India’s Railway Man: A Biography of E. Sreedharan

by Rajendra B. Aklekar

We decided to have at least a minimal speed potential of 160km per hour. I said, the line itself should be capable of carrying trains at 160km per hour. In those days, there were no engines or coaches, which could run at that speed. But the country would definitely progress and the day would come when we would manufacture high-speed engines and high-speed coaches.

Delhi Metro, we brought down the punctuality standard to 60 seconds.