Utilizing the chance of the COVID-19 lockdown period and low train movement final year, Indian Railways completed all required upgradation operates.
A landmark achievement for Indian Railways! In Golden Quadrilateral – Golden Diagonal (GQ-GD) railway route, the national transporter has enhanced the maximum speed to 130 Km per hour for 1,280 kilometres out of 1,612 Kilometres. According to the Railway Ministry, this covers the complete GQ-GD route more than the South Central Railway zone, except the section amongst Vijayawada and Duvvada, exactly where the work of signaling upgradation is in progress. Indian Railways accomplished the enhanced speed on these routes mainly because of planned and systematic strengthening of track as effectively as its infrastructure by removing bottlenecks in these sections at a quickly pace, such as heavier rails, improvement of curves and gradients, laying of 260 meters extended welded rail panels amongst other folks.
Utilizing the chance of the COVID-19 lockdown period and low train movement final year, Indian Railways completed all required upgradation operates. Based on these improvements, oscillation trials have been carried out by the RDSO/Lucknow by way of Confirmatory Oscillograph Car Run comprising of instrumented coaches of all classes at 130 Km per hour speed in the course of the months of July and October final year. To improve the maximum speed limits to 130 km per hour, the South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways got permission along the following routes:
1) 744 Rkm extended Golden Diagonal (Grand Trunk)
i) 234 Rkm extended section from Ballarshah to Kazipet ii) 510 Rkm extended Kazipet-Vijayawada-Gudur section
2) 536 Rkm extended Golden Quadrilateral Route (Chennai-Mumbai section)
i) 281 Rkm extended section from Renigunta to Gooty ii) 255 Rkm extended section from Gooty to Wadi
In the High-Density Network (HDN) amongst 132 km extended Secunderabad – Kazipet section, the maximum speed limits had been enhanced to 130 Km per hour currently. As such, according to the Railway Ministry, in these sections such as each the Up and Down railway lines, 2,824 Kilometres (1412 Rkm) in total has now been produced match to run at 130 Km per hour speed.