Bhubaneswar, Nov. 10 -- The East Coast Railway (ECoR) is taking another major step toward strengthening its traction power infrastructure with the upgradation of the electrification system in the Sambalpur Division.
Under this initiative, the existing 1 x 25 kV Overhead Electrification (OHE) system will be upgraded to an advanced 2 x 25 kV system in the Singapur Road-Titlagarh section, including the Titlagarh-Badmal and Titlagarh-Muribahal triple-line sections of the division.
The project covers 153 Route Kilometres (RKM) and 575 Track Kilometres (TKM), with an estimated cost of Rs.465.47 crore.
It forms part of a larger Railway Board initiative to modernize electric traction systems across Indian Railways, for which approximately Rs.12,...