Kudos to the Indian Railways!
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The Raftaar Project (envisions increasing the speed of trains) of the railways has picked up and giving great results, in a statement given by the Ministry of Railways on Tuesday.
“Under this project, measures are being taken to raise average speed of both passenger carrying trains and freight carrying trains”, the Ministry added.
The mission is being carried out by a Cross-Disciplinary Mobility Directorate in the Railway Board. And it is believed that the average speed is one of the important factors that impacts the railway productivity and efficiency in operations.
“Under this project the busiest Ghaziabad-Allahabad-Mughalsarai route, which was taken up on a priority basis, for increasing average speed, has been successfully implemented,” the statement said.
It further added, “This was achieved by replacement of loco hauled commuter trains with Mainline Electric Multiple Units (MEMU) and Diesel Electric Multiple Units (DEMU) trains”.
Interestingly, the Ministry is identifying all routes where the replacement can be done.
In comparison to loco driven passenger trains, MEMU/DEMU trains have a potential for average speed increment of up to 20 km per hour. Also, you’ll be glad to know that the Ghaziabad-Allahabad-Mughalsarai section is now free from the loco driven passenger trains.
The principal routes of the railways where 52% of coaching traffic and 58% of freight traffic are caught include:
Delhi-Mumbai
Delhi-Howrah
Howrah-Chennai
Chennai-Mumbai
Delhi-Chennai and
Howrah-Mumbai
“For implementing this target on the six routes, 1048 MEMU coaches and 136 DEMU coaches are required. To achieve this target in three years, an action plan has been drawn out,” the statement said.
