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Sealdah Overnight Maintenance Boosts Train Speed & Safety; Eastern Railway's Major Upgrade!
- •Eastern Railway successfully completed two major traffic and overhead equipment maintenance blocks in Sealdah to enhance passenger safety and train speed.
- •Maintenance teams worked overnight from 12:25 AM to 5:00 AM to avoid disrupting regular passenger services.
- •Key work included replacing 1,500 meters of worn contact wire, transferring four 'G' jumpers, and installing 24 new saddle plates between Ballygunge-Sonamukhi and Sonarpur-Feeding Post.
- •Point numbers 36/A and 33 in Sealdah (South) were upgraded from 52 kg to modern 60 kg Thick Web Switches (TWS).
- •Shri Shibram Majhi, CPRO, Eastern Railway, stated these modernizations underscore their commitment to infrastructure development, increased train speed, and safe journeys.
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During the night block from 12:25 AM to 5:00 AM, the Traction Distribution team replaced 1,500 meters of worn contact wire, transferred four 'G' jumpers of un-insulated overlap to new wires, replaced two corroded contact lines with four insulators, transferred 24 contact line loads, and installed 24 new saddle plates.
Engineers converted point numbers 36/A and 33 from 52 kg to modern 60 kg Thick Web Switches with necessary fittings, renewed 188.365 meters of 60 kg rail, and converted two point machines from traditional IRS type to TWS featuring updated ground fittings, cross-protection wiring, and full correspondence testing.
The maintenance and track modernization work was conducted under the direct supervision of Shri Rajiv Saxena, Divisional Railway Manager of Sealdah Division. The primary goals were to enhance overall railway track safety, improve train operations, and increase train speed while ensuring passenger convenience.
