Indian Railways' South Central Railway zone has commissioned the first longer loop line at Bikkavolu Railway Station of Vijayawada Division located on the busy Vijayawada –...
* Longer 1500M loop lines instead of normal 750M means IR want to run double length freight trains to carry more load & earn more revenue. * Efforts made by IR to strengthen railway track structure & easing out of curves is bearing fruits. * After successful special trial runs of combined 2/3 freight trains of 1500/2250 M lengths respectively, It is a logical step by IR to start lengthening loop lines to on heavy density saturated freight routes. *... more...
Net step should be to strengthen track structure & bridges to increase the axle load to further increase the freight carrying capacity.
Oct 30 2013 (6:37AM) Station Tag: Warangal/WL added by moderator**/12
Oct 30 2013 (6:36AM) Station Tag: Vijayawada Junction/BZA added by moderator**/12
Oct 30 2013 (6:36AM) Train Tag: Falaknuma SF Express/12703 added by moderator**/12 Station Tag: Annavaram/ANV added by moderator**/12
Oct 30 2013 (6:36AM) Station Tag: Bikkavolu/BVL added by moderator**/12
Oct 30 2013 (6:36AM) Train Tag: Machilipatnam-Visakhapatnam Passenger/57229 added by moderator**/12
Oct 30 2013 (6:35AM) Train Tag: Godavari SF Express/12728 added by moderator**/12 Station Tag: Pithapuram/PAP added by moderator**/12
Oct 30 2013 (6:32AM) Train Tag: Yesvantpur-Howrah SF Express/12864 added by moderator**/12 Station Tag: Visakhapatnam Junction/VSKP added by moderator**/12
On Sunday, the display board at the Visakhapatnam Railway Station, which informed that the Yesvantpur-Howrah Express would be ‘Indefinitely Late’, sums up the state of transportation...
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