Commissioner of Railway Safety, Central Circle, Mumbai inspected the newly constructed double line between Washimbe and Bhalwani stations of Solapur Division on 26.10.2021 and 27.10.2021.
- The doubling work of Washimbe-Bhalwani section of 26.33 kms is a part of Daund- Gulbarga doubling project.
- This doubling work included construction of 65 bridges (one important and 2 major bridges), 3 new station buildings i.e., Jeur, Pophlaj and Washimbe and new Electronic Interlocking at 4 stations.
- CRS inspected all safety and safety related matters, electrification and signalling works carried out.
- With commissioning of this section, a major bottleneck at Pophlaj station where trains used to be reversed for crossing on this single line stretch on golden quadrilateral is eliminated.
- This will further speed up the trains and reduce the travel time considerably and more trains can be run.
- After the trail run, 01020 was the first train in the UP direction and 01019 in the down direction.
- Neighboring areas around such as Daund Taluka, Karmala Taluka etc. are likely to be developed due to this doubling project.
- Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti, General manager, Central Railway said that the doubling of this section has helped to solve a major bottleneck in operation.
- During the inspection Shri Shailesh Gupta, Divisional Railway Manager, Solapur Division, branch officers and also officers from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited accompanied the Commissioner Railway safety.
- During the inspection all Covid-19 protocols were observed.
Source: Central Railway-Press Release | Image Credit (representational): DFCCIL
