New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- In its preparedness towards train operations during the foggy days of winter, the Indian Railways has decided to enhance the maximum permissible speed of trains to 75 km per hour from the present 60 km per hour to combat delays caused by inclement weather.
"It has been decided that with the use of fog devices in locomotives, the maximum permissible speed during foggy/inclement weather conditions can be enhanced from 60 kmph (km per hour) to 75 kmph," the Indian Railways said in a statement.
The national transporter has also asked railway zones to keep adequate supply of detonators - appliances fixed on rails that explode with a loud report when an engine passes so as to attract the driver's attention. It also said lim...