PW Bureau
Indian Railways is also considering increasing the speed of trains at crossovers to 30 km per hour from the existing 15 km per hour
New Delhi: To overcome delays and ease congestion, the Indian Railways is planning to develop rail flyovers near 250 junctions, sources said. The Railways has identified the 250 locations for the construction of rail flyovers as the process will commence soon, according to media reports. These flyovers are also set to take trains to the platforms with no need of waiting on city outskirts.
Besides reducing detentions, the new rail flyovers will help avoid surface crossing on approaches of the railway stations. The flyovers are also expected to do away with bottlenecks.