Watch: Vande Bharat Express records 180 kmph speed in trial run
27 Aug 2022 11:42:30
New Delhi, August 27: India's Vande Bharat Express train breached the 180 kmph speed limit during a test run. Taking to Twitter, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw wrote, "VandeBharat-2 speed trial started between Kota-Nagda section at 120/130/150 and 180 Kmph."
During this time, the speed touched the speed of 180 kmph at many places. The Vande Bharat train is completely manufactured in India.
It is a semi-high-speed train. Vande Bharat train is a self-propelled engine train, that is, it does not have a separate engine. It has automatic doors and air-conditioned chair car coaches and a revolving chair which can rotate up to 180 degrees.
The speed trial of Vande Bharat was conducted on the Kota-Nagda railway section at various speed levels.
During the preliminary check-up of Vande Bharat train, washing and cleaning was done in the washing pit. Apart from this, all types of instruments and panels of the train were also checked.
The team of RDSO (Research, Design and Standards Organisation) conducted detailed oscillation trials of a prototype rake of 16 coaches of the train set with a maximum test speed of 180 kmph with a newly designed Vande Bharat train set.
Various phases of trials were conducted in Kota Division. Phase I trial between Kota and Ghat ka Barana, Second Ghat Ka Barana and Kota, Third trial non-recording on the down line between Kurlasi and Ramganj Mandi, Fourth and Fifth trial on the down line between Kurlasi and Ramganj Mandi and Sixth trial on the down line between Kurlasi and Ramganj Mandi and Laban was done on the down line.
It is a semi-high-speed train. Vande Bharat train is a self-propelled engine train, that is, it does not have a separate engine. It has automatic doors and air-conditioned chair car coaches and a revolving chair which can rotate up to 180 degrees.