NE BUSINESS BUREAU
CHENNAI, NOV 14
The Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Bengaluru, AM Chowdhary, conducted the statutory inspection of the newly laid Broad Gauge line between Pamban and Mandapam stations, including the newly constructed Pamban Bridge in Madurai Division on Wednesday-Thursday, says a Southern Railway release.
Video Courtesy: CPRO/SR
During the inspection, the Vertical Lift Girder Span Bridge along the Broad Gauge Line between Pamban and Mandapam across the Palk Strait, was demonstrated to the inspecting officials. The successful demonstration of the newly built Vertical Lift girder Span of the newly constructed Pamban Bridge was inspected by the Commissioner of Railway Safety. The new Pamban Bridge’s Vertical Lift girder span is considered to be an engineering marvel, ensuring safe and efficient rail and marine traffic.
- The train achieves speed of 90 KMPH on the section and 80 KMPH on the newly constructed Pamban Bridge
- A demonstration of lifting and lowering of the newly build Vertical Lift Girder Span was held successfully
After the inspection, AM Chowdhary, Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Bengaluru also conducted a high-speed trial run in the newly laid Broad Gauge line between Pamban and Mandapam and the train achieved speed of 90 KMPH on the section and 80 KMPH on the bridge.
Key officials present during the inspection and speed trial included B. Kamalakar Reddy, Chief Project Manager (Coordination), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL); Sushil Kumar Maurya, Chief Administrative Officer, Construction/Chennai Egmore and Sharad Srivastava, Divisional Railway Manager, Madurai Division.
