Shatabdi Exp - janam-janam ka saath hai, agle shatabdi tak - Ananya D'Souza

Dear friend, Rlys is developing in all modes of travel like-
(1) Freight- On DFCs, avg. speed of freight trains will increase from current 25kmph to about 75 kmph. (100 kmph max speed non-stop run without speed restrictions. Golden Quadrilateral of DFC network with diagonals and some spurs are planned at national level.
(2)Passenger- All loco hauled passengers shall be replaced by fast accelerating & decelerating train sets to increase avg speed.
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Conventional tracks, the avg speed of passenger trains shall be 75kmph (present 50kmph) as the slow moving freight trains shall be diverted to DFCs. Train sets are planned to be introduced especially for semi high speed train routes
(4) HST (Bullet Trains) shall run on dedicated tracks thereby placing IRlys on the top slot with developed nations. Golden Quadrilateral of HST network with diagonals and some spurs are planned at national level.
(5) Some of the sections (9 identified and 1 implemented so far) on conventional IRly network shall be upgraded for Semi High Speed train operation (upto 200kmph). More are expected in future.
Media hype and a section of people has brought over publicity (often negative) to Govt for HST network. Actually higher investment is being done on DFC which will relieve and rejuvenate the existing Rly network. The stress given on constructing next lot of 3 DFCs as phase-2 by RM is indication of his resolve.