Indian Railways News => Topic started by eabhi200k on Sep 29, 2012 - 09:00:06 AM


Title - Matheran toy train trip to be cut by 30 mins
Posted by : eabhi200k on Sep 29, 2012 - 09:00:06 AM

Mumbai: Central Railway (CR) plans to curtail the travel time on the 21-km Neral-Matheran stretch by 30 minutes.
We will strengthen the tracks that will help us increase the speed.Currently,it takes 2 hours to cover the distance between Neral and Matheran.We plan to reduce the journey by 30 minutes, CR general manager Subodh Jain said.The commissioner of railway safety has imposed a speed restriction of 12 kmph.
After the tracks are strengthened,CR aims to increase the speed to 16 kmph,which will curtail the travel time.The MMRDA may provide Rs 4 crore for the project.CR is all set to start the toy train service on the 3-km Aman Lodge-Matheran station stretch from Saturday.TN