More power to Indian Railways!
The Spanish-built Talgo train is all set for its first trial run to be held in UP (on the Bareilly-Moradabad rail route) on May 29. The trial run will be conducted at a max. speed of 115 km/hr.
It is learnt that Tago trains which are capable of touching a max. speed of 200km/hr, will have their trial runs on Delhi-Mumbai corridor and Mathura-Palwal corridor.
Less travel time and 30% less energy consumption (that’ll eventually help in reducing the power bill) are the main highlights of Talgo trains.
Just like planes, the coaches of these trains have seats close to each other and a normal luggage rack. Even the space between the seats is not much, leaving no space for anything bigger than a backpack. Also, there’s a wall-mounted table in between the seats, as shared in a report.
The government has been working towards bringing faster trains with facilities that provide a better travel experience to travellers as told by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu. Also, he mentioned that the railways is trying its best to meet the expectations of the society and aims at achieving seven missions including the “Mission on speed”, “Mission to have zero accidents” and “Mission on accounting reform” etc.
