Nayagarh: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Thursday conducted speed test on the newly-built track 12-km Broad Gauge line between Nayagarh Town and Mahipur. It is part of the 289-km Khurda Road-Balangir railway line project.
During the trial run, a passenger train with bogies rolled on the track between the two stations during the trial run. Only an engine was used in the first trial run on July 20.
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The track is likely to be opened for traffic after a high-level inspection by Commissioner, Railway Safety.
With this 12 km rail line, the ECoR has already completed 92 km of the Khurda Road-Balangir project, which includes 80 km of rail line, 65.5 km from Khurda Road to Nayagarh Town and 14.5 km from Balangir to Bichhupalli completed earlier.
