Chennai - Gudur section became the first section in Southern Railway to be authorised for increasing maximum permissible speed to 130 Kmph from 110 kmph according to Indian Railways
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said once the Kashmir Valley will be connected with the Indian railway network, it will reduce the Jammu to Srinagar journey to 3.5 hours.
While the top speed of the semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express is claimed to be 180 kmph, all the five trains have achieved an average running speed less than 100 kmph.