Why Indian Railways Can't Upgrade Every Track ! 

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At some point, India has to build fully dedicated high speed railways.

Few years back Spanish Talgo has proved that their trains can run on avg 150 kmph with minimal infra gradation because those rolling stocks are equipped with tilting and other ultra modern features. So Indian railways should find the PPP approaches for speed up gradation wherever possible.

True that, nothing can be done on gradients and curves. But the tracks can be strengthened wherever possible. No point in having trains running at mere 110 kmph in plane straight tracks because the tracks are not strong.

i dont think its impossible if money and time was not a factor😛

In India, Greenfield projects are cheaper to build rather than brownfield. A lot of Government land is under illegal encroachment. It sometimes becomes too costly to recover that land because people go to courts and create years long deadlock. Recently, Railways is recovering land where it can by giving money (buying back it's own land). You can guess how costly it can get in big cities. Also, states don't co-operate with Union Government because it is primarily state government's duty to protect Railways land from encroachment which they don't. It is similar case with National Highways.

Everyone needs upgradation, but none wants to pay for it.. people starts protesting if there is increase in price. We dont need high speed trains, but we need one or two extra tracks at this moment.

Instead of high investment in upgradation, new project like bullet or rrts should be implement and upgardation can also be done in moderate speed so that poor and middle class can enjoy india railway and rich people or tourist can enjoy bullet train

Aaj nhi toh kal tracks upgrade karna hi padega !!!

This Main Line Should Must be converted to Support 160 kmph-200 kmph . 1) *Delhi Mumbai Line* 2) *Mumbai Chennai Line* 3) *Chennai Howrah Line* 4) *Howrah Delhi Line* Also 1) *Mumbai - Nagpur -Howrah* 2) *Delhi - Hyderabad (Secunderabad)- Bangluru* 3) *Delhi - Vijaywada - Chennai* And Some Important Busy Section 1) Bhusaval -Itrasi - Jabalpur - Prayagraj 2) Delhi - Chandigarh /Ludhiana 3) Hyderabad - Guntur -Chennai 4) Hyderabad - Vijaywada -Kolkata (Under Chennai - Vijaywada Kolkata) 5) Hyderabad - Wadi Bypass-- Bangluru 6) Mumbai -Pune-Wadi - Bangluru So Ultimate a) Mumbai - Pune - Wadi-Secunderabad b) Mumbai - Pune- Wadi- Bangluru c) Secunderabad - Wadi Bypass- Bangluru 4 City Connection by this 3 main Line 👍 7) Kochi - Chennai/ Bangluru.

Talgo tests few yera back has shown that with new technology like tilting technology and independent wheels of both sides of the coach instead of wheels mounted on axles can run on 160-180 kms on existing tracks with minimal upgradation like fencing and straightening of steep curved. Hence railway should go for these type of approaches.

Was reading an article. *Indian Railways* spends *₹15,000 crore (about $2 billion) on fuel* . , After 100% electrification will save a lot of money, now, I am a rail fan ❤️

I think a new high speed corridor should make just like freight corridor

Thank you so much ❤ mere question per video banaya

Railways are undergoing improvements for last 8-9 years only. Hence we are 20-30 years beyond china.When we do periodic changes, then we can upgrade the systems.

One of the big improvements railways can make instead of improving speed is improving customer experience, which is equally (if not more) important. If trains are as stable and quiet as modern airplanes, so much so that people can ignore that they are in a train, then automatically trains would be better than planes, since we can get network in trains. If you are comfortable in trains, then you won't be in such a hurry to get off! Of course, in this scenario we ignore people with time constraints. They can use flights in case of an emergency.

I am still optimistic... we can achieve 100 kmph overall average speed (passenger + freight) in the next 5 yrs... and when the other DFCs and semi high speed corridors will be started we can think of getting close to 150 kmph in the next 10yrs... to get more speed we need to replace the entire system with better quality tracks which is quite possible and will be cheaper if built with 3D printers...

Conventional railway in any country cannot go beyond 220 kmph... What India can do is to upgrade all important corridors to 160 - 180 kmph that includes Golden Quadrilaterals, Golden Diagonals and other routes like Chennai - Bangalore - Guntakal, Chennai - Madurai - Kanyakumari, Chennai - Coimbatore - Thiruvananthapuram, Ahmedabad - Ajmer - Delhi, Delhi - Jalandhar - Amritsar/Jammu, Kanpur - Lucknow - Moradabad - Delhi, Lucknow - Gorakhpur - Chhapra - Katihar, Katihar - NJP - Guwahati - Tinsukia, Prayagraj - Jabalpur - Bhusawal, etc. While other routes can be upgraded to 110 - 130 kmph...

