Passengers travelling between from Delhi to Mumbai on the Rajdhani express will soon be able to reach their destination faster than ever before.

Western Railways has confirmed that the travel time on the Delhi-Mumbai route will be reduced by 5.5 hours since Rajdhani train speed will be increased from 130 kmph to 160 kmph.

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“After approval of the Central Govt, Mumbai - Delhi route will be upgraded to run Rajdhani Express at 160 kmph to cut the travel time to nearly 10 hrs, under #MissionRaftaar,” the Western Railways has tweeted.

Under its 100-day action plan, Indian Railways reduced the travel time on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes. Mission Raftaar was first announced in the Railways Budget 2016-17. The mission targets the doubling of average speed of trains and increasing the speed of all non-suburban passenger trains by 25 kmph in the next five years.

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Principal routes that were identified for raising of speed under Mission Raftaar comprised six routes on Golden Quadrilateral and diagonals namely, Delhi – Mumbai, Delhi – Howrah, Howrah- Chennai, Chennai – Mumbai, Delhi – Chennai and Howrah – Mumbai.