Increase Speed of Train in India
Increasing the speed of all Express trains
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 2051
ANSWERED ON 03.08.2018
Increasing the speed of all Express trains
2051 Shri A. Vijayakumar
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether Government has any proposal to increase the speed of all Express trains in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether any steps have been taken to check railway tracks to run trains at enhanced speed; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) & (b): Speeding up of trains is a constant endeavor and continuous process on Indian Railways and is dependent on constant optimization of the investments made by Railways in modernization of technology, high powered locos, modern coaches and better tracks. During 2017-18, speed of 769 Mail/Express/Passenger trains has been increased.
(c) & (d): Indian Railways have a laid down system of monitoring of Railway tracks through scheduled inspections and patrolling by Railway officials which interalia includes daily monitoring by Keyman, monitoring at predefined interval by various level of inspecting officials and monitoring of track parameters by Track Recording Cars (TRCs) and Oscillation Monitoring Systems (OMS). Ultrasonic Flaw Detection (USFD) of rails and welds is carried out at predefined periodicity to detect internal flaws in rails/welds.
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