Delhi-Mum by Train in just 10 hours |
Indian Railways is the largest rail network in the whole of Asia and has a track length of approximately 115,000 km. It covers long distances taking passengers across different and challenging terrains. It takes at least 1-2 days to travel from one end of the country to another. Efforts have been on to bring down this travel time. New 100-day plans are being structured to bring down the travel time between the busy Delhi¬-Howrah and Delhi-¬Mumbai routes by 5 hours, with an investment of about Rs 14,000 crore in infrastructure over the next 4 years. This is one of the 11 proposals prepared by the railways in its 100-¬day plan, with instructions to initiate immediate action to implement them by August 31. The two routes account for 30 percent of passenger and 20 percent of freight traffic. Presently, the fastest train on the Delhi¬-Howrah route takes 17 hours to complete the journey while on the Delhi¬-Mumbai route the quickest train takes 15.5 hours. The proposal is to reduce the travel time to 12 hours and 10 hours respectively. Other 100 ¬day proposals include: wi¬fi at all 6,485 railway stations including 4,882 balance station in the next 100 days; an advanced signalling system; and redevelopment of 50 railways stations in 100 days.
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