Chandigarh: Under DFCCIL projects, construction work was done to build the corridor from Sahnewal to Pilkhani under Ambala division. For your information, let us tell you that this work started in the month of July in the year 2016 and this project was built in the year 2005 and was approved in the year 2006. During this period, preparation of three railway sections was included. Now soon you will start seeing goods trains running on the Pilkhani to Sahnewal railway track.

Now traveling will be easier than before

On Tuesday, the entire railway area was inspected by the dedicated freight corridor and security team and during this the goods train was seen running, which was completely successful. The goods train running from Pilkhani in 58 coaches ran at a speed of 42 km per hour. The journey of approximately 175 km was completed in just 4 hours. Earlier, it used to take more than 6 hours for a goods train to complete this journey on this area. DFCCIL has been running empty goods trains on this area for the last 10 days.

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There will be no obstruction of any kind in the movement of goods trains

During this period, if any technical deficiency was found, work was done to rectify it. DFCCIL officials also appeared very happy with this achievement. Now, due to having a separate line for goods trains, there will be no problem of any kind in the operation of Mail Express trains. Now passengers will also be able to reach their destination very easily without any hindrance. The initial cost of the new rail line laid by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India was fixed at Rs 3000 crore, later it was increased to more than Rs 5000 crore.

Superfast News Coverage By YuvaPatrkaar.com Team

Publish Date: January 18, 2024

Posted By Sunil

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