PTO - Preferential Traffic Order

 

PTO - Preferential Traffic Order   

• Section 70 of the Railways Act, 1989 - First comes first to serve - Basis for Booking and transportation of Goods.  No priority or No preference  

 

•  Section 71 of Railway Act, 1989 - Orders are issued by Central Government to Railways Administration from time to time - For giving priority or preference to booking and transportation of particular types of commodities in the interest of the Nation / Public in General or for Industrial Development. 

 

• PTO - Preferential Traffic Order - Published by the Central Govt in Gazetted and informed the Railway Administration.  

 

• PTO validity - 1 Year.  

 

• The priority route is decided and Goods are carried by that route only

Priority	Traffic
A	Military Traffic sponsored by MILRAIL and approved by the Railway Board
B	Emergency Relief works (for natural calamities like floods, drought, earthquakes etc)  - Sponsored by an Officer, not below the rank of Dy.Secretary of Central / State Government or by a Non-Government Organisation.   Food grains, Levy Sugar for PDS - Public Distribution System & other welfare programs sponsored by FCI - Food Corporation of India and Other commodities sponsored by the Central Govt agencies which are approved by the Railway Board.
C	All Programmed traffic - Approved by the Railway Board or Zonal Railways under Monthly / Quarterly Programme.   Coal - Sponsoring by Coal companies (Public or Private - Accepted by EDRM/Kolkata for ER, ECR, SER, SECR & ECoR. For other Railways - COM/CFTM RMS - Raw Material for Steel plants - Sponsored by Steel producers - Accepted by EDRM/Kolkata for ER, ECR, SER, SECR & ECoR. For other Railways - COM/CFTM Edible Salt - Sponsored by Salt Commissioner - Accepted by Zonal Railways  Fertilizers - Sponsored by Fertiliser plants  - Accepted by Zonal Railways   POL - Petroleum, Oil & Lubricants - Sponsored by Oil Companies - Accepted by Railway Board
D	All other Traffic not included in A, B & C

General Instruction:  

•  Block Rake traffic is preferred over Peice-meal Traffic. 

•  Traffic will have preference over other Traffic within the same class of Priority in the following order: 

 

1. Traffic guaranteed under special Schemes 

2. Traffic booked from Full rake handling siding having mechanized loading facility. 

3. Single Point Block rakes over two-point / multi-point mini rakes  

4. Two days in a week shall be reserved and notified for allotment of rakes as per the ODR - Date of Registration irrespective of the class of priority.   

•  Any Traffic under special orders of the Ministry of Railways / Railway Board / Zonal Railways 

Key points for MCQ 

1. PTO stands for Preferential Traffic Order 

2. PTO validity - 1 Year   

3. PTO - Issued by Central Govt and published in Gazette

4. No of Priorities under PTO - 4 

5. MIL RAIL - Military wing of the Railways  (Office at Sena Bhawan, Army Hqrs) 

6. Railways Act - Year 1989 

7. PDS stands for Public Distribution System 

8. RMS stands for Raw Material for Steel plants 

9. POL stands for Petroleum, Oil, & Lubricants

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