MYSURU: That all trains between Bengaluru and Mysuru would run on electric locomotives could be an assumption that many could be beneath after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Hamsafar Express – the first electric train between the 2 cities – in February. However, only a few trains working between the 2 cities are working on electric locomotive. Many trains that reach Mysuru go back and forth o other locations comparable to Arasikere, routes that are but to be electrified.
It takes around 15 to 20 mins for trains to modify from electric locomotives to diesel engines, and so as to keep away from this prolong, railway officials appear to suppose it is extra prudent to function trains even between Bengaluru and Mysuru on diesel. Only the ones trains that function on routes, which might be totally electrified, are working on electric locomotives between the 2 cities. Cauvery Express, Shatabdi Express and Jaipur Express are one of the vital few trains working on electric locomotives.
Sources in South Western Railway pointed out that the Bengaluru-Arasikere-Hubballi, and the Bengaluru-Mangaluru stretches are but to be electrified. The other impediment to working extra electric trains is the lack of electrical locomotives. “We also need a shed for the maintenance of electrical locomotives, which is being evolved at the shed at Krishnaraja (KR) Puram in Bengaluru,” a source stated.
Total electrification by means of 2020
Union railway minister Piyush Goyal has announced that his dream was once to abolish diesel engines by means of 2020. While the preliminary goal was once to succeed in electrification of all routes by means of 2022, Goyal complicated it by means of two years. As of March 2017, 25,367km of the railway community have been electrified – 37.65% of all the length of the railway circuit.
Cost-effective and eco-friendly
Besides being extra eco-friendly, working all trains on electric locomotives is predicted to scale back moderate go back and forth time by means of 15 to 20 mins along the Bengaluru-Mysuru direction. As many as 24 trains go away from Mysuru every day, and working all of them on electric locomotives would save SWR Rs 10 lakh each day, since a train consumes four to five litres of diesel per kilometre. The other benefits of working trains on electric locomotives is that the accelkeration is far upper, and trains will also be stopped instantaneously when it comes to emergencies.
A decade in the making
The electrification of the 139-km long monitor between Bengaluru and Mysuru was once announced in the 2007-08 Union Railway Budget, however the undertaking gained momentum most effective in 2011. While the preliminary value of the undertaking was once pegged at Rs 69.5 crore, it was once subsequently revised to Rs 210 crore. The undertaking was once handled by means of the Central Organisarion for Railway Electrification.
It takes around 15 to 20 mins for trains to modify from electric locomotives to diesel engines, and so as to keep away from this prolong, railway officials appear to suppose it is extra prudent to function trains even between Bengaluru and Mysuru on diesel. Only the ones trains that function on routes, which might be totally electrified, are working on electric locomotives between the 2 cities. Cauvery Express, Shatabdi Express and Jaipur Express are one of the vital few trains working on electric locomotives.
Sources in South Western Railway pointed out that the Bengaluru-Arasikere-Hubballi, and the Bengaluru-Mangaluru stretches are but to be electrified. The other impediment to working extra electric trains is the lack of electrical locomotives. “We also need a shed for the maintenance of electrical locomotives, which is being evolved at the shed at Krishnaraja (KR) Puram in Bengaluru,” a source stated.
Total electrification by means of 2020
Union railway minister Piyush Goyal has announced that his dream was once to abolish diesel engines by means of 2020. While the preliminary goal was once to succeed in electrification of all routes by means of 2022, Goyal complicated it by means of two years. As of March 2017, 25,367km of the railway community have been electrified – 37.65% of all the length of the railway circuit.
Cost-effective and eco-friendly
Besides being extra eco-friendly, working all trains on electric locomotives is predicted to scale back moderate go back and forth time by means of 15 to 20 mins along the Bengaluru-Mysuru direction. As many as 24 trains go away from Mysuru every day, and working all of them on electric locomotives would save SWR Rs 10 lakh each day, since a train consumes four to five litres of diesel per kilometre. The other benefits of working trains on electric locomotives is that the accelkeration is far upper, and trains will also be stopped instantaneously when it comes to emergencies.
A decade in the making
The electrification of the 139-km long monitor between Bengaluru and Mysuru was once announced in the 2007-08 Union Railway Budget, however the undertaking gained momentum most effective in 2011. While the preliminary value of the undertaking was once pegged at Rs 69.5 crore, it was once subsequently revised to Rs 210 crore. The undertaking was once handled by means of the Central Organisarion for Railway Electrification.
Not all trains between Bangaluru and Mysuru running on electric locomotives
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