For the first time in the history of railways, it claimed 100% success in punctuality or right time running on Wednesday.

Every train reached the destination at the right time on July 1.

All 201 trains which traversed across the country reached their destination at the right time.

The previous best achieved by the Railways was 99.54% on June 23, 2020, with one train getting delayed.    

Meawhile, Indian Railways is preparing to upgrade the speed of trains up to 130 kilometers per hour on two routes, from Delhi to Mumbai and from Delhi to Howrah, allowing the faster passenger movement in a shorter time period.

Speaking on the issue, Member (Signal & Telecom), Railway Board Pradeep Kumar said, "The Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes are almost ready for fitness and signalling consideration. The trains on this route can run at a speed of 130 km per hour. In this financial year, trains are expected to run at this speed on these two routes."

Adding to this, Kumar said, "As announced earlier, we will be running the trains at the speed of 160 km per hour on these routes in the future. For this, work is going on on all the projects."