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Mission Raftar
June 4 , 2018
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- Ministry of Railways conducted one-day workshop Mission Raftaar aimed at raising average speed of freight trains and coaching trains in New Delhi.
- The mission aims at doubling the average speed of freight trains and increasing average speed of coaching trains by 25kmph over a five-year period.
- It was launched as part of the strategy of Indian Railways to keep pace with growing competition from competing modes viz. road and airlines etc.
- Principal routes have been identified for raising of speed under Mission Raftaar.
- These are six routes on Golden Quadrilateral namely, Delhi – Mumbai, Delhi – Howrah, Howrah- Chennai, Chennai – Mumbai, Delhi – Chennai and Howrah – Mumbai.
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