SAIL now has plans to build 520-metre-long single rail line

Indian Railways, which is procuring rails only from SAIL, has a specific demand for long rails

After successfully rolling out world’s longest rail line, state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is now planning to build a 520-metre-long rail line.

Last month, the steel major had built welded panel stretching up to 260 metres. The company is equipped to produce up to 130 metres of rail line.

Construction of the 130-metre-long rail line has begun in the new universal rail mill (URM) installed in SAIL’s flagship entity- the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP). The URM is part of SAIL’s expansion and modernisation programme that would increase BSP's steel making capacity to 7 million tonne per annum (mtpa).