ThiruvananThapuram: With a discussion full of state governments can memo silverline project after the announcement of 400 Vande Bharat trains throughout the country in three years, K-Rail, the agency implementing the Silverline project, has emerged in defense.
In the statement through its social media account Rail said that the Vande Bharat train has been certified to run at a speed of 160kmph, but the trace in the country only has a maximum sectional speed that varies from 80 to 110kmph.
“So Vande Bharat trains, if running in Kerala, it can reach the same time ran the train as Jan Shatabdi and Rajdhani which is the fastest train that is now running in Kerala.
Maybe 10% of time reduction will be possible because the emu type coach from the Vande Bharat train can Speed ​​up and slow down quickly, “he said.
Furthermore, it was to improve the train network in the state to make it suitable for running the Vande Bharat train at 160kmph, 626 curves with a total of 36% of the existing track length must be straightened at a very high capital cost.
This increase process may take more than 10 to 20 years since the upgrade must be carried out together by running train services, he said.
The statement said that Silverline contemplated 47 trains every day in each direction, with one train every 20 minutes every 20 minutes.
The clock but many of these Vande Bharat trains cannot be run on the railroad network in the state because they are saturated.
“The purpose of Silverline is to often run high-speed antarity trains that are often in Kerala to attract road users to switch from private vehicles to mass public transportation systems,” he said.
With the announcement in the Union budget, the UDF and BJP opposition said that the state government should not continue with the Silverline project, by borrowing a large amount of money, when the center is ready to come up with Vande Bharat trains entirely at its own expense.