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Posted: Dec 19 2018 (19:51)
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Last Response: Dec 21 2018 (00:08)
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Last Response: Dec 21 2018 (00:08)
At present, the two arms of the bridge is raised manually by 16 workers opening one of the spans on the bridge. But Southern Railway has decided to mechanise the process by installing a single truss span accompanied by electrical motors that will vertically lift the span of the bridge to allow movement of ships. “After this modification, it will be operated by a remote control,” said a top railway official.
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Not with the present design or the proposed new design of the central span. It is possible to have electrified track on a bridge that opens to let ships through, but the present design of the Pamban bridge is not really suitable for that sort of an arrangement.
That's a very risky step and most probably will not be implemented.
The Pamban bridge has a speed restriction (due to its age and the general conditions around the bridge), and the central span is quite long. The loco can easily get stuck in the dead zone if the LP miscalculates the speed.
The Pamban bridge has a speed restriction (due to its age and the general conditions around the bridge), and the central span is quite long. The loco can easily get stuck in the dead zone if the LP miscalculates the speed.
Even if pamban is electrified them also P7s and P4s will not be allowed in this section so better to keep this section unelectrified.