Railways to convert old goods shed in Bunder as a ballast yard
Southern Railway is converting a former goods shed in Bunder, Mangaluru, into a ballast yard to store track maintenance materials. This move follows public pressure to relocate freight operations away from the city center to reduce traffic congestion and level crossing closures.
Why it matters
The project demonstrates how public advocacy can influence urban infrastructure and logistics management to improve local quality of life.
About eight acres of Railway land at the old goods shed in Bunder (Neereshwalya) in the City is being converted into a ballast yard to store ballast required for tracks by Southern Railway’s Palakkad Division.
The Railways has been dismantling old godowns in the erstwhile goods shed and levelling the land to facilitate ballast storage.
Southern Railway’s Palakkad Division has been dismantling old godowns at the old goods shed yard in Bunder to convert it into a ballast yard after the goods shed was shifted to Ullal. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath
Following continuous resentment among the general public about the frequent movement of freight trains into Bunder area and the resultant movement of trucks transporting goods, including cement etc., in the heart of the City, the Southern Railway shifted the goods shed from Bunder to Ullal Railway Station in Someshwara in November 2023.
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