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Railways’ high-speed trains to replace Rajdhani, Shatabdi Express soon

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Railways’ high-speed trains to replace Rajdhani, Shatabdi Express soon
Railways is reportedly planning to roll out two ‘Train 18’ by August this year. Image source: PTI
Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Fri, Jan 19, 2018
02:33 pm
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Key Highlights:
  • Railways likely to plan to roll out two ‘Train 18’ by August this year.
  • Train 20 is likely to be rolled out on tracks by 2020.
  • The trains, being developed under the ‘Make in India’ scheme, at half the import cost. 

The Indian Railways is all set to introduce a couple of high-speed trains. According to media reports, the two trains- Train 18 and Train 20 would replace Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express.
 
As per reports, these trains would be the fastest in India when introduced and are being developed at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.
 
Railways is reportedly planning to roll out two ‘Train 18’ by August this year.
 
Sudhansu Mani, GM – ICF, said that while ‘Train 18’ would replace Shatabdi trains, ‘Train 20’ will take place of Rajdhani trains in a phase-wise manner. Train 20 is likely to be rolled out on tracks by 2020.
 
Mani said that during trial runs the two trains clocked 176 km per hour speed. However, they will run at a maximum speed of 170 km per hour when commercial operations start. Gatiman Express, the current fastest train in the country, has a maximum speed of 160 km per hour.
 
The upcoming high-speed trains will be equipped with world-class features. ICF’s Chief Engineer (Design) Sree Nivas said that the trains will be propelled by six motor coaches which would help in faster acceleration.
 
Design and Features
The steel coaches will be fitted with hi-tech passenger amenities such as LED TV screens, GPS, diffuse lighting system. Apart from many safety features, the set of trains will have ‘Automatic Plug-Type’ doors which will open and close automatically at the stations. The toilets of these coaches will be fitted with zero discharge vacuum based bio-toilets.
 
The trains, being developed under the ‘Make in India’ scheme, at half the import cost. While one ‘Train 18’ coach will cost Rs 2.50 crore, a ‘Train 20’coach will cost around Rs 5.50 crore.

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