Track doubling work on Pune-Miraj section ; find out details
Track doubling work on Pune-Miraj section ; find out details
By: Pune Pulse
October 31, 2023
Pune: Central Railways has completed the railway track doubling work at various sections on the Pune-Miraj route.
As per further information from Central Railways, Adarki-Wathar’s 10.10 km section doubling work was completed & commissioned for traffic on 31/10/23.
New track safe certification was given by Manoj Arora CRS (Commissioner of Railway Safety) with inspection conducted by Vivek Kumar Gupta, Chief Administrative Officer (construction), Indu Dubey, Divisional Railway Manager /Pune and Suresh Pakhare, Chief Engineer.
The Central Railway has completed 147.77 km multitracking (New line/doubling/3rd/4th line) in the current FY from April 2023 till date.
Rs 3886.95 crores planned by CR this year for new lines/doubling/3rd/4th line/gauge conversion. Rs 2983.47 crores expenditure done till date (76%).
Pune-Miraj doubling project:
Total Length – 279.05 km
Completed doubling – 184.95 km (66.27%)
Total Cost – Rs 4872.53 Crores
Expenditure to date – Rs 3241.06 Crores (66.51%)
Overall physical progress – 86%
Land Acquisition completed – 97.05 Hectares/115 Hectares (84.39%)
Completed sections:
184.95 km (66.27 %)
Pune-Shindawane
Ambale-Wathar
Palsi-Jarandeshwar
Satara-Koregaon
Shenoli-Sangli
Near completion sections (Likely in this Year):
63.60 km (22.79%)
Palsi-Wathar
Satara-Jarandeshwar
Shenoli-Targaon
Sangli-Miraj
In progress:
30.50 km (10.86%)
Ambale-Shindawane
Koregaon-Targaon
Completed works:
Earthwork – 2.87 Crs Cum/3.29 Crs Cum (87%)
Blanketing – 17.48 Lcum/36.5 Lcum (48%)
Major bridges – 57/75 (76%)
Minor bridges/RUB – 373/484 (77%)
ROB – 7/10 (70%)
Tunnels – 2.6/3 numbers
Saphale-Adarki 274 mtr tunnel completed
Adarki-Wathar 169 mtr tunnel completed
Ambale-Shindawane 110 mtr tunnel in progress
Tunnel lengths completed – 475/545 meter (87%)
Station buildings – 29/32 (91%)
Track linking – 240 km/280 km (86%)
Signalling Electronic interlocking – 22/32 stations (69%)
OHE Electrification – 151/280 km (54%)
Completion of this doubling will improve the mobility of trains on the Pune-Miraj busy route & will reduce congestion.
