- DIMAPUR — The Commissioner of Railway Safety
(CRS), Sumeet Singhal, has authorised the operation of trains in the newly laid
Shokhuvi-Molvom (14.64 km) BG line section on March 27 and the 28th.
- A press release on Saturday informed that the CRS had
completed the statutory inspection of the said section, which is a part of the
ongoing 82.50 km long Dimapur-Kohima new rail line project.
- “CRS has approved operations of trains through the newly
laid railway line at a maximum speed of 90 kmph after successful inspection and
speed trials in the section,” it stated.
- The 82.50 km long (2.75 km in Assam and 79.75 km in
Nagaland) Dimapur-Kohima new railway line project takes off from the Dhansiri
station in Assam to Zubza in Kohima.
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- The project has 8 new stations, viz. Dhansiri, Dhansiripar,
Shokhuvi, Molvom, Pherima, Piphema, Menguzuma and Zubza. The project includes
27 major bridges, 149 minor bridges, five road over bridges, 15 road under
bridges and 20 tunnels of 31 km in length.
- The 16.5 km section from Dhansiri to Shokhuvi was already
commissioned in October 2021. Passenger train services from Shokhuvi to
Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh and Mendipathar in Meghalaya have also been
introduced.
