Railway Connectivity
Railway connectivity
has being laid connecting the port to the main broad
gauge national network of "Chennai-Visakhapatnam-Howrah"
rail corridor. The Port has its own independent
"Railway Siding" with main salient features
as follows:
R&D yard with "Six interchangeable lanes"
for receipt and dispatch of rakes
Distance from port R&D yard rail siding will be
approximately 2.5 kms
Coal siding for placing two full rakes for mechanized wagon
loading
Two in-motion weighbridges for weighment
of rakes
Two locomotives for shutting of rakes within the railway
siding
Road Connectivity
Road connectivity
to the port has been provided by a 4 lane expressway of 3.8
kms connecting the port with the National Highway No.5
(Chennai - Kolkata)
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