Work on electrification of track between Thirumalpur and Arakkonam on the Chengalpattu-Kancheepuram-Arakkonam section will begin once the Vellore district administration hands over a portion of land to the Southern Railway, according to Deepak Kishan, General Manager, Southern Railway.
Talking to reporters here on Friday, he said the Southern Railway had identified a new route after the Navy objected to the electrification of the existing track which was passing adjacent to the INS Rajali air base.
New track
The new track would branch off from the existing one and join the Chennai-Bangalore sector on the western-side of the Arakkonam junction.
Earlier, Mr. Kishan inspected the loop line laying works between Chengalpattu and New Railway Station at Kancheepuram, goods yard construction work at Kancheepuram East (Old) Railway Station and other passenger amenity works in New Railway Station, Kancheepuram.
