India, March 1 -- The power supply to trains will be doubled to 2x25000 volt on the Virar-Surat route under the 'Mission Raftaar' project. This is a crucial element for augmenting speeds of long-distance trains at 160 kmph on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad-Delhi corridor. Incidentally, over the weekend, Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is expected to visit some of the stations in Gujarat, to inspect works on the high-speed rail project.

Sources in the Western Railway (WR) said tenders for installing higher-powered cables that would amplify the capacity have been called. The total cost of the work is expected to be around Rs.60 crore. At present, the trains are powered with 25000 volt.

"We will augment the supply by 2x25000 volt power lines...