New pit line facility inaugurated at Mangaluru Central

New pit line facility inaugurated at Mangaluru Central

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Sep 14, 2022: Shri B.G.Mallya, General Manager, Southern Railway  today (14 Sep 2022) inaugurated the new pit line at Coaching Depot in Mangaluru Central railway station. Shri Mallya also reviewed the ongoing construction work of the new Platform No. 4 & 5 and inspected the Carriage and Wagon depot, Mangaluru Central.

 

Shri Desh Ratan Gupta, Principal Chief Engineer, Shri Gautam Dutta, Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, Shri Trilok Kothari, Divisional Railway Manager, Palakkad and branch officers were present during the inauguration and inspection.

New pit line at Mangaluru Central

The  new pit Line  (No.1 at  Mangaluru Central Coaching Depot is constructed at a cost of Rs. 6.76 Crore.

The new pit line which can hold 24 coaches  and it replaced the existing 18 coach pit line to facilitate the construction of new platforms (No.4 and 5) as per the development plan of Mangaluru Central Railway Station.

The pit line will facilitate routine maintenance and inspection of coaches including Coach cleaning, Coach charging, watering etc. during day/night.

The catwalks for 546 metres on either side of the pit line will provide easy access to each coach of the rake .

This facility helps in easy maintenance and cleaning of the carriage.

Maintenance of Coaches Pit lines are the major infrastructure required for conducting Primary Maintenance of passenger coaches.

After every scheduled trip, under-gear examination, checking of braking system, electrical maintenance, cleaning, washing of  both exterior and interior, checking the amenity fittings, watering of the coaches etc are being carried out  at the pit lines.

After the maintenance at the Pit line , coaches will be made fit for 96 hours (4 days) run from the Carriage depot.

In addition to the trip attention, monthly schedules and tri-monthly schedules  of coaches are carried out in the pit lines. Draining out the water tanks and Maintenance of Bio toilets are also carried out at the pit line in regular intervals.

All the maintenance activities are done according to the guidelines given in the coach maintenance manual issued by the railway board.