Record Rajdhani Record

[Amilcar Labrosse]

Thedistance between Vadodara and Kota (528 km) is almost equivalent to the entire Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod railway stretch (587 km). The Vande Bharat train between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod, which halts at seven stations, covers the distance in 7 hours and 12 minutes.

A new record

With this, the Mumbai-New Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express will become the longest non-stop train in India. Between New Delhi and Kota Junction, the Mumbai Rajdhani will cover a distance of 465 km non-stop in 5 hours and 10 minutes.

The Railways will make the temporary stop permanent if more passengers start using the service, the official said. The stop at Ratlam will also be beneficial to passengers from Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat and those travelling between Ratlam and Delhi, the official said.

Electricity is supplied to Delhi consumers by Anil Ambani-controlled BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL), BSES Yamuna Power Ltd (BYPL), Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL), Military Engineering Services (for Delhi Cantonment) and the New Delhi Municipal Council.

This is the highest peak power demand recorded in any Indian city as the region awaits the arrival of the southwest monsoon, which currently lies over east Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and is expected to advance into the north-western region around 3 July.

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Freight Trains Beat Rajdhani: Goods trains on the dedicated freight corridor are running at speed faster than Rajdhani trains, considered among the fastest in India. Some goods trains have touched the speed of nearly 100 kmph, more than the speed at which they normally operate. The record was made on Saturday when one goods train ran at a record 99.38 kmph, as per news agency PTI.

On May 29, three trains ran at an average speed of more than 99 kmph, the fastest being on the 331-km New Khurja-New Bhaupur section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC), according to PTI. The EDFC was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year on 29 December.

Sharing the details, an official told the news agency that the highest average speed achieved was 99.38 kmph. Till date, he said, 137 trains have attained an average speed of more than 90 kmph on this section.

Goods trains are also running at the same speed on other sections as well. For instance, on the 306 km Rewari-Madar section on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC), trains are achieving a speed of 90 kmph routinely.

In fact, of the 3,077 trains that ran on EDFC, he said, the maximum speed so far was 97.85 kmph before the milestone was reached on Saturday. In WDFC, the maximum speed of the 837 trains was 89.50 kmph.

Commenting on the millstone achieved by goods trains, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that rapid train movement will reduce cost and result in more affordable prices. "Freight Trains Beat Rajdhani: Trains on the dedicated freight corridor are running at speeds faster than Rajdhani trains, with trains clocking an average speed of nearly 100 kmph. Rapid train movement will reduce cost & result in more affordable prices," he said.

Explaining the reason behind high speed, the officials told the news agency that it was due the lack of restrictions on the dedicated corridors which are otherwise prevalent on the network of Indian Railways. The railway network is so congested that the time loss is of up to 10 minutes per 100 km.

But over the last year, mainly due to the restrictions on passenger trains because of the pandemic, freight trains on the rail network have gained momentum with around a 60 per cent jump in average speeds. But that speed is nowhere near the one achieved on the dedicated corridors.

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601. Introduction - Inspection by foot, trollies, locomotives and rear vehicles enable the Permanent Way staff to carry out assessment of the quality of track. These inspections, though important, are qualitative and enable assessment based on individual experience. Objective assessment of track is done by track recording cars, Oscillograph cars and portable accelerometers.

602. Track Recording by Mechanical / Electronic Equipment - The following track recording equipments are in use in Indian Railways at present :-

(1) Track recording cars.

(2) Hallade track recorder.

(3) Oscillograph car.

(4) Portable accelerometers.

603. Track Recording Car - There are two types of track recording cars currently in use in Indian Railways, one mechanical and the other electronic. With these track recording cars, it is possible to have a continuous record of the track geometry under loaded conditions, by running the cars at nominated intervals.

604. Mechanical Track Recording Car (B.G.)- (1) It has two bogies one of two axles and the other of three axles. The measuring bogie has a base of 3.6 metres, and is three axled with an axle load of 7.0 tons. It gives a continuous record of -

(a) Unevenness - Left rail.

(b) unevenness - Right rail.

(c) Gauge.

(d) Twist.

(e) Curvature/alignment - Left rail.

(f) Curvature/alignment - Right rail.

(g) Speed

(2) The manner of recording of each parameter is indicated below :-

(a) Unevenness-The longitudinal unevenness of rails is measured as a deviation in the vertical plane (depression or rise) of the middle axle of the measuring bogie with reference to the average position of the two outer axles. The outer axles are spaced 3.6 metres apart and unevenness is recorded to scale of 1:1 on a base of 3.6 M. for left and right rail separately.

(b) Gauge -The changes in gauge are picked up by spring loaded gauge feelers which are in contact with the gauge faces at about 18 mm. below the rail table. The recording is done to a scale of 1:1. The feelers are so made that they can pass over the points and crossings and through check rails at level crossings without difficulty.

(c) Twist - Twist is measured as the relative out of planeness of one of the four wheels with respect to the plane formed by the other three wheels, of the outer axles of the measuring bogie. If, a, b, are the movements of the axle boxes of the leading axle and c, d, are the relative movements of the axle boxes of the rear axle then (a+d) - (b+c) gives the twist over a base of 3.6 M. The points from where these movements are picked up from the frame connected to the outer axles are so located as to compensate for the frame spacing being wider than the gauge. The twist is also recorded to full scale of 1:1.

(d) Curvature/Alignment - Curvature is deduced from the angle between the tangent and a chord of known length at any point of the rail, assumed to be circular. Two spring loaded feelers press against the rails from the tangents. The line joining the centres of the pivots of the two bogies forms the chord. By arrangement of cables attached to these feelers, the differential movement of the feelers with respect to the chord is transmitted to the recording table. The curvature is recorded as versines in mm. on a 7.2 M. chord. This measurement, however, is somewhat vitiated due to transverse play existing between the various parts of the vehicle such as between wheels and rails, between axles and bogie and between bogie and the vehicle. The magnitude of inaccuracy on this account is of a small order and the recording gives general guidance regarding the condition of alignment.

605. Electronic Track Recording Car - (1) Broad Gauge- (a) The construction features of this car are the same as those of the mechanical car excepting that the sensing elements of various track parameters transmit impulses electrically. Electrical track recorder gives out the various track parameters in analogue form on a graph paper.

(b) Details of the items of measurement -With the indigenously modified electronic track recording cars, it is possible to get a continuous record of alignment of each rail on a 7.2 M. chord in addition to the parameters described in Para 604 (1) above.

(c) Manner of Recording - In the electronic car, alignment is measured by versines on a chord length of 3.6 M. The mid-chord processor facilitates the conversion of the versines measured on 3.6 M base to 7.2 M base, electronically. This is according to

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