Trail Run on Panvel-Pen Electric traction

Trail Run on Panvel-Pen Electric traction

2018/10/5

03-10-2018

Trial Run on Panvel-Pen Electric Traction

Central Railway Press Release

Trial Run o­n Panvel-Pen Electric Traction

On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, first electric loco WCAG1/21978/KYN successfully completed its trial run in the newly electrified Panvel-Pen-Panvel section 87 route km of Mumbai Division. It is mentioned here that Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Railway and Coal recently announced the cabinet approval for electrification of Indian Railways.As such this section after the sanction of Commissioner of Railway Safety (Central Circle), will become electrified for saving travel time and earning carbon footprints.

Panvel-Pen Electrified section has more than 2,000 OHE masts including 23 bridge masts; more than 100 multi-track portals, o­ne tunnel.

Shri D.K. Sharma, General Manager, Central Railway has said that a new era will begin to connect Konkan region and western ghats o­n electrics with conversion of electrification.He also said it will also enable Central Railway to run MEMU trains instead of DEMU o­n this section.

Source:Central Railway