Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Sumeet Singhal, has authorized operation of trains in the Shokhuvi–Molvom (14.64 Km) newly laid BG line section on March 27 & 28, 2025.
NFR chief public relations officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma informed that the CRS had completed the statutory inspection of the said section, which is a part of the ongoing 82.50 Km long Dimapur-Kohima new rail line project.
CRS approved operations of trains through the newly laid railway line at a maximum speed of 90 KMPH after successful inspection and speed trail in the section. “This newly laid line will be helpful for carrying more freight and passenger traffic through this route in the near future,” CPRO said.
The 82.50 Km long (2.75 Km in Assam and 79.75 Km in Nagaland) Dimapur-Kohima new railway line project takes off from Dhansiri station of Assam to Zubza in Kohima, Nagaland.
The project has eight new stations—Dhansiri, Dhansiripar, Shokhuvi, Molvom, Pherima, Piphema, Menguzuma and Zubza.
The project includes 27 major bridges, 149 minor bridges, five Road Over Bridges, 15 Road Under Bridges and 20 Tunnels of 31 km length. The 16.5 km section from Dhansiri to Shokhuvi was commissioned in October, 2021. Passenger train services from Shokhuvi to Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh and Mendipathar in Meghalaya have also been introduced accordingly.
On completion, the 14.64 Km, Shokhuvi–Molvom section would provide enhanced connectivity for the people of the Nagaland with its adjacent states of NE along with rest of the nation, CPRO informed.
During the inspection, CRS was accompanied by Anjani Kumar, chief administrative officer/Con-2 of NFR; Ashutosh Kumar Mishra, chief engineer/Con/NFR of Nagaland Project and Vikas Singh, dy. chief engineer/Con/Dimapur/NFR, under whose leadership the sectional works were executed and completed.