West Central Railway eliminates all unmanned level crossings

Indian_RailwaysThe West-Central Railway (Headquarter- Jabalpur) has become the first railway zone in the Indian Railways to eliminate all unmanned level crossings from its system by 31st August, 2015.

“Out of total 118 unmanned level crossings falling on West-Central Railways as on 1st April, 2014, 80 were eliminated in the financial year 2014-15 and the target of 66 and the remaining 38 have been achieved in current financial year,” an official statement said.

This could be achieved by constructing 33 Limited Height Sub Ways (LHs) and manning of 30 level crossings.

“It can be termed as a great success for West-Central Railway. West-Central Railway has been taking all possible initiatives to improve its working by adopting all available modern technologies and has started special drive to improve its performance at all fronts including safety, cleanliness, punctuality etc,” the statement added.