Railways sanctions Rs 396 crore for doubling Ranaghat-Bangaon section in West Bengal

Doubling of Ranaghat-Bangaon rail section

The doubling of Ranaghat-Bangaon section will also enable seamless movement of freight & passengers from remote areas of different stations in the section, such as: Cooper’s Halt, Naba Raynagar Halt, Gangnapur, Majhergram, Akaipur Halt, Gopalnagar and Satberia to other part of West Bengal as well as to the other states in the country.

AC local train on Ranaghat-Bangaon rail section

Recently, AC EMU local trains service has been introduced between Ranaghat & Sealdah via Bangaon ( through Ranaghat-Bangaon route).

Significance of Ranaghat-Bangaon rail line doubling

According to the railways, the doubling of Ranaghat-Bangaon rail line will help in decongestion of the section keeping in view the present capacity utilisation of 114% of the section thereby mobilising both passenger & freight traffic.

“Once doubling work is completed there will be no detention for crossing of trains like in single line section and speedy movement will be established between Ranaghat & Bangaon. The doubling of this section will also create avenues for additional freight traffic of 0.88 MTPA and services of additional 10 passenger train per day in each directions over this stretch of double line between Ranaghat & Bangaon resulting in additional earning of ₹8.66 crore,” it said in a statement.

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