ER hastens work on ₹6,600-cr high-speed rail corridor
Eastern Railway has started the groundwork for building infrastructure for a high-speed rail corridor between Kolkata and Delhi, which is aimed at cutting down travel time from 17 to 12 hours. The Railway authorities are hopeful that the 160 kmph high-speed rail corridor will be completed by 2022 at an estimated investment of ₹6,600 crore. Eastern Railway Howrah division has started the replacement overhead wire and will take up the track modification work. A boundary wall will be built along the track and to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply to trains at a speed, the overhead wire has been replaced at a distance of 1.5 km and the task will be carried out in a phased manner between Howrah and Burdwan. Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Howrah, Ishaq Khan informed that the overhead wire replacement work has been started in the Howrah and Asansol division.
