Railways carry out track renewal between Tyakkal-Malur section
Bengaluru: South Western Railway, Bengaluru Division in a bid ensure the safe running of trains, 4.28km of railway track between Tyakkal and Malur, both in Kolar district, was thoroughly renewed (replacement of old rail and sleepers with new ones) on Sunday, 25th February.
The railway line between the two stations was blocked for railway traffic about five hours from 10am to 3pm to carry out the renewal works. This will also help in gaining of about seven minutes of running time for all the Mail/Express trains between Jolarpet and KSR Bengaluru City.
“As many as 18 old rails were removed during the renewal and moved to Tyakkal yard for reuse at a suitable location. The rails were painted with anticorrosive paints,” said in a press note issued here.
Welding has been carried out at 19 places including the spot where new rails were fitted. Five steel girders were launched at Devanagundi yard in connection with Rail Over Bridge work for the elimination of the Level Crossing Gate. Tracks were packed with ballast in order to make them resilient for the safe and smooth running of trains,” the release added.
A total of 350 contract labors and 12 engineers were deployed to carry out the above task of track renewal.