Gatimaan Express takes off - covers Delhi to Agra in just 100 minutes

Gatimaan Express is today India's fastest train and it completed its maiden journey from Delhi to Agra in 100 minutes - this is a major improvement when compared to about 2-3 hours by other trains. Obviously, this is the forerunner to the Bullet train that is set to change the concept of travel by trains in India.
Gatimaan Express was flagged off by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu - he flagged it off from Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin station.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 5 April 2016.

The train runs at a speed of 160 km per hour and covered the 184-Km distance in 105-110 minutes. Incidentally, speed is not the only highlight of Gatimaan Express which is India's first semi-high speed train. Its coaches have been built at Kapurthala Railway Coach Factory in the Punjab and bio-toilets are developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The cost of train is around Rs 50 crore.
The composition of coaches is - two executive chair car plus eight AC chair car coaches. There is a provision for hotspot infotainment and the railways has prepared special menu too for its passengers. Apart from cakes and wafers, the passenger can choose vegetarian menu consisting of South Indian and Punjabi food and in the non-vegetarian category, he can go in for continental dishes and sausages.


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