World’s highest railway line to be built India Railways
Indian Railways has not only approved but has also started working on the world’s highest railway line. This line will be connecting Ladakh to the capital New Delhi. The first phase of the location survey has already been completed the Indian Railways. The strategic survey is very important and also includes the survey of Bilaspur –Manali -Leh line as it is located near the Indo China border.
The world’s highest railway line has been proposed the Indian Railway and the project has been declared the appropriate status of a national project. This project might very well be the most difficult the project undertaken the Indian Railways considering the height and terrain of the place where the tracks have to be laid.
The cost estimated for the project of the world’s highest railway line is more than eighty-three thousand crores Rupees. The highest point in the railway line will be at 5,360 metres above the mean sea level. The second highest is the Qinghai- Tibet railway line in China which is at a mere 2,000 metres. The world’s highest railway line will provide India’s defence with a unique strategic edge over the Chinese counterpart.
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This project is bound to cut the time of travel between Delhi and Leh to almost half. The broad gauge will be used to lay down the whole track facilitating easier transport between Bilaspur and Leh. This line is being laid to provide an extension of the Kangra Valley railway to Mandi. The world’s highest railway line will reduce the commuting time between Delhi and Leh to twenty ours from the forty hours it takes as of now. The first phase of the survey found that the line will have seventy-four tunnels, one hundred and twenty-four major bridges and almost four hundred minor bridges. The line will see trains running at a maximum speed of seventy-five kilometres per hour which is a feat considering the height and terrain it will be operating on.
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