Speed Restrictions | Permanent Speed Restrictions and Temporary Speed Restrictions | Indian Railways HD

INDIAN RAILWAYS Ever wondered about the Speed restrictions `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Temporary (TSR) and Permanent (PSR) Speed Restrictions are the “active” culprits for both the late and overall slow running of our trains. Speed restrictions require the train to slow down to a prescribed speed (30 kph usually) while passing though that section. TSRs are erected for reasons like track damage, repair or maintenance on running or adjacent track, recent accident spots and so on for a short time period (upto 6 months). PSRs are installed for all the above plus for ghat sections, curves, points/crossings/ track switchovers, stations, animal crossings, level crossings, urban settlements, old/weakened bridges/culverts and so on on a permanent basis. Add to this caution orders and line blocks which are all more or less the same thing. These are the reason why a train running fast suddenly slows down to a crawl for around 10+ minutes before speeding up again. And this happens almost every half an hour which makes the train unable to maintain its top speed and ultimately causing a drop in its average speed.Mentioned above are only major issues that make trains slow down or lose time, thereby increasing their average running time.Other reasons like accidents, natural calamities, fog, chain pulling, open level crossings, locomotive / coaching equipment / signaling / OHE, crew issues, strikes, waiting for VIPs, loco pilots going off to buy food and other such innumerable reasons. Thanks for watching