Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai travel to get reduced by 5 hours: Indian Railways

The Indian Railways has decided to bring down the travel time between Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai by 5 hours. The project will be carried out with an investment of Rs 14,000 crore in building infrastructure over the course of next four years. The two routes account for 30% of passenger and 20% of freight traffic. The 100-day plan also includes railways’ earlier proposal of handing over certain routes to private players. This is one of the 11 proposals made by the Indian Railways in its 100-day plan, and instructions have been given to “initiate immediate action” and implement these (projects) by August 31, 2019. Currently, the fastest train on the Delhi-Howrah route takes about 17 hours to complete the journey while the fastest train on the Delhi-Mumbai route takes about 15.5 hours to complete the journey. According to the new proposal, the travel time on both the routes is expected to get reduced to 12 hours and 10 hours, respectively.