NEW DELHI: Sixty-five trains on Northern Railway will run faster as the railways focusses on speeding up trains in the new timetable applicable from November 1.
The national transporter plans to reduce the running time of close to 500 trains across zones from anywhere between 15 minute to three hours, officials said.
In the new time table virtually every rail zone has trains which have been speeded up — for example, 51 express and 36 passenger trains running under the Southern Railway have been speeded up while in East Coast Railway (ECoR) 37 express and 19 local passenger trains will run faster.
The Northern Railway timetable has three new trains for the sector — Tejas, Humsafar and Antyodaya Express.
The Tejas Express, India’s first semi-high speed, full-AC train will run six days a week between New Delhi and Chandigarh, and Lucknow and Anand Vihar.
The Humsafar Express, completely three-tier AC sleeper train, will run between Sealdah and Jammu Tawi once a week and tri-weekly between Anand Vihar and Allahabad.
The Antyodaya Express, featuring all unreserved or general coaches, will run between Darbhanga and Jalandhar, and Bilaspur and Ferozepur once a week. (AGENCIES)
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