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Railways to hike train speed to reduce travel time between metros

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New Delhi, Feb 26: The speed of trains connecting major metro cities would be increased up to 200 kilometres per hour (kmph) on nine select railway corridors in a bid to reduce travel time, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announced today.

"The speed of nine railway corridors will be increased from the existing 110 and 130 km per hour to 160 and 200 kmph respectively so that inter-metro journeys like Delhi-Kolkata and Delhi-Mumbai can be completed overnight," Prabhu announced while presenting his maiden Railway Budget in Lok Sabha.

Rlys to hike train speed to reduce time

The increased speed will involve upgradation of track including turnarounds, improve rolling stock to higher standards and adopting improved methods of track recording, monitoring and maintenance. [Railway Budget 2015: Highlights]

Efforts would continue to "pursue with vigour" the special projects like high speed rail (Bullet Train) between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Prabhu said. The feasibility study for this was in an advanced stage and was expected by the middle of this year.

"Quick and appropriate action will be taken once the report is available with us," he said. Regarding other high speed routes on the diamond quadrilateral, he said studies were being commissioned.

He also proposed to increase average speed of freight trains, both in empty and loaded conditions to be enahnced. A policy of attaining speeds of 100 km per hour for empty freight trains and 75 km per hour for loaded trains was being put in place to pursue the objective of maximising loading in every trains, he said, adding that loading density on all major freight-bearing routes would be upgraded.

PTI

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