Aiming to enhance rail connectivity, the South Eastern Railway (SER) is constructing a new bridge to replace the old Kolaghat bridge over the Rupnarayan river in Kharagpur at a cost of Rs 481 crore.
The South Eastern Railway (SER) also announced night Puja Special local EMUs for the upcoming festive period.
Nine mail express trains and five local trains were cancelled by the South Eastern Railway following glitches in the signalling system of the yard remodelling works.
Soumitra Majumdar, additional general manager and other principal head of the departments of SER were also present during the meeting.
The South Eastern Railway registered a growth of 1.89 per cent in originating freight in the current fiscal and loaded 138.84 million tonnes of originating freight in the first eight months between April and November.
The ministry of railways has sanctioned the work for three new railway line projects of South Eastern Railway.
A fully air-conditioned crew lobby, rest rooms, biometric attendance, the crew lobby under the South Eastern Railway at Andul station is equipped with state-of-the-art amenities, claimed the zonal railway officials today.
According to the CPRO of the SER, Aditya Kumar Chaudhary, however, sections between Tata and Kharagpur to Mumbai continue to be disrupted.
The incident took place at 12.30pm when train number 38909 Howrah-Amta local was entering the halt station. Three bogies from the rear side of the rake were derailed, triggering panic among the passengers.
The project will later be expanded in other zonal railways, informed the officials.
