Section 65 in The Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General Rules, 2018
65. Opening of relay rooms or centralised electronic interlocking room of stations.
- Whenever any relay rooms or centralised electronic interlocking room is required to be opened for maintenance or attending failure, the following procedure should be observed, namely,-(a)two locks shall be provided on the main door leading to the relay room or centralised electronic interlocking room of stations including at stations where maintenance staff of signal department are available round the clock and station master shall issue the permission in Form 1;(b)key of one of the locks shall be kept in the custody of station master on duty and key of the other with the maintenance staff of signal department and whenever required, the key in the custody of the station master on duty shall be given to the maintenance staff of signal department;(c)the transaction of the key shall be properly recorded in the relay rooms or centralised electronic interlocking room register maintained at the station and duly signed by the station master and the maintenance staff of signal department and the key of each location shall be kept separately with proper liable for identification;(d)before parting the keys of relay rooms or centralised electronic interlocking room, the entry in this regard shall be made by station master in the train signal register or relay rooms or centralised electronic interlocking room register;(e)the maintenance staff of signal department while carrying out maintenance work or inspection, relay rooms or centralised electronic interlocking room shall be personally responsible to ensure that no unsafe practice are adopted;(f)when the key of relay rooms or centralised electronic interlocking room is handed over to the maintenance staff of signal department on duty at the time of any failure or maintenance of signal and telecommunication gears, the station master on duty shall despatch and receive the train in accordance with rule prescribed for reception and despatch of trains at the time of failure of signal or points; and(g)if a train movement is covered by authority to pass signal in 'On' or defective position', it shall be completed as per the procedure even if the work is completed and keys are handed over and thereafter, the normal working shall be reintroduced for subsequent train movements.C - Working of Signals and Points
