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High speed rail travel
To meet the needs of a fast growing economy, India has launched a multi pronged strategy for running of high speed trains (with a speed of 300 kmph +), semi high speed trains (with a speed of 160-200 kmph), running of existing trains with increased speeds and introduction of faster trains and faster train sets.
To meet the needs of a fast growing economy, India has launched a multi pronged strategy for running of high speed trains (with a speed of 300 kmph +), semi high speed trains (with a speed of 160-200 kmph), running of existing trains with increased speeds and introduction of faster trains and faster train sets.
A high speed train (300 kmph +) has already been sanctioned on Mumbai Ahmedabad high speed corridor and is targeted for commissioning in 2023-24. In addition, five more corridors on diamond quadrilateral in the country are being explored on Delhi-Mumbai, Mumbai-Chennai, Delhi-Kolkata, Delhi-Nagpur and Mumbai-Nagpur routes.
Indian Railways is also exploring the option of introducing Maglev Trains in India. “MAGLEV “stands for MAGnetic LEVitation. The MAGLEV floats above the track on a “Cushion” of magnetic field. Magnets on the track push and lift the MAGLEV up in air by about 1 inch to 6 inches. These “track” magnets are controlled by computers which keep shifting forward the magnetic force of the “track” magnets so that the MAGLEV is pulled forward.
Maximum speed achieved by the MAGLEV train is 500 kmph. Holy Grail of Maglev magnets is superconducting magnets which consume very little current. Railways has also taken up a programme of running of semi high speed trains (160-200 kmph) in a big way. It has already started Gatimaan Express between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Agra Cantt Station with a maximum speed of 160 kmph.
Railways has also identified eight more corridors for feasibility of semi high speed rail: Delhi-Chandigarh; Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysore; Delhi-Kanpur; Nagpur-Bilaspur; Mumbai-Goa; Mumbai-Ahmedabad; Chennai- Hyderabad; and Nagpur – Secunderabad. Indian Railways is also currently undertaking field trials for assessing savings in transit time by using special type Spanish Talgo Coaches on existing New Delhi-Mumbai corridor. These are faster trains which may run at around 200 kmph.
‘Mission Raftaar’ envisages a target of doubling of average speed of freight trains and increasing the average speed of all non-suburban passenger trains by 25 kmph in next 5 years. The present level of average speeds for non-suburban passenger trains is 46.3 kmph and for freight trains the average speeds is 24.2 kmph. Action Plan for improving mobility and increasing average speed of trains, inter-alia, includes removal of speed restrictions, construction of road over bridges (ROBs) and road under bridges (RUBs) etc.
