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Commissioner for Railway Safety inspects new broad gauge line

Syed Muthahar Saqaf

Speed trials will be conducted on December 28 Once the track is certified fit, the section will be opened for regular trains.

INSPECTION: Commissioner for Railway Safety Pranab Kumar Sen (sitting extreme right), inspecting the newly laid broad gauge line in the Tiruchi-Pudukottai section on Tuesday. — Photo: R. Ashok

TIRUCHI: With the Southern Railway completing the laying of a new broad gauge line in the Tiruchi-Pudukottai section, Commissioner for Railway Safety, Pranab Kumar Sen, on Tuesday commenced the three-day inspection of the track.

Accompanied by senior officials of the Madurai Railway Division, Mr. Sen inspected the track by travelling in a trolley. He will inspect the section again on Wednesday, while the speed trials using a special train formation will be conducted on December 28 between 9.30 a.m. and 10.15 a.m. to assess the condition of the newly laid track.

Once the track is certified fit for operating rail passenger traffic, the section will be opened for regular trains. The Union Minister of State for Railways, R. Velu had recently announced the resumption of train service in the Tiruchi-Pudukottai section from January 5.

Development of the 53-km Tiruchi-Pudukottai stretch was taken up as part of the Tiruchi-Manamadurai BG conversion works, for which the Railways has sanctioned Rs. 188 crores. In the second phase, the conversion work will be taken up between Pudukottai and Karaikudi and the third and final phase will be in the Karaikudi-Manamadurai section.

The Chief Administrative Officer, Somasundaram; Chief Engineer, Rajesh Argal; Divisional Railway Manager, Madurai Division, Hemanth Kumar; Divisional Safety Officer, Madurai, K.V. Prakasam; Senior Divisional Operations Manager, E. Jayakumar and other officials accompanied Mr. Sen during the inspection.

A press release issued by the Madurai Division requested the public to keep away from the track during the high-speed trial timings on December 28.

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