Vande Bharat production to begin in Oct.: Minister

Vande Bharat Express is an indigenously designed and manufactured semi high speed, self-propelled train that is created as the next major leap for the Indian Railways in terms of speed and passenger convenience.
The Vande Bharat Express project was designated as Train 18 during the development phase.
The first Vande Bharat train was manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, as part of the ‘Make in India’ programme.
The new train is faster, easier to maintain, consumes less energy, and has greater flexibility in operation.
Currently two Vande Bharat Express are running in the country; one between New Delhi and Varanasi and the other from New Delhi to Katra.
India aims to build 400 Vande Bharat trains which will be manufactured by 2025.
It comes in addition to the current plan to be able to run 75 Vande Bharats across India by Independence Day in 2023.
They are estimated to create additional employment generation of about 10,000-15,000.

These trains operate without an engine and are based on a propulsion system called distributed traction power technology, by which each car of the train set is powered.
The coaches of Vande Bharat incorporate passenger amenities including on-board WiFi entertainment, GPS-based passenger information system, CCTVs, automatic doors in all coaches, rotating chairs and bio-vacuum type toilets like in aircraft divyang friendly toilet and automatic sliding cabin doors.
They can achieve a maximum speed of 160 kmph due to faster acceleration and deceleration, reducing journey time by 25% to 45%.
It also has an intelligent braking system with power regeneration for better energy efficiency thereby making it cost, energy and environment efficient.
The current Vande Bharat trains have seating only in two classes — chair car and executive chair car.

Source The Hindu

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