Semi-high speed rail-corridor to reduce Nagpur-Hyderabad travel-time to 3 hours
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Indian Railways is planning to bring down the rail journey time between Maharashtra's Nagpur and Hyderabad to three hours from the current nine hours. Railways prepared a semi-high speed corridor blueprint to connect the two commercial hubs. Railways Ministry and Russian Railways jointly initiated a feasibility and implementation study to outline a plan that would be sent for Railway Board's approval. Know more!
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Railways to strengthen existing tracks and fence off Nagpur-Hyderabad route
Indian Railways wants to cash in on the lack of direct flights between Nagpur and Hyderabad. At present, flights with a stopover between the two commercial hubs take four hours or more. Railways currently covers the Nagpur-Hyderabad 584-km stretch at a 60kmph average speed in nine hours. It now plans to run trains at 160-200kmph speed to complete the travel in three hours.
Semi-high Speed Trains
Delhi-Chandigarh corridor to be first semi-high speed rail project
While trains in the high-speed or bullet train category run at a speed of 250-350kmph, those in the semi-high speed class run at a slightly less speed, gathering a maximum of 200kmph. The Delhi-Chandigarh rail route, one of north India's busiest, is scheduled to be the country's first semi-high speed project by the Indian Railways with French Railways' help.