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Eastern Railway Enhances Safety & Speed: Track Protection Work Completed at Bardhaman Station
- •Eastern Railway successfully modified the cross-over layout at Bardhaman to enhance safety and mobility.
- •Safety-related works, including track layout correction and cross-over repair, have been improved.
- •Forced layout correction of cross-over number 397 was completed, shifting the point by 1.98 meters to remove track kinks and enhance safety.
- •A traffic block was imposed for this work, allowing replacement of 45 rail panels (515 track meters) and other maintenance.
- •This work follows a comprehensive inspection of the Howrah-Dankuni-Bardhaman section by Eastern Railway General Manager Gitika Pande.
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Eastern Railway's Engineering Department of the Howrah Division successfully executed a forced layout correction of cross-over number 397 at Bardhaman station. The point was shifted by 1.98 meters and other necessary corrections were made to remove track kinks, utilizing a T-28 machine during an imposed traffic block to enhance passenger safety and train speeds.
The forced layout correction was performed using a T-28 machine. Alongside this, various track maintenance and protection works were completed, which included replacing 45 rail panels spanning 515 track meters, as well as handling signaling and overhead traction work.
Gitika Pande, the General Manager of Eastern Railway, conducted a comprehensive inspection of the Howrah-Dankuni-Bardhaman section on the second day after taking charge.
