Around 50 ordinary mail/express trains will get upgraded to “superfast” services after completion of an internal audit of running time of around 700 trains. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra/Files) Around 50 ordinary mail/express trains will get upgraded to “superfast” services after completion of an internal audit of running time of around 700 trains. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra/Files)The Indian Railways has started an exercise to cut down running time of over 500 long-distance trains by up to 120 minutes. Around 50 ordinary mail/express trains will get upgraded to “superfast” services after completion of an internal audit of running time of around 700 trains. For example, the popular Hyderabad-Tirupati Express, running 733 km over 14 hours, will now take 100 minutes less.

Source: Indian Express September 23, 2017 23:37 UTC