Western Railway has commissioned doubling of the Viramgam-Samakhiyali line in Gujarat. The Commissioner of Railway Safety had inspected a 35 km portion of this line on 23rd and 24th March 2021.
According to a statement released by WR, commissioning of the new sections of this doubling project will be a boost to passenger services & freight traffic in these areas.
WR CPRO Sumit Thakur explained that in the recent inspection conducted by CRS, Dhanala-Wadharwa (25.383 km) & Maliya Miyana-Surbari ‘B’ Cabin (10.387 km) sections of the Viramgam-Samakhiyali Doubling Project were permitted to open for passenger and goods traffic.
Earlier in this financial year, two sections viz Sadla-Jatpipli (18.223 km) and Sukhpur-Dhanala (17.587 km) sections of the project were commissioned in the month of August 2020 and March 2021 respectively. These projects were completed inspite of the limitations due to COVID-19.
With the commissioning of Dhanala-Wadharwa & Maliya Miyana-Surbari section, 71.58 km of doubling work has been completed of this project in the current financial year 2020-21.
The Dhanala-Wadharwa section traffic is permitted at 95 kmph and on Maliya Miyana-Surbari ‘B’ Cabin section 80 kmph has been permitted for now. The project is critical because the Viramgam-Samakhiyali section is a freight heavy stretch.