The mighty veteran Purulia Express serving for decades, daily commuters' lifeline and witness to a Rising Bengal! - Soumyadip Mahato

but u said increase in speed, less travel time needs to be there.

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Less travel time means increase of AVG speed

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With such a short rake (that too, an LHB rake) there won't be any substantial difference in acceleration time with diesel and electric traction. Only track MPS and traffic management are restricting this train. Even now, it's regular link is capable of 160kmph!

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What about Pune-Secundarabad Shatabdi? Which one is fastest?

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Disagree you bhai.... LP of chhattisgarh Express told that there is almost no diff in pickup of WAP5/WAP4 and WDP4D..... He said that he had to exit the loop line at same speed ... However pickup decrease with WAP1 and slightly with WDM3a

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