No need to always upgrade Just try to maintain the average speed faster. Reduce technical problems Manage train traffic on track Weather it may be mail or express it must not be stopped to let other trains Many lines are still remaining of doubling and full electrification Trains like rajdhani and Shatabdi are capable of reaching speed up to 160 km per hour on current tracks.

Wouldn't aluminium tilting trains + better signaling system help increase speed on current tracks ??

HIGHER-SPEED = LESS SLEEPING SEATS = MORE SITTING SEATS = MORE REVENUE (ALSO more cost sadly) But its a great trade-off. A person who can stand in general for 12+ hours , can certainly stand for 6 hours to reach the same destination faster and probably will pay more, if needed. Regional DIRECT HIGHWAY like RRTS rail routes can be created. Atleast 1 in every state, connecting Major cities of every state. Like a high-speed metro.

China tested their new designed train which successful run 620kmph and they are claiming in vaccum that train can go 1000/kmph but we are still talking about trains which can go above 150kmph

Bhai literally these all topics are always in my mind and haven't found anyone except you who talk about this in details.. Like your ' MAKE ALL TRAINS VANDE BHARAT ' That also. 😊

Just compare the railway network before n after independence...... I think British time rails are less in numbers compared to the post independence era,..... But overall analysis is great and supports dedicated high speed corridors like bullet trains. This will give massive thrust to the Indian economy as well. India is on the growth path for the next 20 years at least if the right decisions are taken at the right time with adequate financial support.

Trains average time is reduced because of inefficiency of station master time management. Lot of trains are held 30-45 minutes in stations/ outer because they arrived early running at 110-130/ hr. New revised timing should be done according to running speed of the trains. To much slack time wasting going on now

In India we really need to change and upgrades tracks we just used broadgauge tracks where japai, Korea, Germany other European countries are using standard gauge with bullet train

#AskPT. Is government do something about connecting large cities with high speed 350kmph in future like 1.Kolkata-delhi 2.delhi-mumbai 3.mumbai-chennai 4.chennai-kolkata 5.kolkata-mumbai 6.delhi-bangalore It it most crowded network in railway .

TRACK DOUBLING IS VERY IMPORTANT & PASSENGER COMFORT EXPERIENCE IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT

Recently I was in Italy. Their train was travelling at 350 KM/hour. Congress party had completely neglected infrastructure development. Only under current government development is happening.

If modi govt removed from power in 2024 elections...then it will desaterious situation for our future.....May be at some point you can criticize, most other issue they have done termendious job for our nation 🇮🇳🙏🧘‍♂️🌍

🚩जय हिंद जय भारत 🇮🇳

In india, every Railway track should be upgrade and rail electricfication work should be complete 100%.

So in future is there any chance that govt. or any private company build new rail tracks, or we forget about it

There should be dedicated rail corridor for high speed trains, there should be separate rail network for fast trains . Aur saath saath apna present railway bhi dheere dheere upgrade karna chahiye

Nitin Gadkari Sahab ko Railway Minister banado , Fir Dekho India Railway kese Bhagti hey

One can engineer their way out of any problem. You just need will and money.

#AskPT I believe tilting technologies should be explored for curvatures. Aluminium trains might also be better suited for older tunnels and bridges as they are lighter and much more energy efficient. What do you think?

Wow dedication corridors operational hogaya pata he nahi chala😮

The video is amazing. However few of the information like ICF blue coach speed is restricted to 110 kmph ( self generating) and ICF rajdhani/garib rath coaches are restricted to 130 KMPH ( non self-generating, requires HOG/EOG). Even though LHB coaches are capable of 160 KMPH but whether you use WAP 5 or WAP7, they dont travel above 130 KMPH anywhere (Only TKD- AGC section supports 160 KMPH and currently 3 trains travel above 130 KMPH mark - BPL shatabdi, Gatiman and VB). Keep sharing. Amazing work 😊

स्पीड के लिए सभी routes Upgradation के बजाय सीधे HSR को देशी tech के साथ, तेजी से, सस्ते में बनाना चाहिए। कुछ Trunk routes को new alignment के साथ 200+ (220+) के लिए तैयार करना चाहिए। Routes की doubling tripling quadrapling ज्यादा जरूरी है।

Maharajganj district headquarters me kb bnega railway station,jo eastern railway headquarters or world 2nd largest platform gkp railway station ke bgl ka district he.2080 tk bn jayega(koi umeed)??🤔🤔

