LTT-Tata track is 110kmph fit except a small stretch of Wardha-NGP. Even Mum/Pune-NGp/HWH Durontos operate at 110kmph only, how come Antyoday do 130kmph?
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This antyodaya (with just 16GS coaches) is high on priority and is faster (25:00hrs) than other SFs on the route like Gnaneshwari(26:45), Geetanjali (25:50 from CSTM) and is second only to Duronto (22:30 from CSTM)
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SF train with 22 LHB coaches & similar priority and with ACII,III,SL,GEN coaches would have been a better option, which would have garnered full occupancy and much higher revenue than the propose Antyodaya through out the year.
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Mum-HWH route have many trains which are highly patronised round the year, but there is shortage of real fast trains with high average speeds. In spite of very limited stops, the crack train of the route, i.e. Duronto hardly manage 75kmph avg speed as against 85-90 kmph of BCT/HWH Rajs. Mum-HWH route desparately need a AK Raj type train with about 80kmph avg speed with many stops. Gnaneshwari (made Daily) & Geetanjali could also be LBHfied and prioritised like the proposed Antyoday.
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Only 3 GQ routes touching the national capital (NDLS-HWH/BCT/MAS) have been made fit for 130kmph since more than a decade and rest of 3 GQ routes (MUM-HWH/MAS & HWH-MAS) still continue to wait for speed upgradation. These 3 GQ routes too should have been upgraded to 130kmph by now. Instead of doing the same, IR has begun efforts to further upgrade NDLS-HWH/MUM/MAS to 160kmph. Is IR actually interested to upgrade these routes or these routes (especially HWH-MUM/MAS) are meant only to earn maximum profits for IR and not to give better & faster passenger servce??