Hyderabad, Sep 13: To enhance train operations, ease congestion and to accommodate long haul goods trains with additional wagons than the standard composition, South Central Railway (SCR) has commissioned a longer loop line at Navabpalem Railway Station of Vijayawada Division located on the Grand trunk route of Vijayawada – Visakhapatnam section.
This is the second longer loop that has been constructed on the Zone, the first one being at Bikkavolu station, an SCR release here said Today.
In Railways, loop lines are constructed in the station area to handle more trains and to ease out the train operations. Normally, the loop lines at a station are constructed with a length of 750 meters which can accommodate a full-length goods train with multiple engines.
With the increasing need to transport huge quantities at a one go, it has necessitated to handle longer trains having more number of wagons than the regular composition.
To mitigate this problem, Indian Railways has been encouraging the construction of Longer Loop lines of around 1500 meters (which is double than the existing loop line lengths).
Considering the importance of longer loop lines, Ministry of Railways has accorded sanction for construction of Longer Loops at six stations of Vijayawada Division — Bikkavolu, Navabpalem & Elamanchili in Vijayawada – Visakhapatnam section and Nidubrolu, Ammanabrolu & Bitragunta in Vijayawada – Chennai section.
Out of these, now, two longer loops have been commissioned–at Bikkavolu and Navabpalem stations.
SCR General Manager Gajanan Mallya complimented the officials of Vijayawada Division on completion of the second longer loop line over the Zone with sincere and dedicated efforts.
He instructed the officials to complete the remaining longer loop lines at a fast pace for overall improvement in operation of freight trains in the busy trunk route section.(UNI)