Best💯👍 video

i feel it should be done in phases jyada frequency waali jagaho ko abhi deal krna chahiye baaki ko baadme i think rail infra india m road ke baad hi hoga

Yes i have a few questions, recently there was a lot of money spent on redevelopment of new lines. also as you may be knowing railway lines needs to be replaced with new ones on regular basis, i don't have idea about when does IR do, but in generally in 10 to 15years it happens. during that time replacement and of beds is also done, its a huge investment process and time consuming too. I had the opportunity to ask some contractors a few questions and one official answered my candidly. my question were 1. Why don't we remove the curves by investing little more on this section by buying aligned land and selling the non aligned land(cost can be saved as we have Refabrication of this 120km section) His answers: Good idea but land acquisition is involved, and no one wanna get involved in it, and money is sanctioned for repair and Refabrication only. if we wanna do it will mean putting hands in honey bee comb. no one in our right mind will do it. 2. Sir, as per the research findings if we use long rails with 60kg rail instead of 52Kg rails. the gap between the concrete slabs can also be reduced. answer same as above, as this trake has a designed speed of 110kmph, we need to make this track only that much capable. 3. the gradient and soil on certain section is not suitable for high speed, and we have restrictions of speeds for 20kmph or 40kmph, which results in traffic and low avg speed. can you do this. he said nope thats also new work and doesn't fall in repair and refrarication work. 4. there are new lines getting designed in many places, why don't we make them 250kmph capable from the start. Answer, no it can't be done, as funds are allocated for only 110kmph line only. atleast make 2 lines on busy routes, can't do that. P.S: refabrication work lines cost 40 to 60percent cost of lines

British did an amazing job if we talk about Indian Railways.

Agar itne challanges ha to mere pass ek idea h. Hame railway route ya network ko upgrade karne ki zarurat hi nahi ha instead ham koi aisa alternative introduce kare jisko run karne ke liye existing system ki zarurat hi na ho . Matlab new system apne aap me bilkul independent secure fastest or feasible ho. Agar ye samajh Gaye to Inka example ki baat kare to Hyperloop trains, Magnetic trains jese concepts iss idea ko support kar sakte hai .. . Think over it

#AskPT with all the modern sensors and computation available why are mot upgrading our signalling system as fast as we are electrifying the routes .

Ok toh ek kam ho sakta hay Maintain the existing network as is and create new lines based on RRTS / Bullet model. Once high speed zones are created between big cities eg Mumbai Delhi, Kolkata Delhi etc then we can slowly trickle down these to other lines

Government to railway be like :"Beta tumse na ho payega hame tumhare lakshan bilkul thik nahi lag rahe tumse na ho payega".😂😊

What is the secrets of china railway development ?

1 more reason is on accident human body impact limit reduction speed ~150 --80 kmphr. Another one is small upgraded route itself are building blocks.

Vande bharat will be run on dedicated freight corridors

As a railfan....I can say kuch nahi ho sakta Indian railways ka.... competition hum social media mein karte hain....Vande Bharat ko bullet samajte hain

its a trains oriented channel but can you make somthing about aviation

Sir please is topic pe video banaiye ki Railways ordinary trains ko express special ke naam pe kyu chala rha hai?

DFFCIL hi hai jo Indian railways ko profit dilaa sakti hai as compared to passanger train. Because passanger train par maintenance cost jiyadaa hai, utnaa earning ho nahi paata. Government ko ispar tezzi say kaam karna chahiye.

We can do mass manufacturing of blastless track and then replace track with automatic track laying machine

Jai Hind Vande Mataram⚔️🙂🙏🚩

2 tracks ke jagah 3 track hona chahiye 3rd with high speed tracks.

#AskPT: Instead of WDFC and EDFC could we have built an alternative for fast trains instead. And used the existing tracks for freight?

I am proud ઇન્ડિયન Railways

Existing track ke bagal me extra 2( 1 pair ) track banane chahiye jinkee speed limit jyada ho jisase future me aane wale sare problem ko solve kerna asaan hoga

Bhai jaisa bhi hai but maza bhot aata hai train me travel krne me

Another problem is politicians they have to show result for vote and you can't show tracks therefore they always bring trains

From where you found these video ?

Nice

The amount of money that Railways have spent in India since independence, every railtrack was possible to make out of pure gold. Such is the inefficiency. Such is the wasteage of tax payers money in India.

Only option elevated semi High speed tracks like rrts corridor.

