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Railways' new time-table: 1 Antyodaya, 2 each of Tejas, Uday Express in next 12 months
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SME Times News Bureau | 15 Aug, 2018
The Indian Railways on Tuesday in its new time-table announced that it
is all set to introduce more of its niche trains such as Antyodaya
Express, Uday Express and Tejas Express in the next 12 months.
According
to the Railway Ministry's new Trains at a Glance (TAG), the railway
publication, it includes the name of one new Antyodaya Express and two
brand new Tejas Express trains. The new list also includes two new Uday
Express trains.
Antyodaya Express has all unreserved and general
coaches, while the Tejas Express is the country's first semi-high speed
fully air-conditioned train. Uday Express has AC chair car and is a
double-decker train.
The new time-table is set to be released on the occasion of Independence Day.
The Railways has so far introduced 23 Humsafar Express trains, 10 Antyodaya Express, one Tejas Express and one Uday Express.
The list of new Uday, Antyodaya and Tejas Express has now incorporated in the new TAG.
Trains
having a maximum permissible speed of 110 km per hour (kmph) will be
run at 105 kmph to reflect actual running time and improve punctuality
of the trains. This will also result in change of arrival and departure
timings of many trains.
"However, the Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Tejas,
Gatimaan, Humsafar, Garibrath, Duronto; Antyodaya Express trains having
MPS of 130 kmph have been charted at 130 kmph," it said.
The
ministry also said that 2017-18, 57 number of conventional passenger
services have been replaced by Mainline Electric Multiple Units (MEMUs)
and Diesel Electric Multiple Units (DEMUs) thereby increasing the
overall mobility of the system.
On Monday, Northern Railway
announced the change in the timings of over 300 trains keeping in view
the maintenance of the railway assets.
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