Indian Railways (IR) has approved the construction of the Nimpura West Outer Cabin-Midnapur Third Rail Line Project (14.52km) of South Eastern Railway (SER) at a cost of Rs 4.4 billion, on the High Utilisation Network (HUN-2) route in West Bengal.
The Nimpura West Outer Cabin-Gokulpur section is presently a single line, while doubling works are already in progress. The section is currently operating at a line capacity utilisation of 115.71 per cent, indicating severe congestion. The route handles freight traffic of nearly 23.80 million tonnes per annum comprising commodities including manganese, iron ore, coal, iron and steel, cement, petroleum products, fertilisers and limestone, among others. Upon completion, the project is expected to facilitate additional freight traffic of 3.52 million tonnes per annum.