The railways can improve alot even with minimum upgrades. Most trains have average speed of 60-70kmph with top speed of 130kmph. Long route trains shohld have only 1 stop per city and 1 stop for every 100km. The traks inside city should be improved so that train can maintain 100kmph rather than crawling at 20 kmph. Even these changes should help to achieve 100kmph with top speed limited at 130kmph. Lastly, what's stopping railways from improving cleanliness/ security in trains?

phase manner mein kiya jaa sakta hai ?? pehle jo easily ho sakta hai usse kr dia jaaye, baaki remaining ko slowly slowly kr dia jaaye.

In our existing system if we make avg speed 80kmph for normal express trains there will be huge difference in tha duration of journeys also unnecessary stops and long routes needs to be closed.

NTC line laying machine lays 1.5 kms track everyday. So 547 kms a year. 25 such machines can do the job of relaying 70000 kms of track in 5 years.

Make video on bbs tejas Rajdhani express

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5:30 what's the tunnel like the place?

Bullet train is the future for long distance travel. बुलेट ट्रेन आपको आपकी मंजिल के थोड़े पासछोड़ देंगे और वहां से इस प्रकार की ट्रेन आपको अपनी डेस्टिनेशन परले जाएगी। 5 to 7 bullet train corridor will resolve time problem in indian railways.

Isn't this video re-uploaded?

It may not be possible to upgrade full track (easier to build new tracks side by side). But I wonder if overall average speed can be increased on older tracks by correcting issues with bottleneck sections using 80-20; Pareto principle. 🤔😳👏👏

New tracks must be placed fully new our tracks is too old.

Eco friendly(electrification and eventual sourcing frm renewable sources) Least accident prone( 80-90kmph avg speed shud be fine... Just an opinion) Cost effective Shud be our ultimate motto

Bro konsi icf train 130 km/h pe chalti hai or konsi lhb 160km/hr pe chalti hai

Agar bottle neck/choke points ko hi hata Diya jaaye. Toh kaafi aacha rahega. I want Delhi to Bangalore in 15 hrs...

India has to build totally new dedicated high speed railway tracks like elevated express way

In chaina, japan they also have different types of trains.

Bro I love and like your vdo but howrah New Delhi ke route me Humsafar xp jese train hi continuosly 130 par chalti hai or ok fast train time save karegi par apne btya curve bridge , tunnels muje yahi ache lagte hai tabhi to humri railway itni kimti hai ❤ because I love Indian railways

Railway crossing should be eliminate in india.

If there is a will there is a way. It all depends what on the priorities of our elected representatives

Let this railway be as it is and keep on upgrading it in small increments. But start building a completely new high speed railway network connecting all major places in the country.

ALL FUTURE RAIL TRACK SHOULD BE BALLEST LESS IF WE WANT TO BE SUPER POWER UP TO 2047

First of all the tracks should be well barricated....Then comes to high speed corridors(bullet)....i think it will first connect major cities like-mumbai-Delhi-Kolkata-Banglore...and in terms of existing railway network it should be barricated and construction of underpasses in place of level crossings...

Use old track as a local work or local areas work and amde completely new railway eco system totally private basis for high end things like on time high speed etc

Jay Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏🙏🙏

If Average speed of 150km is also achievable on this tracks then we should do that & most important kavach safety system should be in each trains.

70% railway Budget goes to pensions and salary. We should implement technology instead of Humans . It will reform the railways.

Want more elaborated version of this video

sir mumbai western line me siemens emu gayab ho gaye hain sirf medha rake hain

Railway should upgrade sections where the traffic density is very high specially along the golden Quadrilateral routes i. e. Howrah to Delhi, Howrah to Mumbai, Mumbai to Chennai, Howrah to Chennai routes where train can run at least an average speed of 120 kmph. Otherwise running And launching new Vande Bharat trains is a futile exercise if they also run at same avg speed of 90 kmph. Why is the government wasting money on these trains when our Shatabdi and RAJDHANI run at the similar average speed. Better to focus on upgrade tracks and then launch these so called semi high speed trains.

If we are still running trains on British developed railway tracks, then it's even bigger fault of government to not upgrade these. This video is focussing on sympathising with govt on why they can't do it which I dont understand at all. We have 1.5 Billion people, there are more railway lines but more workforce as well. This mindset is the reason we are far behind European countries or even China and Japan.

If you have will you can do anything

Bhai 200-250 chhoro bas 160 kmph speed v kar de to bahot hai. Hamare yaha trains ki capability 160 kmph ki almost 40nsal se hai. Lekin vo v railway board se nahi ho paya pichhle 40 salo me.