Vadodara: Inspection of the railway line connecting Vishwamitri railway station to Chandod section of Vadodara railway division began on Saturday.
Commissioner of railway safety (western circle) R K Sharma on Saturday began the inspection of the nearly 50km long railway line.
Sharma carried out trolley inspection of speed rising and electrification work from Vishwamitri railway station to Dabhoi till Saturday evening. He was expected to carry out further inspection till Chandod later.
After the trolley inspection till Chandod, train speed trials at the speed of 10 per hour through electric engine will be done on Chandod-Dabhoi-Vishwamitri section.
The section has undergone inspection last month as well. The 18.66 km long Dabhoi to Chandod section is newly converted into broad gauge tracks.
The entire project is part of the plan to provide rail connectivity from Vadodara to Statue of Unity (SoU) up to Kevadiya railway station, which is located at a distance of around five km from SoU.
The foundation stone for Kevadiya railway station was laid in December 2018 by President Ram Nath Kovind. Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani has already announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate Kevadiya railway station on January 16.