<span style="color: #222222;">The South Central Railway has taken up the task of upgrading maximum permissible speed in the sections of Golden Quadrilateral, Golden Diagonal (GQ/GD) routes.  <br />'' <br />'' The sections that come under GQ/GD routes over SCR jurisdiction are Balharshah – Kazipet – Vijayawada – Gudur,Vijayawada- Visakhapatnam and Wadi- Gooty – Renigunta sections.<br />'' <br />'' The existing maximum permissible speed between Balharshah – Kazipet – Vijayawada and Kazipet – Secunderabad is 120 Kilometre per hour, while it is 110 Kilometre per hour between Vijayawada – Gudur and Wadi – Gooty – Renigunta sections.<br />'' <br />'' These routes are under the process of speed upgradation up to 130 Kilometre per hour as per the directives of Railway Board.<br />'' <br />'' As a part of it, as an initial step to measure the track parameters, RDSO/Lucknow is conducting oscillation trials through Confirmatory Oscillograph Car Run (COCR) consisting of 24 coaches of all classes.<br />'' <br />'' During this check, in addition to track parameters, other areas like Signaling aspect, Traction distribution equipment, Locomotive & coach fitness will also be checked and recorded.<br />'' <br />'' On completion of the speed trials and its related works, a detailed report will be submitted to Commissioner Railway Safety, Secunderabad circle for obtaining necessary permissions to enhance the maximum permissible speed of all these routes to 130 Km per hour.<br />''<br />''Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, SCR said that with the enhancement of speed in these important sections of Golden Quadrilateral/Golden Diagonal routes running time of the passenger services can be drastically reduced and this will pave the way for running more number of trains.</span>