Shri Ghanshyam Singh, Member (Traction), Railway Board holding a high level meeting in presence of Shri P. S. Mishra, General Manager of Eastern & South Eastern Railway, Shri S. S. Gehlot, Additional General Manager, Eastern Railway and Principal Electrical Engineers of Eastern, South Eastern and Metro Railway at Eastern Railway's Head Quarter, Fairlie Place, Kolkata on 20.05.2019.
In the meeting, Shri Singh reviewed the performance of three (03) Zonal Railways and advised to implement various innovative methods as adopted by Railway Board to enhance the speed of Passenger/Mail Express trains including Rajdhani, Shatabdi & Duronto Expresses. He stressed upon implementation of 'Push-Pull System' in Howrah-New Delhi and Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Expresses which will reduce the journey time by more than one (01)...
more... hour. This system is, at present in vogue in New Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express (of Central Railway).
#PushPull System is a new system in which two Locomotives-one in front to pull and the other at the end to push the rake to enhance the speed of the train by which journey time is reduced to a sizable extent.
Member (Traction), Railway Board expressed his satisfaction over the performance of the three (03) Zonal Railways and declared a cash award of Rs. 2 Lakh (Two Lakh only) for Santragachhi Electric Loco Shed for their meritorious performance.
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