Bairabi Sairang Railway

Bairabi Sairang Railway
Overview
Status Under construction, Target 2019
Locale Mizoram, India
Website http://www.indianrailways.gov.in
Technical
Line length 84.25 km (52.35 mi)
Track gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)

The Bairabi Sairang Railway is a railway line from Bairabi station to Sairang. It is a part of Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways.

Technical Features

The 84.25 km broad gauge railway line from Katakhal Junction to Bairabi railway stations, was completed on 21 March 2016,[1] at a cost of 326.51 cr INR. An estimated 28 hectares (69 acres) of land is required for the construction of 51 kilometres (32 mi) long Bairabi-Sairang rail line. The Bairabi-Sairang rail link will require construction of 204 bridges, 24 tunnels and four stations.[2] [3]

Further Extension

In August 2015, Indian Railway completed a survey for a possible new route extension from Sairang to Hmawngbuchhuah on Mizoram’s southern tip on the border of Myanmar where at nearby Zochachhuah 'Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) road enters Myanmar.[4][5]

Current Status

Indian Railway has already converted the current 84 km railline from Katakhal (Assam) to Bairabi 2 km inside Mizoram. Passenger services started on this line on 27 May 2016 by formal inauguration of Silchar Bairabi Passenger Train service (55667/55668).[6] Its further 51.38 km Bairabi Sairang Railway extension from Bairabi to Sairang (20 km north of Aizwal) in Mizoram is under construction, with target completion date of March 2019 as per status update in March 2016.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Modi completed Mizoram railway project". Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ↑ PTI. "Broad gauge track project in Mizoram.". CNN IBN Live. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Broad gauge railway reaches Manipur". Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 Massive push to railway infrastructure under way in Northeast
  5. 1 2 Sanctioned in 2000, broad-gauge train reaches Mizoram after 16 years
  6. ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-modi-inaugurates-passenger-trains-for-manipur-mizoram-1412847
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