Minister of Railways & Coal Piyush Goyal announces ‘Vande Bharat Express’
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS): Minister of Railways & Coal, Piyush Goyal announced the name Vande Bharat Express for Train 18, acknowledging its made-in-India status.
He called it a ‘vandaniya’ step towards realisation of New India vision.
The Train:
This train set has been constructed by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in the period of 18 months under 'Make in India' program.
Since the launch of Rajdhani trains, Vande Bharat Express is the next major leap for Indian Railways in terms of speed and convenience.
It is India's first semi-high speed train equipped with world class passenger amenities.
Indian railways reaching new heights under Modi govt.
— Arvind Limbavali (@bjparvind) January 23, 2019
A loss making Indian railways during UPA rule has become a world exporter today
Peru, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia are some countries that have expressed interest in importing the Railways' state-of-the-art Train 18 pic.twitter.com/l6RP6Ca7EM
It can achieve high speeds (max speed of 160 kmph) due to faster acceleration & deceleration and will reduced journey time by 25% to 45%.
Scheduled commute between New Delhi & Varanasi will take approximately 8 hours making it 40-50% faster than the fastest train currently connecting these two cities.
Vande Bharat Express incorporates many modern features which debut for the very first time on Indian Railways.
It has been provided with ‘State of the Art’ passenger amenities like On-board wifi entertainment, GPS based passenger information system, CCTVs, bio-vacuum toilets, rotating chairs in executive class, etc. at par with global standards. It also has provision of Divyang-friendly facilities.
It will have 16 coaches with Chair Car type configuration with 2 Executive Class Chair Cars and 14 Chair Cars.
Train18 runs at 180 km/hour! They say it can reach up to 220 KM!!
— Chakravarty Sulibele (@astitvam) January 18, 2019
The train is designed and built in India under #MakeInIndia
Take a bow @PiyushGoyal ji@narendramodi pic.twitter.com/5HJSg3oACd
Further, it has intelligent braking system with power regeneration for better energy efficiency thereby making it cost, energy and environment efficient.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been requested to flag off this train. This is a momentous progress towards New India.
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