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The number of Vande Bharat trains has been increased to 82 and work is underway to increase the speed of these trains to 160 kilometres per hour on the New Delhi-Mumbai and New Delhi-Howrah routes, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday.

The commute on a rail track was disrupted on Sunday after a goods rail at the Delhi-Howrah route derailed near Fatehpur.

A body of a 17-year-old girl was found under suspicious circumstances on the Delhi-Howrah rail track in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiyya district, railways officials said. The girl had apparently been run over by a train on Monday.

Railways will be able to run passenger trains "on demand" and free of "waiting" list on the busiest Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes in the next four years with the construction of dedicated freight corridors by 2021, Railway Board Chairman V K Yadav said on Tuesday.

The centre has approved the Railways' proposal to increase the train speed on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes to 160 kmph which will reduce travel time by 3.5 hours and five hours respectively, making them overnight journeys.

In a bid to reduce travel time, the Indian Railways, under its 100-day action plan, envisages increasing the speeds of trains on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes at an investment of over Rs 13,500 crore, officials said.

Two corridors of the golden quadrilateral -- Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah -- were sanctioned at a cost of Rs 11,189 crore and Rs 6,875 crore respectively in the last Union budget.

Fencing of the Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai railway routes, formation of the Railway Holding Company, and adequate fund allocation for strengthening tracks and bridges will be the highlights of the proposals in the upcoming Budget 2017-18, officials have said.

After the successful launch of Gatimaan Express, Railways has undertaken a mammoth exercise of reducing journey time on the Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes by increasing speed of trains to up to 160 km per hour at an estimated cost of about Rs 10,000 crore.

Rail traffic on the Delhi-Howrah line was restored today after two wagons of a goods train that derailed in Uttar Pradesh were removed from the track , a railway official said.

Three bogies of Delhi-bound Lucknow Mail on Sunday derailed near Ghaziabad railway station, affecting movement of trains on the Delhi-Howrah route for nearly six hours.

At least five trains, including the Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani, were stranded for over three hours today as locals squatted on the tracks after a Railways patrolman was run over and killed near Mankatha station in Bihar's Lakhisarai district.

A goods train carrying coal derailed near Ulna Bhari station in Uttar Pradesh today, disrupting movement of trains on Delhi-Howrah main rail route.

A coach of the Delhi-bound Neelanchal Express derailed near Mirzapur Railway Station on Friday, disrupting rail traffic on the Delhi-Howrah route.

Passengers will soon be able to use smart cards for buying train tickets on the busy Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes and also in the Kolkata Metro.

The number of Vande Bharat trains has been increased to 82 and work is underway to increase the speed of these trains to 160 kilometres per hour on the New Delhi-Mumbai and New Delhi-Howrah routes, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday.

The commute on a rail track was disrupted on Sunday after a goods rail at the Delhi-Howrah route derailed near Fatehpur.

A body of a 17-year-old girl was found under suspicious circumstances on the Delhi-Howrah rail track in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiyya district, railways officials said. The girl had apparently been run over by a train on Monday.

Railways will be able to run passenger trains "on demand" and free of "waiting" list on the busiest Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes in the next four years with the construction of dedicated freight corridors by 2021, Railway Board Chairman V K Yadav said on Tuesday.

The centre has approved the Railways' proposal to increase the train speed on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes to 160 kmph which will reduce travel time by 3.5 hours and five hours respectively, making them overnight journeys.

In a bid to reduce travel time, the Indian Railways, under its 100-day action plan, envisages increasing the speeds of trains on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes at an investment of over Rs 13,500 crore, officials said.

Two corridors of the golden quadrilateral -- Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah -- were sanctioned at a cost of Rs 11,189 crore and Rs 6,875 crore respectively in the last Union budget.

Fencing of the Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai railway routes, formation of the Railway Holding Company, and adequate fund allocation for strengthening tracks and bridges will be the highlights of the proposals in the upcoming Budget 2017-18, officials have said.

After the successful launch of Gatimaan Express, Railways has undertaken a mammoth exercise of reducing journey time on the Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes by increasing speed of trains to up to 160 km per hour at an estimated cost of about Rs 10,000 crore.

Rail traffic on the Delhi-Howrah line was restored today after two wagons of a goods train that derailed in Uttar Pradesh were removed from the track , a railway official said.

Three bogies of Delhi-bound Lucknow Mail on Sunday derailed near Ghaziabad railway station, affecting movement of trains on the Delhi-Howrah route for nearly six hours.

At least five trains, including the Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani, were stranded for over three hours today as locals squatted on the tracks after a Railways patrolman was run over and killed near Mankatha station in Bihar's Lakhisarai district.

A goods train carrying coal derailed near Ulna Bhari station in Uttar Pradesh today, disrupting movement of trains on Delhi-Howrah main rail route.

A coach of the Delhi-bound Neelanchal Express derailed near Mirzapur Railway Station on Friday, disrupting rail traffic on the Delhi-Howrah route.

Passengers will soon be able to use smart cards for buying train tickets on the busy Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes and also in the Kolkata Metro.