Indian trains are pathetic.They run at 70-90 kmph.Can you compare ? It takes 28 hours for the SUPERFAST COROMONDEL to cover Chennai to Howrah !!! 70 kmph and its a SUPERFAST.LOL !
RE:SPEED OF TRAIN IN INDIA
by Common Man on Apr 04, 2007 11:36 AM Permalink
Do you know what is the criteria for designating a train as "Superfast"? If the average travel speed (total distance / total time) is more than or equal to 55 km/h. Railways collect "Superfast" charge also for such high-speed trains!
Our "ultrafast" Rajdhani Express trains clock an average of about 80-85 km/h.
RE:SPEED OF TRAIN IN INDIA
by Sukhoi on Apr 04, 2007 04:31 PM Permalink
>> Indian trains are pathetic.They run at 70-90 >> kmph.
Apply little stress on your Chicken brain - answer lies in your post!! Key is Design Speeds!! We don't have such design speeds.
To implement that we need to pump more than $100 billion (4,50,000 crores) for our tens of thousands of rail track!!
Why rail? Even on Roads, we don't have such design speeds. Safe design speeds on our Roads won't be more than 100 Kmph compared to World's best roads (Autobahns in Germany)has 200 Kmph!!!
RE:SPEED OF TRAIN IN INDIA
by Bharadwaj Vyakaranam on Apr 04, 2007 11:30 AM Permalink
slow and steady wins the race btw, indian fastest train is the Shatabdi @ 140 KMPH.
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by Common Man on Apr 04, 2007 11:45 AM Permalink
Yeah. That is typical Indian. We never do anything with perfection. We always forget some crucial things and that spoils the entire endeavor.
Coming back to Shatabdi Express, those trains are designed to travel at a speed of 160 km/h. But we forgot, in typical Indian style, one very important thing. High speed trains also require tracks capable of sustaining that speed. Only few kilometers of railway tracks in India can support 160 km/h.
By the way the Shatabdi Express story goes back to the Rajiv era. He took the initiative to introduce that train. That time both the engines and the compartments were imported. Now we make both in India. That is only achievement in last two decades. Quality of tracks remain same, more or less.
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by raghu bear on Apr 04, 2007 11:00 AM Permalink
As long as fools like you who believe that everything done in foreign is great, India will be like this.
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by Deepak Pullanikkatil on Apr 04, 2007 11:23 AM Permalink
how about idiots who believe that whatever pathetic performance we show, its great. they're good for our country?
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by Elite on Apr 04, 2007 12:02 PM Permalink
Well said Deepak. These people like Raghu always believe in all the carp system we have here.Why can't they just see the reality ?
RE:SPEED OF TRAIN IN INDIA
by on Apr 04, 2007 10:55 AM Permalink
dude, if you go more than that speed in Indian tracks, the efficiency of tracks will show up,
the tracks will start to fly, ur kids will be playing with it...
