Mission Raftaar: 130 kmph Approved on WCR Bhopal Division For 38 Train Pairs

In a move that may help cut down travel time, maximum speeds of 38 train pairs have been upgraded in Bhopal division to 130 kmph.

This follows Indian Railways’ decision to upgrade the speed limit for passenger trains on its trunk routes namely Golden Quadrilateral(GQ) and Golden diagonals (GD) in 2 phases- first from the present sectional speed to 130 kmph and then up to 160 kmph in the next three years.

According to the West Central Railway notification, these train pairs will run with 130 kmph between Bina- Bhopal -Bina on all three lines namely – DN line towards Bina, UP line towards Bhopal and the bi-directional third line between Bhopal and Bina.

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Between Bhopal and Itarsi, the speed upgrade is as follows:- UP line towards Itarsi (130 kmph), Budhni-Mandidip and Habibganj -Bhopal (DN line towards Bhopal), the bi-directional third line between Itarsi -Budhni and Mandidip -Habibganj( 130 kmph).

With this upgrade, the Itarsi-Delhi route is now fully 130 kmph. 130 kmph trials have also been carried out on the Chennai-Vijayawada-Ballarshah section of the North-South Golden Diagonal.

However, no clear timelines are yet available for the upgrade of the Central Railway owned stretch of Ballarshah-Wardha-Nagpur-Itarsi on the same route.

The upgrade has been implemented effective January 3, 2021. The notification added that all conditions as per the RDSO certificate, joint safety certificate and other relevant certificates, besides observance of extant temporary and permanent speed restrictions along the section (TSR and PSR).

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The 38 train pairs are as follows:-

1. 11015/16 LTT-Gorakhpur
2. 11071/72 LTT- Varanasi
3. 11079/80 LTT-Gorakhpur
4. 12061/62 Habibganj- Jabalpur
5. 12171/72 LTT-Haridwar
6. 12269/70 Chennai-Nizamuddin
7. 12285/86 Secunderabad- Nizamuddin
8. 22691/92 Bengaluru City-Nizamuddin
9. 22221 /22 Mumbai CSMT- Nizamuddin
10. 12433/34 Chennai-Nizamuddin
11. 12437/38 Secunderabad- Nizamuddin
12. 12441/42 Bilaspur- New Delhi
13. 1239 /40 H S Nanded- Shriganganagar
14. 12485/86 H S Nanded- Shriganganagar
15. 12625 /26 Thiruvananthapuram-New Delhi
16. 12715/16 H S Nanded- Amritsar
17. 12967 /68 Chennai-Jaipur
18. 12969/70 Coimbatore-Jaipur
19. 15023/24 Gorakhpur-Yesvantpur
20. 15101/02 Chhapra- Mumbai CSMT
21. 17019/20 Jaipur-Hyderabad (Deccan)
22. 18243/44 Bilaspur-Bhagat-ki Kothi (Jodhpur)
23. 18245/46 Bilaspur-Bikaner
24. 1905/06 Dr Ambedkar Nagar (MHOW)- Kamakhya
25. 20805/06 Visakhapatnam- New Delhi
26. 22121/22 LTT- Lucknow ( NR)
27. 22125/26 Nagpur- Amritsar
28. 22631/32 Madurai- Bikaner
29. 22909/10 Valsad-Puri
30. 11463/64 Somnath-Jabalpur
31. 11465/66 Somnath-Jabalpur
32. 12285/86 Secunderabad-Nizamuddin
33. 12541/42 Gorakhpur- LTT
34. 12723/24 Hyderabad (Deccan)- New Delhi
35. 12919/20 Dr Ambedkar Nagar- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK)
36. 15029-30 Gorakhpur-Pune
37. 22129/30 LTT-Prayagraj
38. 19713/14 – Secunderabad-Jaipur