Now, trains in South Central Railway zone to cover 130 kmph

HYDERABAD: In yet another milestone, the South Central Railway (SCR) has increased the maximum permissible speed of trains to 130 kmph in the majority sections of Secunderabad, Vijayawada and Guntakal divisions. This has been achieved by the SCR zone with a systematic and planned approach to strengthening the tracks and their infrastructure by removing bottlenecks in these sections at a fast pace.

These infrastructure development and maintenance works as well as upgradation of signalling systems were carried out after the due sanction accorded by RDSO/Lucknow in 2020. Following the extensive upgradation works in these sections, it has now been permitted to increase the sectional speed of train services from 110 kmph to 130 Kmph on both up and down lines of these sections with effect from September 12.

The sections that are covered under this speed implementation concept are Secunderabad-Kazipet-Balharshah, Kazipet-Kondapalli sections in Secunderabad Division, Kondapalli-Vijayawada-Gudur in Vijayawada Division, Renigunta-Guntakal-Wadi of Guntakal Division. These sections cover the entire high-density route, golden quadrilateral and golden diagonal routes of SCR, except for the section between Vijayawada-Duvvada of the golden diagonal route, where the works are still in progress.