DavidB-AU Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 NEW DELHI: Government mulls electrification of 35,000 km of rail line in the next three years to save around Rs 16,000 crore forex a year on fuel imports. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/government-mulls-electrification-of-35000-km-rail-line-in-3-years/articleshow/51244115.cms Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 4, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2016 And it takes us how long to do less than 300kms of the Great Western??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 It seems like only yesterday that India had an extensive of metre gauge steam-hauled passenger trains, but then that was 9188 when I was there! Happy memories.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2016 And it takes us how long to do less than 300kms of the Great Western??? It looks like it will have taken over 2 years to do 16 miles on the GWML (that is measured from first visible signs of work on the ground to a likely date for going live). Even if the section in question had gone live on the originally planned date it would still have taken 18 months (or more). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 And it takes us how long to do less than 300kms of the Great Western??? That's probably a more realistic figure for how long it takes than the Indian one. I also gather from Indian colleagues that they don't have enough electrical generating capacity to meet current needs (especially after droughts, as quite a lot of power comes from hydroelectric plants) so I'm left wondering where all this extra electricity for the trains will come from. (Or the electric locos for that matter.....) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 And it takes us how long to do less than 300kms of the Great Western??? Not to worry...India is famous for un-realistic targets. It's just hype from the new government. They couldn't do a 300km stretch in 5 years. I'll leave you'll to do the math. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 G'day Gents It would probably be cheaper to go back to steam haulage.........and quicker. manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted June 30, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2016 On the subject of timescale it took Irish Rail five years to reopen the Midleton line. About 10 miles with no electrification involved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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