective design or material or bad workmanship in Shed / Workshop 

  2. Mismanagement by Crew or bad water / fuel