: A high-level team led by S.K. Mittal, Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Bengaluru, inspected the newly electrified 84-km section between Shoranur and Kozhikode on Monday.
This was consequent to the successful trial run of electric engine between Shoranur and Kozhikode by the Southern Railway Palakkad Division and Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE), Project Unit, Chennai, last week.
The inspection began at Shoranur Junction at 9.35 a.m. and reached Kozhikode at 2.45 p.m.
The Commissioner of Railway Safety inspected the feeding posts, sub-sectioning and paralleling posts, pitching posts, feeder posts, power line crossings, railway overbridges, foot overbridges, interlocked level crossings, girder bridges, and curves.
Beside the main line, the siding line to the goods shed at Kallayi has also been electrified.
The electrification of the oil siding yard at Feroke will be taken up soon. The approximate cost of the project is Rs.100 crore.
New electrified section between Shoranur and Kozhikode
Successful trial run held last week
