Spanish Talgo trying to impress the lovers of Bullet trains with its peformance

Talgo is a company of Spain and it is right now in India with its high-speed train and running it on existing railway tracks at different locations - it is clocking up maximum speeds of 180kmph. The Indian Railways has conducted the second trial run for high-speed Talgo trains on the existing Palwal-Mathura section of the North-Central Railway.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 14 July 2016.

In the course of its trial run, it broke the record of the country's first semi-high speed train Gatimaan Express between Delhi and Agra which can run at a maximum speed of 160 kmph. However, the Talgo train clocked a maximum speed of 180 km per hour during the trial run. It covered the distance of 84-Km in only 38 minutes. At present, it takes more than 90 minutes to cover the distance.
Incidentally, the speed of 180 kmph attained by Talgo is the maximum reached by any train on Indian tracks. The trials were done with empty coaches and in the next phase trials will be conducted with sand bags filling the passenger sitting spaces.
Talgo is based in Madrid and is a leading manufacturer of semi-high speed (160-250 kmph) and high-speed (350 kmph) passenger trains, which are energy-efficient.


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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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