(The Gist of PIB) TRAINS AT A GLANCE [JULY-2019]

    (The Gist of PIB) TRAINS AT A GLANCE [JULY-2019]

TRAINS AT A GLANCE

• Ministry of Railways has released its new All India Railway Time Table known as ‘Trains At A Glance’ effective from July 01, 2019.

Other key developments in Indian Railways:

• Vande Bharat Express: Indian Railways introduced the first self-propelled semi high speed train Vande Bharat Express between New Delhi and Varanasi on 14.02.2019. This resulted in the reduction of travel time between New Delhi and Varanasi by about 40%.
• Speeding up of trains: As part of Mission Raftaar, 261 trains have been speeded up (by upto 110 minutes) over different Zonal Railways thereby providing a faster transit to the passengers.
• Replacement of conventional Passenger trains with MEMU/DEMU: The short distance passenger trains especially having reversal enroute are being replaced by Mainline Electric Multiple Units (MEMUs) & Diesel Electric Multiple Units (DEMUs).
• Conversion of ICF rakes into LHB rakes: The Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches provide more comfortable and safe journey. To improve the travel experience, a total of 411 pairs of important long distance trains are presently running with LHB coaches by utilizing 465 rakes.

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