Ahmedabad-Delhi train travel to be much quicker

Ahmedabad-Delhi train travel to be much quicker

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

12.11.2021

With the railways intent on completing double tracks between Mehsana and Palanpur, come 2022, the Ahmedabad-Delhi rail route may get shorter and less time consuming.

Work on the Ahmedabad-Udaipur gauge conversion is also being run on war footing and expected to be complete soon. This will open up a new rail route to Delhi from Ahmedabad.

Railway officials said that with some parts of the route to Delhi converted to double track the travel time by Ashram Express from Ahmedabad to Delhi has already been cut down by 2 hours and 10 minutes, from earlier 17 hours 30 minutes to the current 15 hours and 20 minutes. With the rest of the ongoing work completed, this time would drop to 14 hours and 30 minutes said a railways official. Currently, the Rajdhani takes 13 hours 35 minutes to reach Delhi from Ahmedabad. That time too will be shortened.

Completion of electrification work will reduce the travel time further, said railway officials.

“The track is likely to undergo inspection by March next year after which it will be commissioned for passenger traffic,” said a senior railways officer. He said the electrification being tested in Ajmer division will also be commissioned by the middle of next year.

About the Ahmedabad-Udaipur-Delhi route, he said that travelling time to Udaipur, which is about 220-odd km will come down to four hours and then another 13 hours to go from Udaipur to Delhi via that route.

For instance, the travel time by Ashram Express will be cut by 3 hours