Oxygen Express from Odisha arrives

Green corridor marked for uninterrupted movement of trains

The South Central Railway’s Oxygen Express, loaded with five tankers of 124.26 tonnes of liquid oxygen, arrived at Sanatnagar goods line on Sunday afternoon. The special train commenced its journey from Angul in Odisha to Secunderabad - a distance of 1,334 km., in 32 hours, on Saturday night. Five empty tankers were earlier moved from Secunderabad four days ago from the special train. The five tankers with liquid oxygen had to be handled carefully as it is a cryogenic cargo which has many limitations like maximum speed at which it can be carried, maximum acceleration and deceleration and loading restrictions, said CPRO Ch. Rakesh. The train travelled at an average speed of 42 kmph from its starting station, and to ensure that the train reaches the destination at the fastest possible time, the railways have identified a green corridor for uninterrupted movement of these trains. Hence, the route mapping of the train along with green corridor was done taking into consideration factors like adequate clearance along the route in terms of curves, road under bridges, foot over brides, etc.