After years of construction, the second railway track between Carmelaram and Heelalige was commissioned on Monday, with the SMVT-Nagercoil Express and the Salem Passenger being the first trains to run on it.
This is the first railway double line constructed by the Railway Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Ltd to be operationalised.
As part of statutory inspections by Commissioner of Railway Safety (Southern Circle-Bengaluru) A K Rai, trains were run on the 10.278-km line at speeds of up to 130 kmph.
Satisfied with the quality and safety of the works, the CRS authorised the running of passenger and freight trains on the Carmelaram-Heelalige section at a maximum speed of 90 kmph, Kusuma Hariprasad, Additional Railway Divisional Manager (Administration), Bengaluru, told DH.
