Jammu: Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav shared a video of Indian Railways’ first cable bridge in the Anji section of Jammu and Kashmir.
In the video, a freight train can be seen undergoing a load test by running past the bridge. The test was conducted on December 25.
The bridge has been built at the Katra-Banihal sports section of Northern Railways. As per officials, the length of this bridge is 473.25 meters, while the width is 15 meters. Also, a single pylon 193 meters high is built in the middle of the bridge. Importantly, several successful trials have already been conducted for running engine and goods trains from Sangaldan to Reasi station.
Sharing further details, the authorities informed that the engine had first reached Reasi station from Katra at a speed of 20 km/hr and then returned to Katra at a speed of 30 km per hour. After this, a good train with 32 racks loaded with gravel reached Reasi station from Katra. During the test, the officials attached two engines and two special brake coaches to the goods train.
Notable, it was on Friday that the goods train left Reasi station to test the load of the country’s first cable stay bridge built on Anji Khad. Thereafter, the queue of dumpers started arriving at the 15 feet-wide space, that had been built on the side of the railway line. After this, the 57 dumpers were parked on the bridge. The weight of each dumper was nine tonnes. The first phase of the load test was completed, and the goods train returned to Reasi.
Notable, it was on Friday that the goods train left Reasi station to test the load of the country’s first cable stay bridge built on Anji Khad. Thereafter, the queue of dumpers started arriving at the 15 feet-wide space, that had been built on the side of the railway line. After this, the 57 dumpers were parked on the bridge. The weight of each dumper was nine tonnes. The first phase of the load test was completed, and the goods train returned to Reasi.
