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New Delhi, January 25th
Railways will procure a new set of trains with electric locomotives to run on the existing Delhi-Mumbai track.
Railways have joined hands with Japan to begin the ground work to reduce travel time by half on the Delhi-Mumbai sector .
Currently, Mumbai Rajdhanis run at an average speed of 100 km per hour and take about 15 hours to reach the destination.
"Our aim is to reduce the travel time by almost half between Delhi-Mumbai and for this we have to procure train sets to run at higher speed on the existing track," according to reports.
Train sets are like EMU trains consisting of self-propelled electric locomotive and 10 to 12 modern coaches."
There will be a new fare structure for the high-speed train for the Golden Rail Corridor.
Asked how the existing track will take the load of new trains, he said, "All the freight trains will be shifted from Mumbai-Delhi route after the commissioning of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor. So, we will utilise the additional capacity of the existing track for the train sets."
The Western DFC is likely to be commissioned by 2016-17.
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