East Central Railway has increased the maximum permissible speed of 18 train pairs from 110 kmph to 120 kmph on the grand chord line [between Dhanbad Jn (DHN) and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Jn (DDU)].
The list of trains with upgraded speed is as follows:-
1. 12381/82 Howrah-New Delhi-Howrah Poorva Express
2. 12323/24 Howrah-Anand Vihar Terminal-Howrah Express
3. 13307/08 Dhanbad-Firozpur Cantt-Dhanbad Ganga Satluj Express
4. 12175/76 Howrah-Gwalior-Howrah Chambal
5. 12815/16 Puri-Anand Vihar Terminal-Puri Nandan Kanan Express
6. 18609/10 Ranchi-LTT-Ranchi Express
7. 12389/90 Gaya-Chennai-Gaya Express
8. 15021/22 Shalimar-Gorakhpur-Shalimar Express
9. 12353/54 Howrah-Lalkuan-Howrah Express
10. 12371 / 72 Howrah-Jaisalmer-Howrah Express
11. 12357 / 58 Kolkata-Amritsar-Kolkata Durgiana Express
12. 13167 / 68 Kolkata-Agra Cantt Express
13. 12379 / 80 Sealdah-Amritsar-Sealdah Jallianwala Express
14. 12319 / 20, Kolkata-Agra Cantt-Kolkata Express
15. 12329 / 30 Sealdah-Anandvihar-Sealdah West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express
16. 12443 / 44. Haldia-Anand Vihar-Haldia Express
17. 22317 / 18 Sealdah-Jammu-Sealdah Humsafar Express
18. 12801 / 02 Puri-New Delhi-Puri Purusottam Express
The move aims to improve punctuality of these trains which have been provided LHB rakes (Linke Hofmann Busch) besides enhancing the section carrying capacity of the grand chord line.
