As part of development of Belagavi Railway Station, the construction of a new pit line holding 24 coaches was started in the year 2019 is now ready for operations. The new pit line is constructed to handle more trains in Belagavi.
The new pit line at the Belagavi Railway Station has been constructed at the south side. The 640 m long pit line will have the capacity to handle a train rake of 24 Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches. This Pitline can also handle 26 Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coaches.
Pit lines are the main infrastructure required for conducting primary maintenance of coaches of both express and passenger trains. The pit line will have facilities for day/night inspection, coach cleaning, coach charging and watering. The catwalks on both the sides of the pit line help one easily get into coaches which makes maintenance and cleaning work easy.
After every scheduled trip, under gear examination, checking of braking system, electrical maintenance, cleaning, washing both exterior and interior, checking amenity fittings, watering of coaches are taken up at the pit lines. After this, coaches are cleared fit for 96 hours (four days) run from the carriage depot. Draining out the water tanks and maintenance of bio toilets are also carried out at the pit line at regular intervals. All the maintenance activities are carried out as per the guidelines given in the coach maintenance manual issued by the Railway Board.
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The Belagavi railway station, one of the oldest railway stations in India, built in 1881, has been upgraded at the cost of Rs 210 crore.
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