Kavinraja, the reigning U20 Federation Cup champion, with his poles at a railway station (right). (Photos by special arrangement) Recognising the hardships faced by sportspeople during train travel, the Indian Railways will set a sports equipment policy that spells out how sports goods can be transported, The Indian Express understands. Following last week’s incident at Rajahmundry station , where poles tied to the window grill were offloaded as pole vault athletes were travelling from Bhubaneswar to Salem after a competition, the railways have asked ticket-checking staff to be mindful of the plight of sportspeople on trains. In a letter dated May 8, Shivraj Manaspure, a senior Divisional Commercial manager of the Central Railway, advised ticket-checking staff to adopt a ‘considerate approach’ towards sportspeople and their equipment, asking them to be ‘polite and courteous’.…