October 07, 2008

2 railway freight terminals to come up in West Bengal

BL reported that two railway freight terminals in West Bengal, one each at Dankuni and Sankrail, will be set up by Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway respectively.

The increased traffic will result from the extension of the eastern arm of the proposed dedicated freight corridor to Dankuni. There will also be a logistics park at Dankuni to meet the projected increase in traffic at Dankuni.

Mr KC Jena chairman of the railway board said that a consultant would be appointed shortly to work out an integrated scheme in regard to creation of railway facilities in the state. He added that "The locations of the new passenger terminals would be finalized on the basis of the recommendations of the consultant’s report."