Spanish firm Talgo will carry out free trial run of its high speed trains between Mumbai and Delhi

#Talgo Japanese Bullet trains might face competition from high speed trains manufactured by Spanish firm Talgo - it would be undertaking free trial runs at speeds between 160 and 200 kmph on the existing tracks between Delhi and Mumbai. Based in the results of the trial runs, the railways will consider introduction of high speed trains on other routes too.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 7 February 2016.

Talgo will conduct the time validation trial on Delhi-Mumbai corridor soon. The firm has offered to test run their lighter and faster trains free of cost. Talgo will be issued necessary permission letter after getting the approval of the Railway Board for import of the rake to India. Talgo will not charge anything for the trials.
Once approved, the rake will be imported in knocked down condition and subsequently assembled in India.
In case the Talgo train can run at speeds varying between 160 and 200 kmph on the existing infrastructure without any upgrade, the travel time between the two cities could reduce by nearly 12 hours - at present it takes 17 hours.
Moreover, Talgo's lighter trains consume 30 per cent less energy and this will help the railways to cut down on their power bill. Incidentally, Talgo trains are already running in several places in Asia and the US.


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