A bridge under the newly laid double line between Bijni and Sorbhog stations under Rangiya division of Northeast Frontier Railway on June 13. (Photo Courtesy: CRPO NFR)
GUWAHATI, JUNE 15 (MExN): The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS)/NF circle Suvomoy Mitra completed the statutory inspection of the newly laid double line between Bijni and Sorbhog stations under Rangiya division of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) on June 13. This newly laid second line will be utilised for goods and passenger traffic with maximum speed of about 90 km per hour.
Informing this, Chief Public Relations Officer, Sabyasachi De said work of the Bijni - Sorbhog section is going on as part of the New Bongaigaon – Agthori via Rangiya 142.97 km doubling project. The project includes 75 major bridges, 38 minor bridges and construction of 19 new station buildings. The stretch between Bijni to Sorbhog is of 18.99 km. The section includes construction of 10 major bridges.
Speed trial with a maximum speed of 135 km per hour was done by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS)/NF circle. Modern technologies like, robust track structure with use of all wide base Pre-stressed Concrete (PSC) sleepers & thick web switches which is new design of sturdier switches on pre-stressed concrete sleepers and can handle higher speeds were used for this double line territory.
It is to be mentioned here that with the laying of double line, movement of trains can be done in both directions without stop-over crossings at stations which will increase the punctuality of trains. More trains can be run with enhanced speed due to reduced congestion.
