SONUA

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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY

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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS OF MAJOR

ONGOING 3^rd& 4^th LINE PROJECTS OF SER

Kolkata, 4^th February, 2019:

South Eastern Railway has taken major initiative to augment line capacity by constructing 3^rd and 4^th lines for seamless movement of trains. To increase the section capacity, construction of 3^rd and 4^thlines over the key area between Santragachi and Jharsuguda (a span of 507 km) has taken a good speed. The 4^th line between Tikiapara and Santragachi has already been completed along with Panskura-Kharagpur 3^rd line in the recent past.

Kharagpur-Adityapur 3^rd Line (132 KM) was sanctioned in the year 2015-16. The work is being executed by RVNL (Rail Vikas Nigam Limited). To bring pace in this work, encroachment has been removed at Jhargram, Ghatsila and Tatanagar areas with the active support of State Government. In the budget of 2019-20, a sum of Rs.224 crore has been sanctioned for the work.

The portion between Tatanagar-Rourkela is of 163 KM. The 3^rd line work has been completed from Adityapur to Rjakharswan (37.6 KM).

Rajkharswan-Chakradharpur (20 KM) 3^rdline work was sanctioned in the year 2012-13 is in final stage and in this Budget, Rs.15 crore has beenallotted for this project. The 3^rd line projects of Chakradharpur-Goilkera (34 KM) and Monoharpur-Bondamnuda (30 KM) are under construction which were sanctioned in the year 2015-16 and 2012-13 respectively. Out of which, Sonua to Jaraikela (52 KM) has already been commissioned recently which includes 3^rd line project of Goilkera-Monoharpur. In this budget (2019-20), Chakradharpur-Goilkera and Monoharpur-Bondamunda 3^rd line works have been allotted with Rs.90 crore in total.

The 4^th line work between Bondamunda-Rourkela (9.3 KM) has been sanctioned in the year 2016-17 is under rapid progress. In the budget of 2019-20, a sum of Rs.20 crore has been sanctioned for the work.

The major augmentation project o­n the Mumbai Trunk Route isRourkela-Jharsuguda 3^rdline (101 KM) which has been sanctioned in the year 2015-16. In the budget of 2019-20, a sum of Rs.150 crore has been allotted for the work.

Apart from the above trunk route 3^rd line projects, doubling work has also been sanctioned between Bondamunda- Ranchi (Hatia) which is of 166 KM. A sum of Rs.190 crore has been sanctioned in the budget of 2019-20 for the work. In addition, the Rajkharswan-Dangoaposi 3^rd line (75 KM) is also in completion stage which will help to move freight trains from iron ore mines to the steel plants with minimum detention also fetched Rs.14 crore in the budget of 2019-20.

Kharagpur Station is the major junction point to connect Howrah-Mumbai Trunk Route with East Coast line. The span of 178.5 KM from Kharagpur to Bhadrak is under S E Railway’s jurisdiction. Hijli-Narayangarh (20 KM) is already commissioned and the remaining portion of this project is under progress. In the budget of 2019-20 a sum of Rs.20 crore has been sanctioned for the 3^rd line project of Kharagpur-Narayangarh.

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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY

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REGULATION OF TRAIN SERVICES DUE TO NON-INTERLOCKING WORK AT SONUA IN CHAKRADHARPUR DIVISION

KOLKATA, 24^thOctober, 2018

In view of Non-Interlocking work at Sonua for connectivity of 3^rd line in Chakradharpur-Bondamunda section in Chakradharpur Division of South Eastern Railway, the following train services will be regulated:-

CANCELLATON OF TRAINS FROM 25.10.18 TO 05.11.18

·68025/68026 Chakradharpur-Rourkela-Chakradharpur Saranda MEMU Passenger will remain cancelled.

·68027/68028 Rourkela-Sambalpur-Rourkela MEMU Passenger will remain cancelled.

SHORT TERMINATION/SHORT ORIGINATION OF TRAINS :

·58111 Tatanagar-Itwari Passenger leaving Tatanagar between 25.10.18 and 05.11.18 will be short terminated at Chakradharpur and will be short originated as 58112 from Chakradharpur.58112 Itwari-Tatanagar Passenger leaving Itwari between 24.10.18 and 04.11.18 will be short terminated at Rourkela and will short originate as 58111 from Rourkela. There will be no services of 58111/58112 between Chakradharpur-Rourkela-Chakradharpur from 25.10.18 to 05.11.18.

·18477/18478 Puri-Haridwar-Puri Utkal Express will run as a Passenger train between Chakradharpur-Rourkela-Chakradharpur from 25.10.18 to 05.11.18.

RESCHEDULING OF TRAINS :

·12262 Howrah-Mumbai (CSMT) Duronto Express leaving Howrah o­n 26.10.18, 29.10.18, 30.10.18, 31.10.18, 02.11.18 and 05.11.18 has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 09.40 hrs. instead of 08.20 hrs.

·12222 Howrah-Pune Duronto Express leaving Howrah o­n 25.10.18, 27.10.18, 01.11.18 and 03.11.18 has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 09.40 hrs. instead of 08.20 hrs.

·12871 Howrah-Titlagarh Ispat Express leaving Howrah between 25.10.18 and 05.11.18 has been rescheduled to leave Howrah at 08.55 hrs. instead of 06.55 hrs.

·12872 Titlagarh-Howrah Ispat Express leaving Titlagarh between 25.10.18 and 05.11.18 has been rescheduled to leave Titlagarh at 07.15 hrs. instead of 05.15 hrs.