Indian Railways reaches another milestone, operates 'SheshNaag' - the longest train ever
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Indian Railways reaches another milestone, operates ‘SheshNaag’ – the longest train ever

NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways on Thursday (July 2, 2020) broke one other document by working ‘SheshNaag’, a 2.Eight km-long prepare amalgamating 4 empty BOXN rakes, powered by 4 units of electrical locomotives. 

It could also be famous that ‘SheshNaag’ is the longest prepare ever to be operated by the Indian Railways. The formation was made by becoming a member of 4 empty BOXN rakes and is powered by 4 units of electrical locomotives. It has 9 engines and 4 guards van.

The 251-wagon long-haul items prepare named ‘SheshNaag’ was operated by the South East Central Railway (SECR), Nagpur Division of the Indian Railways. 

The Ministry of Railways took to Twitter on July 2 to share a video clip of the “longest train ever to run on Indian Railways”.

Two days in the past, on June 30, the Railway Ministry had run a 177-coach freight prepare named ‘Super Anaconda’.

Importantly, the Indian Railways reached this feat on a day when it achieved 100 % punctuality for the primary time ever.

The Indian Railways mentioned in a launch that on Thursday (July 2, 2020), it achieved 100 % punctuality of trains for the primary time in historical past as 201 trains that that run on this present day reached the vacation spot on time. 

Prior to this India Railways has achieved 99.54 % punctuality of trains on June 23 with the delay of just one prepare making it the second-best price after right now.

The Indian Railway Ministry mentioned, ”First time ever within the historical past of Indian Railways, 100% punctuality of trains achieved with all trains on time. Previous finest was 99.54% on 23.06.2020 with one prepare getting delayed.”

Expressing his happiness on the milestone achieved by the Indian Railways, Union Minister Piyush Goyal Tweeted, ”Trains within the Fast Lane: Enhancing companies to unprecedented ranges, Indian Railways made historical past on 1st July 2020 by reaching 100% punctuality price.”

It is to be famous that in the course of the ongoing lockdown, Indian Railways is working solely particular trains with a restricted capability to ferry passengers stranded or these travelling out of necessity. These are particular routes throughout the nation devised to assist motion within the present scenario.

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