Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways lays the foundation stone of doubling along with electrification work of Muzaffarnagar-Tapri rail section and dedicates to the Nation of Solid State Interlocking facility at Muzaffarnagar Railway Station today. He also further strengthened the infrastructure of Railways by laying the foundation stone of facelift and up-gradation of passenger amenities at Deoband railway station today.
The 52 km long Muzaffarnagar-Tapri single line section, of Delhi-Meerut-Saharanpur section, is still to be doubled. With its doubling, it will provide alternate route to the highly saturated Delhi-Ambala section via Meerut-Saharanpur-Ambala. Accordingly, it will augment capacity and reduce travel time.
Muzaffarnagar-Tapri doubling along with electrification work, is sanctioned at a cost of Rs376.78 crore during 2015-16. Doubling of 51.53 km line parallel to existing alignment will involve construction of six additional loop lines, nine high level platform, six foot over bridges, cover over platforms and other allied passenger amenity works at six stations.