Spanish Talgo - another high-speed train on the horizon from Delhi to Mumbai

India badly wants high-speed trains and, while Japan has bagged a contract for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train and China appears to have lost out, a new entrant has descended in the field. It is the Spanish train maker Talgo which is well-known for its high speed and light trains. It promises to cover the 1200-kilometers Delhi-Mumbai journey in just 12 hours as compared to over 17 hours at present.
It has already despatched nine state-of-the-art train coaches and these have arrived in Mumbai and will undergo crucial test run by the Railways next month. They had been sent in a cargo ship from Barcelona on March 27 and will now be put on trial on the existing tracks for validation test.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 23 April 2016.

Talgo has offered to test run its lighter and faster trains free of cost on the existing Indian Railways network. The plans drawn up is in 3 stages - the first Talgo train trial will be conducted between Bareilly and Moradabad rail route at a maximum speed of 115 kmph for oscillation test. Then will come a second trial between Palwal and Mathura route at a maximum speed of 180 kmph. Finally, the 3rd trial - it will be carried out between Delhi and Mumbai at a maximum speed of 200 kmph.
It seems Talgo trains can run at speeds varying between 160-200 kmph on the existing infrastructure without any upgrade. And, in addition, its lighter trains consume 30 per cent less energy which will help railways reduce the power bill as well.


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