Increasing train speed

Speeding up of trains is a constant endeavour and continuous process on Indian Railways which is dependent on constant optimization of the investments made by Railways in modernization of technology, high powered locos, modern coaches, signaling, electrification and better tracks. With this end in view, Indian Railways inter-alia have taken the following steps:

i) Proliferation of Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches, which have better speed. 531 pairs of trains are being operated with LHB coaches, at present.

ii) Sanction of works for raising of sectional speed to 160 kmph on existing New Delhi-Mumbai (including Vadodara-Ahmedabad) and New Delhi-Howrah (including Kanpur-Lucknow) routes costing Rs.6,806 Crore and Rs.6,685 Crore respectively.

iii) Identification of all Golden Quadrilateral and Diagonals routes, except New Delhi-Mumbai and New Delhi-Howrah, for raising of sectional speed to 130 kmph.

This press release is based on information given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.