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News Entry# 429092
Dec 19 2020 (08:55) Indian Railways another initiative to decongest rail traffic: Longer loop lines (www.livemint.com)
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Dec 19 2020 (08:56)
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Indian Railways' South Central Railway zone has commissioned the first longer loop line at Bikkavolu Railway Station of Vijayawada Division located o­n the busy Vijayawada –...

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* Longer 1500M loop lines instead of normal 750M means IR want to run double length freight trains to carry more load & earn more revenue.
* Efforts made by IR to strengthen railway track structure & easing out of curves is bearing fruits.
* After successful special trial runs of combined 2/3 freight trains of 1500/2250 M lengths respectively, It is a logical step by IR to start lengthening loop lines to on heavy density saturated freight routes.
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Net step should be to strengthen track structure & bridges to increase the axle load to further increase the freight carrying capacity.

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