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Top rail exec wants Train 18 speed to hit 105 kmph on non-Rajdhani tracks

Rajdhani has never crossed 110 kmph; Gatimaan Express, currently India's first semi-high speed train, running between Delhi and Jhansi at a maximum speed of 160 kmph

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T E Narasimhan Chennai
The decks have been cleared for the commercial operations of India's fastest train Train 18, which was designed and developed at Chennai's Integrated Coach Factory. The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety has recommended running the train at a maximum speed of 105 km per hour (kmph) in non-Rajdhani tracks, while in Rajdhani sector it can go upto 160 km.

Shailesh Kumar Pathak, chief commissioner of Railway Safety said that the Commission of Railway Station had recommended to the Central Government for sanctioning operation of coaches of Train-18 up to a maximum speed of 105 kmph with 16-Coach formation, over Indian Railways

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