<p class="title">Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Southern Circle, Abhai Kumar Rai conducted a preliminary inspection of the newly laid 2.26 km railway line between Padil-Kulashekara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The inspection is a prelude to the signal disconnection (pre-non-interlocked working) and track connection work (non-interlocked working) to connect the new line with existing railway lines as part of the doubling work in the section.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The inspection using a motor trolley began from Padil station yard. After inspecting the curve, minor bridge, point, height cutting and tunnel, Rai ended the inspection at Jokkatte station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the inspection, the CRS was accompanied by Rajendra Prasad Jingar, Chief Administrative Officer (Construction, Ernakulam); Niranjan Naik, Chief Engineer, (Construction, Ernakulam); Trilok Kothari, Divisional Railway Manager, Palakkad Division and other higher officials from Southern Railways.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Padil-Kulasekhara doubling work for a length of 2.26 km (including a new tunnel of 780 m on the Up line) is the fourth and final stage of 19 km patch doubling work between Mangaluru Junction and Panambur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The new tunnel (No 4B) is the highlight of the project. This is the fourth railway tunnel in Palakkad Division jurisdiction (Other tunnels are in Kulashekara, between Kasaragod -Kottikulam)</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the doubling in the Padil-Kulasekhara section, a bottleneck in train operations that existed with the short single line section (2.26 km) will get eliminated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Presently, coaching trains were held up at Mangaluru Junction and Jokkatte for want of passage, especially when trains are running late.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Freight trains are to be moved between the coaching trains whenever a path is available. Thus, freight trains were frequently detained at Panambur and Jokkatte stations. With the introduction of doubling, the detention of these freight trains will be minimised.</p>
<p class="title">Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Southern Circle, Abhai Kumar Rai conducted a preliminary inspection of the newly laid 2.26 km railway line between Padil-Kulashekara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The inspection is a prelude to the signal disconnection (pre-non-interlocked working) and track connection work (non-interlocked working) to connect the new line with existing railway lines as part of the doubling work in the section.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The inspection using a motor trolley began from Padil station yard. After inspecting the curve, minor bridge, point, height cutting and tunnel, Rai ended the inspection at Jokkatte station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During the inspection, the CRS was accompanied by Rajendra Prasad Jingar, Chief Administrative Officer (Construction, Ernakulam); Niranjan Naik, Chief Engineer, (Construction, Ernakulam); Trilok Kothari, Divisional Railway Manager, Palakkad Division and other higher officials from Southern Railways.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Padil-Kulasekhara doubling work for a length of 2.26 km (including a new tunnel of 780 m on the Up line) is the fourth and final stage of 19 km patch doubling work between Mangaluru Junction and Panambur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The new tunnel (No 4B) is the highlight of the project. This is the fourth railway tunnel in Palakkad Division jurisdiction (Other tunnels are in Kulashekara, between Kasaragod -Kottikulam)</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the doubling in the Padil-Kulasekhara section, a bottleneck in train operations that existed with the short single line section (2.26 km) will get eliminated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Presently, coaching trains were held up at Mangaluru Junction and Jokkatte for want of passage, especially when trains are running late.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Freight trains are to be moved between the coaching trains whenever a path is available. Thus, freight trains were frequently detained at Panambur and Jokkatte stations. With the introduction of doubling, the detention of these freight trains will be minimised.</p>