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South Central Railway has received approval to upgrade trains to 130 kmph on long stretches of two key routes of the Golden Quadrilateral and Diagonals.
The following sections are now declared fit for 130 kmph:
1. Golden Diagonal (Grand Trunk) Route: 744 Route Km
i. Ballarshah to Kazipet – 234 route km
ii. Kazipet-Vijayawada-Gudur – 510 route km
2. Golden Quadrilateral Route (Chennai -Mumbai section): 536 Route Km
i. Renigunta to Gooty – 281 route km
ii. Gooty to Wadi – 255 route km
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A total of 2,824 track kms (1,412 route km) has now been made fit to run at a speed of 130 kmph.
This covers the entire GQ-GD route over South Central Railway, except Vijayawada – Duvvada section. Signalling upgrade work is currently ongoing on this stretch of the Chennai-Howrah segment of the Golden Quadrilateral.
Speed limits on the High-Density Network (HDN) route between Secunderabad and Kazipet (132 Kms distance) had been upgraded to 130 kmph earlier.
Work done for upgrades during lockdown
Upgrade of speeds on these sections included use of heavier rails, laying of 260 meters long welded rail panels, improvement of curves and gradients among other works.
Based on these improvements done by the Zone, the RDSO/Lucknow conducted oscillation trials through Confirmatory Oscillograph Car Run (COCR) consisting of instrumented coaches of all classes at 130 Kmph speed during July and October last year.
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During this check, in addition to track parameters, other areas like Signaling aspect, Traction distribution equipment, Locomotive& coach fitness were also checked and recorded.
Railways has utilized the opportunity of the Lockdown period and low train movement last year (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) to complete all necessary infrastructure up-gradation works.
Wonderful achievement by Railways.what could not be done in 60 years, done in 6 years.
Fantastic achievement. Travel time will come down by half. Congi govt should never come back. Pracious 70 years wasted. They made the country leftist, lazy and directionless. Now we are back on track. Let this go on.