Mysore/Mysuru: The introduction of additional passenger services and freight trains on the 55-km ghat section between Sakaleshpur and Subramanya Road for achieving higher productivity was rendered difficult in view of the restrictions imposed by the Commissioner of Railway Safety. The non-availability of catch sidings — a mandatory safety protocol — at two of the four stations in the section with a Ruling Gradient of 1 in 50 with 4 stations was the primary bottleneck.
With a view to overcome the critical infrastructural deficiency hampering train operations at an optimal level, South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, undertook modification and upgradation of the signalling system in the month of June 2020 through the creative use of technology by installing highly reliable and failsafe state-of-the-art signal and telecommunication gears at Kadagaravalli and Yedakumari stations.
