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Vande Bharat: India’s Fastest Train

New Delhi-Varanasi New Delhi-JammuTawi

Total Distance Max. Speed Time Taken Total Distance Max Speed Time Taken

752 km 160 km/h 08hours 577 km 160 km/h 08 hours

Regenerative
Brake Technique
On board

Self-propelled train Wi-Fi 30
GPS-Based
This is the Passenger Automatic saving
first self- Information doors of electric
propelled train System energy
in India

CCTV Biovacuum
cameras toilet
Lighting
system Special provisions
for divyangjan
Lighting is
arranged in two Special arrangements
ways. Separate Comfortable Charging are made in the train
lighting for everyone Seats points for the convenience of
in one compartment Pantry in divyangjan so that they
and another on every coach do not face any hardship
every seat
Speeding up Indian Railways

The Government aims to complete 508-km-long They include:-
Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project by 2023. l Multitracking of congested routes
After the completion of the bullet train project, l Upgradation of speed to 160 kmph on Delhi-
travel time between Mumbai to Ahmedabad will Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes
be reduced to two hours. This train will run at a l Upgradation of speed to 130 kmph on all other
speed of about 300 kmph. India’s rail network is Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal (GQ/
huge and Lakhs of people use it every day. The GD) routes
Government is committed to increase the speed l Elimination of level crossings on all GQ/GD
of trains in the country. Presently, there are some routes
rail systems in the world like Japan’s Shinkansen l Several new High Speed Rail Corridors have
and France’s TGV which operate at a speed also been identified. Survey on Delhi-Varanasi
of 300 kmph. As part of the National Rail Plan, High Speed Rail under way
Vision 2024 has been launched for accelerated l Reduce transit time by increasing average
implementation of certain critical projects by 2024. speed of freight trains from 22 kmph to 50 kmph

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