Newssuper :
Kolkata, 16th March, 2025
Wagon examination points in Railways are crucial for ensuring safety, operational flexibility and efficiency of traffic by providing a systematic way to identify shortcomings and address potential problems with coaches, thereby preventing accidents, wastage of expenditure and delay in goods operations.
In a bid to streamline goods operations, a new intensive wagon examination point has been commissioned at Ballygunge Line no. 8 for early examination of Goods Wagons manufactured by Hindustan Engineering and Industries Ltd. (HEIL) and Bhartia Electric Steel Company Ltd (BESCO). It’s pertinent to mention here that, both HEIL & BESCO are leading manufacturer of Railway Rolling Stock and components, including wagons, EMU, and Railway castings.
The new examination point at Ballygunje (BLN) has been operationalised and first such newly built rake from HEIL got end to end examined on 13.03.2025.
*Benefits*:-
1. The movement of newly built empty wagons to examination points at distant points like Naihati and Chitpur will be stopped, thereby significantly improving mobility of suburban trains.
2. This change will enhance the overall *punctuality performance* of the Sealdah Division.
3. It will also optimise crew utilisation for running of these empties to train examination points.
In a nutshell, introduction of new Wagon Examination Point at Ballygunge will play a vital role in ensuring safety, maintenance efficiency, regulatory compliance and economic benefits of Railway operations. Under dynamic leadership of Shri Deepak Nigam, DRM/Sealdah, Sealdah Division is accomplishing one after another milestone in facilitating both passenger and goods train movement for facilitating our esteemed Railway users.
