CRS (Commissioner Railway Safety, Eastern Circle) inspection of doubling work of 7.35 km between Bazarsau & Chowrigachha was completed on 1st February, 2023.
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- CRS (Commissioner Railway Safety, Eastern Circle) inspection of doubling work of 7.35 km between Bazarsau & Chowrigachha was completed on 1st February, 2023 and subsequently authorization has been received from CRS regarding running of trains through the newly incepted double line between Bazarsau & Chowrigachha at a speed of 100 kmph.
- As a part of Eastern Railway’s continuous endeavour to bring more mobility and flexibility enabling speedy transportation, with the completion of the stretch of doubling between Bazarsau & Chowrigachha, the entire double line project between Bazarsau & Azimganj Jn. (42.15 km) is now fully completed enabling seamless double line movement in entire BAK loop with reduced journey time.
- This will facilitate capacity enhancement and inception of new trains in future for more convenience of the passengers.
- Thus, doubling of Katwa – Azimganj section is totally complete now and this has become a convenient alternative route to Northeastern region, establishing speedy connectivity between southern part of West Bengal to North Bengal and northeastern states.
- It may be noted that, this year (2022-23) Eastern Railway has completed all the six projects with corresponding CRS sanction.
- Among these, there are three super-critical projects & one critical project which has been successfully completed by the Construction Wing of Eastern Railway.
Source: Eastern Railway- Press Release | Images Credit: Eastern Railway