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The Kathgodam-bound train covers the distance of 282 kilometres in 05 hours 35 mins (49 km/h) while in the return direction it takes in 05 hours 35 mins (50 km/h). The service was initially slower but speeded up by 5 minutes and 20 minutes respectively in the time-table revision of 2014 but again slowed down by 10 minutes and 20 minutes ...
Shatabdi Express are day trains and mostly return to their origin station the same day. The trains run at a maximum permissible speed of 110–150 km/h (68–93 mph) [1] with the Rani Kamalapati–New Delhi Shatabdi Express achieving the maximum permissible speed of 150 km/h (93 mph) between Tughlakabad and Bilochpura Agra.
Line Operator(s) Opened Length Speed Electrified Ref. Ambala–Attari: Northern Railway: 1873 273 km (170 mi) 130 km/h (81 mph) 2004 [1]Amritsar–Pathankot
Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor is the first of the twelve lines proposed and also the first one to be under construction, it connects India's economic hub Mumbai with the city of Ahmedabad. The 508.18 km (315.77 mi) stretch which is being developed with financial and technical support from Japan, when completed, will take about two ...
India has a system of express trains, operated by Indian Railways which comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of Government of India.As of 2023, it maintains over 108,706 km (67,547 mi) of tracks, spanning across 68,584 km (42,616 mi) in route length, and operates nearly 3,000 express trains daily.
The urban rail transit in India consists of systems such as rapid transit (Metro), suburban rail (operated by Indian railways), light rail (Metrolite), tram, regional rail and monorail. As of 2023, India has the fourth longest length of metro lines with 895 kilometres (556 miles ). [ 207 ]
Train name/No. Distance No. of stops Frequency Scheduled running time Ref 1 Dibrugarh: Kanniyakumari: 22503/22504 Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express: 4,154.1 km 58 Daily 75 hrs 30 min (~3 days 3 hours 30 minutes) [1] 2 Silchar: Thiruvananthapuram Central: 12507/12508 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Aronai Superfast Express: 3,915.5 km 57 Weekly
First passenger train from Eastern India, ran from Howrah (near Calcutta, now Kolkata) to Hoogly, a distance of 24 miles (39 km), on 15 August 1854. The line was built and operated by the East Indian Railway Company (EIR). [3]