AIZAWL: Train service will soon be undertaken on Bairabi-Hortoki sector of the Bairabi-Sairang railway line project in Mizoram.
Commissioner of railway safety under the union civil aviation ministry on Wednesday (July 31) inspected the Bairabi-Hortoki line in Mizoram during which a trail run of 12 compartments train between Bairabi and Hortoki was conducted.
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Railway bridge, tunnel traffic and signal, among others were inspected during the process.
Officials of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said that passenger and goods train service will soon be undertaken after inspection report is submitted.
Any improvement if suggested by the inspector will be addressed immediately, they said.
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Hortoki station will also be inaugurated shortly, they said.
The Bairabi – Sairang new railway line project connecting Mizoram to the rest of the country, is nearing completion with 93 per cent of the overall construction already finished, NFR officials said.
The 51.38 km long project is scheduled to be fully completed and commissioned by July next year, they said.
There are four stations- Hortoki, Kawnpui, Mualkhang and Sairang on the Bairabi-Sairang railway project, which is divided into four sections- Bairabi – Hortoki, Hortoki – Kawnpui, Kawnpui – Mualkhang, and Mualkhang – Sairang.
Officials of NFR said that the railway services along the Hortoki – Kawnpui section and Kawnpui – Mualkhang section would also be commissioned within the next few months.
The Bairabi-Sairang railway line project, sanctioned in 2008-09, costs Rs 8,213.72 crore as per revised estimate.
The project involves building 55 major and 87 minor bridges, 32 tunnels measuring about 12.65 km, 11 roads over/under bridges and four new stations, they said.
The construction of the project began in 2015.