Bogibeel bridge offers alternative route for movement of goods

The rail-cum-road Bogibeel bridge over river Brahmaputra in upper Assam has brought huge operational benefits for goods transportation in Northeast Frontier Railway, an official said Wednesday.

After commissioning of Bogibeel bridge last month, movement of goods trains over NF Railway has been streamlined to a great extent offering a large number of benefits due to the availability of the alternative path for the movement of goods trains from and to Upper Assam area via the North Bank route, NR Railway spokesman P J Sharma said.

The distance for goods trains travelling to Upper Assam bypassing Guwahati has not only been reduced from and to Dibrugarh by 170 km as compared to the South Bank, Sharma said there is a significant reduction in the requirement of manpower for the running of these goods trains too.

Stating earlier the crew changing was done at New Guwahati, Lumding and Mariani, he said now in the route via North Bank crew changing is done only at Rangapara.

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