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Gujarat: Train to run on first freight corridor trial

AHMEDABAD: The first trial run of a train on the dedicated freight corridor will take place on Thursday from Nava Palanpur station to Dorai in Marwar, Rajasthan. The train will cover a distance of 350km, running at average speed of 100kmph. Gujarat is part of the Mumbai-Delhi western freight corridor. The total length of the corridor is 1,540km, with Gujarat accounting for 550km.




But Gujarat has so far laid tracks across only 25km. Officials said that Gujarat’s tracks will be connected to the Rewari (Haryana) dedicated freight corridor. Hence the train which leaves Palanpur can travel up to Rewari without interruption. The Dorai to Rewari track is already operational. There are separate tracks for up and down freight trains.

Officials said that in Gujarat work on the corridor is under way and about 97% of land acquisition has been completed.

The remaining land is stuck in legal battles. The officials said that at certain places the height of bridges has to be increased since the freight trains will have double-stack containers. The height of the bridges has to be more than 30 metres. A Palanpur bridge, for instance, requires an increase in height.

The officials said that work on electrification of tracks has also begun. They said the first trial run of a train within the state will be carried out by the end of 2021.The officials said that work on eight road underbridges and one overbridge is going on and will be completed by the same period.

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