If all goes well, the travel time between Chennai and Bengaluru on premium trains, like Shatabdi and Vande Bharat express, will reduce by at least 20 minutes in the next couple of months with the Southern Railway completing the work on enhancing the maximum speed between Arakkonam and Jolarpet to 130 km per hour.
The proposal seeking sanction for running trains at a maximum speed of 130 km per hour on the 144.54-km stretch between Arakkonam and Jolarpet railway junctions will be sent to the Commissioner of Rail Safety (CRS) in the next few days, a senior Southern Railway official said.
