The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) Sumeet Singhal has approved after statutory inspections for operations of trains through newly laid newly laid double line between Chhaygaon and Mirza stations.
With the commissioning of this new section, the route on the South Bank of Brahmaputra i.e. from New Bongaigaon to Azara via Goalpara has been made operational as double line section. This newly laid second line will be helpful for carrying more freights and passenger traffic through this route.
More trains can be operated with enhanced speed thus enabling better connectivity with minimal time frame.
The stretch between Chhaygaon and Mirza is of 15.558 km.
The Chhaygaon - Mirza section is a part of the New Bongaigaon – Kamakhya via Goalpara 176 km double line project. Works are being done section wise and commissioned part by part. Speed trial on the section along with through inspection of all bridges, RUB and Signaling systems was done by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS).
Earlier, 8.782 km section between Bamunigaon and Chhaygaon, in October last year was commissioned.
