Good news for train passengers! Indian Railways is aiming to upgrade the speed of trains on two routes which will allow faster passenger movement in a shorter time period.
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Member (Signal & Telecom), Railway Board Pradeep Kumar said, “The Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes are almost ready for fitness and signalling consideration. The trains on this route can run at a speed of 130 km per hour. In this financial year, trains are expected to run at this speed on these two routes.”
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Adding to this, Kumar also said, “Our efforts are to introduce new Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches for most of the trains which will improve travel comfort and to increase the speed at 120-130 km per hour, provided that the track fitness, signals and other technical things are in favorable conditions.”
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Indian Railways is preparing to upgrade the speed of trains up at 130 km/hr on two routes, from Delhi to Mumbai and Delhi to Howrah . pic.twitter.com/J5ki3fh9Z4
— CPRO West Central Railway (@wc_railway) July 3, 2020
Also, to improve safety of running trains, South Eastern Railways (SER) gears up track maintenance and safety related works during ongoing monsoon. For more details, check out this tweet:
— SouthEasternRailway (@serailwaykol) July 6, 2020
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