Vande Bharat's 'raftaar' to increase: Mission Raftaar, new Vande Bharat speed, route, details
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Vande Bharat speeds to increase
The speed of Vande Bharat and Shatabdi Express in two key routes are likely to increase by August 15, which is within two months. The Railway Board has directed the concerned divisions to finish all work by June 30, The Times of India reported.
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Routes
The high speed routes that will get faster Vande Bharat and Shatabdi Express trains are Mumbai-New Delhi and Mumbai-Ahmedabad. On the Mumbai New Delhi roite of 1,384 kilometres, 694 kilometres of work has been completed. Work on the Virar-Vadodara route is left, which may be completed by June 30. However, due to local train traffic and the Godhra-Ratlam Ghat segment, which has tight curves on steep grades, the speed limit for the Mumbai Suburban won't be increased.
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New speed and time taken
The existing speed on the Mumbai-New Delhi route is 130 kilometres per hour. This will be increased to 160 kmph, and the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route will also see the same speed for Vande Bharat and Shatabdi Express. For the Mumbai-New Delhi route, Shatabdi Express takes 6 hours 35 minutes, while Vande Bharat takes 5 hours 15 minutes. Both of these will be reduced by 30 minutes.
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What the Railways has done
In order to increase train speeds to above 120 kmph, the Railway Board has asked that the divisions in Mumbai and Vadodara conduct confirmatory oscillograph car runs (COCR).
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About Mission Raftaar
Mission Raftaar is not intended to be a stand-alone project; rather, it is intended to increase average speeds by twice those of goods trains and by 25 kmph for superfast, postal and express trains.
