CHENNAI: With the railway board granting ‘in principle’ approval for upgrading track to run trains at 160 kmph in eight routes connecting Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Puri, the Southern Railway (SR) decided to appoint a consultant for preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for increasing the track speed between Chennai and Bengaluru.
The railway board had decided to upgrade 9,628-km track along eight routes in the quadrilateral section and diagonal routes in the country for speeds of 160 kmph. It also nominated the SR as a nodal agency for preparing DPR for the 362 km Chennai-Bengaluru route, a recent order revealed.
