This advanced system may help Indian Railways reduce Delhi-Howrah travel time to 12 hours
5 years, 2 months ago

This advanced system may help Indian Railways reduce Delhi-Howrah travel time to 12 hours

Live Mint  

Indian Railways today took another step towards reducing the travel time between the two metropolitan cities, New Delhi and Kolkata. The measure is expected to help Indian Railways speed up trains and to achieve the objective of reducing the travel time between Delhi and Howrah to about 12 hours from the existing 17-19 hours. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, Uttar Pradesh, and covers a stretch of 450 km falling in North Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways, which maintains and operates 53% portion of this New Delhi-Howrah route. Indian Railways replaced the 65-year old outdated Mechanical Signaling System with advanced and safer Electronic Interlocking System at Tundla station in Uttar Pradesh.

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Kolkata Metro links Howrah, Sealdah stations; travel time to reduce to 11 minutes
3 days, 14 hours ago

Kolkata Metro links Howrah, Sealdah stations; travel time to reduce to 11 minutes

India Today  

The Kolkata Metro has successfully connected the Howrah and Sealdah stations on the Green Line, which will reduce travel time between the two major railway hubs to just 11 minutes. Speaking to India Today TV, a metro official highlighted the breakthrough, saying, "It is a great mental relief for the people and traders of Bowbazar that Metro Railway could finally …

PM to flag off Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat on Sept 24
1 year, 3 months ago

PM to flag off Patna-Howrah Vande Bharat on Sept 24

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Vande Bharat train service between Patna and the twin cities of Howrah-Kolkata in West Bengal through video conferencing on September 24, said an official of the East Central Railway. The Railways have already begun preparations for the semi high-speed train operations on the Patna-Howrah route with strengthening of tracks on Patna-Jhajha-Asansol- Burdwan -Howrah …

27km stretch on freight route to ease train movement for Delhi-NCR: Rly
1 year, 6 months ago

27km stretch on freight route to ease train movement for Delhi-NCR: Rly

Hindustan Times  

A newly opened 27km stretch as part of the eastern dedicated freight corridor will considerably decongest the route for passenger trains heading towards Delhi-NCR, according to railway officials. Trains bound for the New Delhi railway station, Anand Vihar station and Old Delhi are likely to see an improvement in their travel times, the official added, wishing not to be named. …

Higher capacity lines to fuel semi-high-speed trains on Mumbai-Delhi route
1 year, 9 months ago

Higher capacity lines to fuel semi-high-speed trains on Mumbai-Delhi route

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Travel time between Mumbai-Ahmedabad-Delhi is all set to reduce as semi-high-speed trains will run at 160 kmph by March 2024. Higher capacity lines to fuel semi-high-speed trains on Mumbai-Delhi route This will ensure the current travel time via Rajdhani and Shatabdi express will be cut by two hours. When trains run at 160 kmph, they will need more juice …

Delhi-Meerut RRTS: India’s first semi high-speed train on way to Ghaziabad
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi-Meerut RRTS: India’s first semi high-speed train on way to Ghaziabad

Live Mint  

Alstom on Saturday delivered India’s first semi high-speed regional train for National Capital Region Transport Corporation’s in the 82.5 km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Phase 1. Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing, Manoj Joshi, Chairman – NCRTC, Secretary, Ministry of Housing; Urban Affairs, Vinay Kumar Singh, MD – NCRTC, and Alain SPOHR, Managing Director, Alstom India were present at the …

Rail traffic on Delhi-Howrah route hit as 24 wagons of goods train derail in UP
3 years, 3 months ago

Rail traffic on Delhi-Howrah route hit as 24 wagons of goods train derail in UP

India TV News  

Twenty-four empty wagons of a goods train derailed near Ambiapur on the busy Delhi-Howrah rail route, almost 50 km from Kanpur railway station Friday, officials said, adding no loss of life has been reported. However, operation of trains has been affected, and efforts are on to restore the rail traffic, they said. Chief PRO of North Central Railway Shivam Sharma …

Indian Railways: Full list of special trains starting today, stoppages, timings, IRCTC booking
4 years, 8 months ago

Indian Railways: Full list of special trains starting today, stoppages, timings, IRCTC booking

Live Mint  

The Indian Railways is all set to partially resume its passenger train operations from today after over one and a half months of halt owing to the COVID-19 lockdown in the country. Departure time: 16:55, Arrival: 09:55 Rajendra Nagar to New Delhi via Patna Jn, Pt. Departure time: 20:10, Arrival: 05:00 Bengaluru to New Delhi via Anantapur, Guntakal Jn, Secunderabad …

Trains to Mumbai Central, Howrah, Bengaluru from New Delhi to resume service from tomorrow
4 years, 8 months ago

Trains to Mumbai Central, Howrah, Bengaluru from New Delhi to resume service from tomorrow

India TV News  

The Indian Railways will start limited passenger trains service from May 12 and the bookings will start from today 4 pm onwards. Initially 15 pairs of special trains connecting New Delhi with major stations across India will commence its service. The special trains will run from New Delhi to Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, …

Trains ‘on demand’ on Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah routes in next 4 years: V.K. Yadav
5 years, 3 months ago

Trains ‘on demand’ on Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah routes in next 4 years: V.K. Yadav

The Hindu  

The Railways is working on three more dedicated freight corridors at an estimated cost of about ₹2.6 lakh crore over the next 10 years which will help the national transporter to free up the current tracks to run enough passenger trains so that no traveller gets wait-listed. Train travellers could expect to be free of waiting list within the four …

Journey of not more than 10 hrs by premium Delhi-Kolkata train will soon be a reality. Read to know how
5 years, 5 months ago

Journey of not more than 10 hrs by premium Delhi-Kolkata train will soon be a reality. Read to know how

India TV News  

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, in a recent meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its nod to raise the speed to 160 Kmph on existing New Delhi-Howrah route, including Vadodara-Ahmedabad. After completion, the project will reduce the travel time of the premium Rajdhani type train upto 10 hours -- which now takes 15 hours 30 minutes. Apart …

Railways' 100-day plan: Cut travel time on Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai routes
5 years, 5 months ago

Railways' 100-day plan: Cut travel time on Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai routes

India TV News  

In a bid to reduce travel time, the Indian Railways, under its 100-day action plan, envisages reducing the travel time on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes at an investment of over Rs 13,500 crore, officials said. A senior Railway Ministry official told IANS: "In a proposal approved by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, the Railways plans to increase the train speed …

Railways plans to run Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah trains at 160 kmph
5 years, 6 months ago

Railways plans to run Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah trains at 160 kmph

Live Mint  

In a bid to reduce travel time, the Indian Railways, under its 100-day action plan, envisages increasing the speeds of trains on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes at an investment of over ₹13,500 crore, officials said. A senior railway ministry official told IANS: "In a proposal approved by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, the Railways plans to increase the train speed …

In railways’ 100-day plan: Reducing Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai travel time by 5 hours
5 years, 6 months ago

In railways’ 100-day plan: Reducing Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai travel time by 5 hours

Live Mint  

The railways plans to bring down by five hours the travel time between the busy Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes with an investment of about ₹14,000 crore in infrastructure over the next four years. It states that within the next 100 days approval should be obtained for projects to raise to 160 kmph the speed of the New Delhi-Howrah route at …

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