Vande Bharat Upgrade: Railway Minister shares plans to boost train speeds
Vande Bharat Upgrade: The government informed Parliament on Wednesday that the number of Vande Bharat trains has been increased to 82, and work is underway to increase their speed to 160 kilometres per hour on the New Delhi-Mumbai and New Delhi-Howrah routes.
In a written response to 10 MPs' questions about Vande Bharat train services, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated, "As of January 31, 2024, 82 Vande Bharat train services are operating across the Indian Railways, connecting states having Broad Gauge (BG) electrified network."
"Besides, provision of stoppage of train services and introduction of new train services, including Vande Bharat, are ongoing processes on Indian Railways subject to traffic justification, operational feasibility, resource availability etc," he went on to say.
"Train-wise and state-wise revenue generated is not maintained," the minister stated in response to questions about the average state income generated by Vande Bharat trains.
Vaishnaw also responded to the MPs' concerns about the railway's efforts to increase the speed of the Vande Bharat trains, saying, "Sectional speed over 10,981 route kilometres covering Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) and diagonal routes and other 'B' routes have been raised to 130 kmph."
"Further, works for raising of sectional speed to 160 kmph on existing New Delhi-Mumbai (including Vadodara-Ahmedabad) and New Delhi-Howrah (including Kanpur-Lucknow) routes have been taken up."
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