Summary:
The Indian Railways is working on increasing the speeds of all long-distance trains by 50 percent and goods trains by 100 percent. This is especially the problem during morning peak hours when first preference is given to locals and long distance trains are made to wait. The Central and Western Railways state that they are also working out timetables so that the long distance trains coming from the north do not hamper the movement of local trains. "Our aim is to improve the punctuality of both goods and long distance trains. It aims to increase the speed of most express and mail trains to up to 110 kmph, and increase the average speed of these trains above 50 kmph..