New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways is all set to release its new All India Railway Time Table known as “Trains At A Glance (TAG)” today, in order to improve the punctuality of trains, news agency ANI reported. The time table will also be available on the official website of the Indian Railways.
According to Indian Railways, it runs about 3,240 Mail/Express trains including Vande Bharat Express, Gatimaan Express, Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express, Humsafar Express, Tejas Express, Duronto Express, Antyodaya Express, Garib Rath Express, Sampark Kranti Express, Yuva Express, Uday Express, Janshatabdi Express and other types of trains.
Trains at a Glance (TAG) will also be available as an 'e-Book' which can be downloaded from the IRCTC website.
About 3,000 passenger trains and 5,660 suburban trains are operated over the Indian Railways network. The volume of passengers carried daily is about 2.23 crore. In order to clear extra rush and meet passenger demand, more than 65,000 special train trips were operated during 2021-22. About 566 coaches were permanently augmented to increase the carrying capacity, said Railways, as reported by ANI.
During the review of the lie over of rakes, it was observed that the rakes can be better utilized for extending the existing services or increasing the frequency. Railways believe this would maximize the utilization of the rolling stock and provide better connectivity to the travelling passengers. 106 new services were introduced, 212 services were extended and the frequency of 24 services was increased, during the year 2021-22.
At present, Vande Bharat Express trains are operating between New Delhi - Varanasi and New Delhi - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra. One more Vande Bharat Express train has been introduced between Gandhinagar Capital and Mumbai Central from September 30.
Railways said necessary changes in the timetable have been incorporated to improve punctuality. Due to concerted efforts, the punctuality of Mail/Express trains has improved by about 9 per cent as compared to the punctuality during pre-Covid (2019-20).
A provision of fixed corridor blocks has been planned in order to provide sufficient time for the maintenance of the fixed infrastructure like track structure, signalling gears, and overhead equipment. This will not only improve the reliability of the assets but also enhance passenger safety. The duration of these corridor blocks will be from 3 hours in each section.
(With ANI Inputs)