The Ministry of Railways has decided to raise the sectional speed of 53 important routes across the country to 130 kmph. In Southern Railway, the Chennai Egmore-Madurai and Thiruvananthapuram Central-Kozhikode are among a few routes chosen for the speed upgrade by March 2024.
In order to reduce the travel time and enhance the operational efficiency, the railways decided to increase the speed of on the broad-gauge routes, except the Golden Quadrilateral and Diagonal routes, to a minimum of 130 kmph.
The speed along a majority of the Golden Quadrilateral and Diagonal routes has already been increased to 130 kmph. The railways has now chosen 53 routes in various zones and instructed the respective General Managers to improve infrastructure to achieve the 130 kmph speed potential by the end of this fiscal, sources in the railways said.
