"Northern Railways chief public relations officer Neeraj Sharma added that several trains in the country are running at 160 kmph"
Hard to believe. Which trains other than Gatimaan are running at 160kmph?.
Looks like reporter has added the news and not the NR CPRO.
Earlier the Shatabdies on NDLS-UMB route were running at 120kmph and covered the distance non stop in 2:23 hrs...
more... only. But the speed was reduced to 110kmph after a derailment on the section and 1 or 2 stops were introduced leading to increase in the running time to 2:40 to 2:48 hrs.
The ASR shatabdi operating at 130kmph does NDLS-UMB nonstop in 2:20 hrs indicating more slack time given at present than earlier times.