IRI - चाहे कितने भी हों मतभेद, फिर भी हम परिवार एक - Dr. Abhishek Rai

If DQ is run non-stop in the current setup, it can do the journey in about 180 minutes instead of 195 minutes.
A Ray of hope/possibilities for further reduction of journey time of DQ/Mumbai-Pune rail travel.
- Exploiting the existing DQ route to Ultimate limit that IR can do:
(1) Six laning of CSTM-Kalyan (work in progress,)
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Four tracks from Kalyan to Karjat where suburban trains are operated.(third line is being taken up)
(3) Quadrupling of Pune Karjat track where suburban trains are operating.(planned)
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--a- Above measures can help run DQ run at its max permissible speed without any unscheduled stoppages/slowdowns and reduce journey time from current 195 minutes to about 170-175 minutes.
--b- However, a non-stop train may do CSTM-Pune in just about 155-160 minutes.
--c- Use of LHB coaches with 130kmph speed may bring journey time of DQ to about 160-165 minutes and of a nonstop train to about 145-150 minutes
--d- Further, deploying a Tilting train set with peak speed of 160kmph+ may further reduce the time to just about 120-130 minutes (subject to the condition that track is upgraded to gatimaan standards i.e. 160kmph on straighter stretches).