Local trains on the Western Railway will be a bit faster from Monday as a whopping 3.5-minute overall journey time will now be saved per train as the age-old speed restrictions are now fixed. 

“The Permanent Speed Restriction (PSR) at Marine Lines of 20 kmph has been removed which helps in saving two minues per train or 560 minutes per day. Similarly, the removal of PSR of 60 kmph at Bandra–Khar section has helped save 1.25 minutes per train or 307 min per day. The three-line crossover at Santacruz has been converted to a two-line crossover, which in turn has enabled in increasing the speed from 15 kmph to 30 kmph. The speed at a crossover at Dadar has been increased to 30 kmph from 15 kmph. This will enable faster receipt and dispatch of trains from platform number 6 at Dadar. At Mumbai Central, the shunting time has been reduced by 30 minutes, due to extension of shunting neck for 25 coach new trains,” said Western Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Sumit Thakur.