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India's first rail line becomes high powered
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India\'s first and oldest railway line laid between Mumbai CST and Thane on Tuesday became \"high-powered\" with a successful conversion from a 1,500-V DC to 25,000-V AC traction system. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu at a function here dedicated the new high-powered system, which will entail huge savings in electricity bills and time to the Central Railway. He inaugurated the newly-converted system
Mumbai: India's first and oldest railway line laid between Mumbai CST and Thane on Tuesday became "high-powered" with a successful conversion from a 1,500-V DC to 25,000-V AC traction system. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu at a function here dedicated the new high-powered system, which will entail huge savings in electricity bills and time to the Central Railway. He inaugurated the newly-converted system, which cost Rs 1,176 crore, between Mumbai CST-Mumbra on slow corridor and Mumbai CST-Thane on the fast corridor.
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