Modification and Improvement of Jolarpettai Yard to Enhance Speed and Safety of Operations

摘要

Jolarpettai Junction Railway Station serves as a major railhead under Chennai Division of Southern Railway handling over 190 train services daily. Southern Railway is carrying out major infrastructure and safety works during lockdown to obviate disruptions to passenger train operations. Upgradation of 4 Km long Jolarpettai yard taken up during this period has paved the way for enhanced Speed and Safety of train operations at Jolarpettai. This vital yard modification work at Jolarpettai yard was taken up on May 14th and completed on 21st May, 2020. This will improve the speed of train operations. The existing permanent speed restriction of 15 kmph would be completely relaxed and trains can now be operated at 110 kmph without any speed restrictions. This would result in substantial reduction in journey time of trains passing through Jolarpettai. This saves 20 minutes in a single trip and 40 minutes for round trip of turn around trains to Bangalore, Coimbatore, etc., from Chennai The upgradation works at Jolarpettai yard also included the following important remodeling works: 1. Provision of main electronic interlocking cabin, auxiliary interlocking cabins and three object controller huts. This transformation from the aged route relay interlocking to modern electronic interlocking would ensure safe train movement synergizing the relationship between points and signals.