Title - Around 400 trains are arriving on or before time on consistent basis, says railways

Although runningstatus.in found too many alterations recently in punctuality of premier trains of Indian Railways along with other important trains on the busiest routes; Railway says that more than 400 trains are now reaching their destinations on or before scheduled time.

With the help of new system on super congested routes like Howrah and Patna, railway is able to move trains quickly without delay. The new interlocking system on such routes has facilitated faster movements of Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains like Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi.

Apart from Rajdhani and Shatabdi, 350 Mail Express trains and 74 Superfast trains reach at their destinations 5 or 25 mins before than actual arrival timing.

As per officials Route Relay Interlocking can be operated solely without human involvement for holding, receiving, blocking or dispatching trains. The most congested sections like Allahabad junction underwent many changes that allowed railways to save a total of 130 minutes in rajdhani trains while 60 minutes were saved in Shatabdi trains on other junctions.

This reduction in journey time has also been included in new time table effective from October 1, 2016.