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Lockdown effect: Railways' goods train register 66% jump in speed
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NEW DELHI : Railways' goods train are no longer crawling on the tracks. During the lockdown period, goods train have registered 66 per cent increase in speed, with many zones even registering double the speed from the same period last year, as the threat of coronavirus keep the passenger trains off the rail network, decongesting its routes.
During normal times, goods trains run at an average speed of 24kmph, but during the lockdown, some zones have managed to double their speeds.
In East Central Railway where goods trains ran at a speed of 22.2 kmph on an average last year at this time, such trains are running at more than double the speed at 53.15 kmph as of April 27, 2020 according to data accessed by PTI.
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