When Railways first started in India, it was part of Public Works Department. Initially the building of network was contracted to Companies and later on British Government itself started developing the network as State Railways. The expansion of Railway network was high on priority of British. With this high growth of Railway network and increasing traffic, the British Government recognized the need for a separate department for handling train operations.
As per the record available in National Archives of India, "the whole scheme of traffic superiors establishment of 1889 was sanctioned by Secretary of State (notes, Railway Establishment A- Nov 1902 Railways 6 to 13)"’. Unfortunately records of the period from 1889 to 1901 are not traceable and so the actual details of formation of separate traffic department could not be found out.
Thus the first available written record about Traffic Organization is found in the above quoted records under the heading "Revision of Rules for Recruitment and Training of Young men for the Superior Traffic Department of State Railways," wherein mention of recruitment details, training and pay for recruits for this department are mentioned. Given below the links for the scanned copy of records taken from National Archives.:-
Revision of rules for recruitment and training of young men for the superior traffic dept. of State Railways [Pro. No. 6]
Revision of rules for recruitment and training of young men for the superior traffic dept. of State Railways [Pro. No. 10]
After 5 years, the Board was worried that changes were required to be done in the mode of recruitment and training as "it is a matter of notoriety that the Traffic Department of State Railways are very weak at the present time and we may sympathize with the desire of the Board to bring about some improvement and the Board are distinctly of opinion that unless definite steps are taken to improve the class of men and their surroundings during their period of probation, great difficulty will be experienced at no distant time in finding suitable officers to fill the higher positions in the Traffic Department." (first paragraph of the Secretary, Commerce and Industry Department’s note of the 14th March 1906)
After series of correspondence between Railway Board , Commerce and Industry, Finance and Home Departments a draft memorandum was prepared for laying down rules for recruitment , service conditions and training was prepared which was finally put up to Secretary
Given below is the scanned copy of the same report of Railway Board:-
Changes in Recruitment of the Superior Traffic Department of State Railways
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5
After few years, need was felt for bifurcating the activities of Traffic department into two separate heads. I) Traffic Transportation (2) Commercial and the department was then known as Traffic transportation and Commercial department of Superior Revenue Departments.
Finally on 4th March 1967 the service was named Indian Railway Traffic Service.
As per the record available in National Archives of India, "the whole scheme of traffic superiors establishment of 1889 was sanctioned by Secretary of State (notes, Railway Establishment A- Nov 1902 Railways 6 to 13)"’. Unfortunately records of the period from 1889 to 1901 are not traceable and so the actual details of formation of separate traffic department could not be found out.
Thus the first available written record about Traffic Organization is found in the above quoted records under the heading "Revision of Rules for Recruitment and Training of Young men for the Superior Traffic Department of State Railways," wherein mention of recruitment details, training and pay for recruits for this department are mentioned. Given below the links for the scanned copy of records taken from National Archives.:-
Revision of rules for recruitment and training of young men for the superior traffic dept. of State Railways [Pro. No. 6]
Revision of rules for recruitment and training of young men for the superior traffic dept. of State Railways [Pro. No. 10]
After 5 years, the Board was worried that changes were required to be done in the mode of recruitment and training as "it is a matter of notoriety that the Traffic Department of State Railways are very weak at the present time and we may sympathize with the desire of the Board to bring about some improvement and the Board are distinctly of opinion that unless definite steps are taken to improve the class of men and their surroundings during their period of probation, great difficulty will be experienced at no distant time in finding suitable officers to fill the higher positions in the Traffic Department." (first paragraph of the Secretary, Commerce and Industry Department’s note of the 14th March 1906)
After series of correspondence between Railway Board , Commerce and Industry, Finance and Home Departments a draft memorandum was prepared for laying down rules for recruitment , service conditions and training was prepared which was finally put up to Secretary
Given below is the scanned copy of the same report of Railway Board:-
Changes in Recruitment of the Superior Traffic Department of State Railways
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5
After few years, need was felt for bifurcating the activities of Traffic department into two separate heads. I) Traffic Transportation (2) Commercial and the department was then known as Traffic transportation and Commercial department of Superior Revenue Departments.
Finally on 4th March 1967 the service was named Indian Railway Traffic Service.
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