India's Fastest Train Trail Run Today

[timmy]

ప్రసిద్ధ పర్యాటక కేంద్రంగా ఉన్న ఢిల్లీ-ఆగ్రా మధ్య అత్యంత వేగంగా నడిచే ట్రైన్ ను భారతీయ రైల్వే తీసుకొస్తోంది. ఈ నేపథ్యంలో నేడు ఆ ట్రైన్ ట్రయల్ రన్ ను న్యూ ఢిల్లీ రైల్వే స్టేషన్ లోని ఆరవ ఫ్లాట్ ఫామ్ లో జెండా ఊపి ప్రారంభించనున్నారు. గంటకు 160 కిలోమీటర్ల వేగంతో దూసుకుపోయే ఈ ట్రైన్ ఢిల్లీ నుంచి ఆగ్రాకు 90 నిమిషాల్లో చేరుకుంటుంది. ప్రస్తుతం ఇదే మార్గంలో నడుస్తున్న భోపాల్ శతాబ్ది ఎక్స్ ప్రెస్ కంటే ఇది ముప్పై నిమిషాలు వేగంగా నడుస్తుంది. నవంబర్ నుంచి ఈ ట్రైన్ సర్వీస్ ప్రారంభం కానుంది.

 

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[timmy]

Aimed at starting high-speed train services utilising existing infrastructure between important destinations, the Railways will conduct trial run of a 160 kmph semi-high-speed train between New Delhi and Agra on Thursday.

Senior railway officials, including Commissioner Railway Safety and Divisional Railway Manager of Delhi and Agra, will be on board the test train, officials said.

Equipped with a locomotive, capable of hitting 200 kmph, the train will comprise 10 coaches formerly used in the Bhopal Shatabdi Express operating on the same route.

The test train, which will leave New Delhi station at 11-15 a.m., is scheduled to complete its journey in 90 minutes. The fastest train moving on the route, the Bhopal Shatabdi Express, currently covers the distance between New Delhi and Agra in about two hours.

While the Bhopal Shatabdi carries 18 coaches, Divisional Railway Manager (Delhi) Anurag Sachan said the number of coaches for the trial run have been reduced on technical grounds. “The number of coaches impact the braking system of the train running at different speeds,” he said.

The team working on the project, officials said, has also introduced certain technical interventions on the tracks.

“Certain adjustments like increasing the height of the outer rail have been done at the curves in order to keep the centrifugal force in check. Similarly, special switches have been installed at the points where the train changes tracks,” Mr. Sachan said.

The railways are targeting a commercial launch of the semi-high-speed train service on the route by November.

Officials said one set of trial run on the route, to be held on Thursday, will help assess the technical changes required to launch regular services on the route.

While the trial run is being done between New Delhi and Agra, Mr. Sachan said regular service of high-speed trains will be available between Nizamuddin and Agra.

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[jason_bourne]

160 aa !!! alstom vadu 570 meeda nadipinchadu same model train ni

[timmy]

Trial run of sem-high speed train on Delhi-Agra route

TNN | Jul 1, 2014, 09.35PM IST

 

AGRA: Railway authorities have decided to hold a trial of new semi-high speed trains on the Delhi-Agra route, a distance of 200 km, on Thursday. 
The train will be running at a speed of 160 kmph, which will reduce the travel time between the cities from over two hours to 90 minutes. 
Railway authorities said the train will start its journey from Delhi railway station at 10 am on Thursday. The train, equipped with an electric locomotive of 5,400HP, will have 10 coaches. 
"Commissioner of railway safety, PK Vajpayee, divisional railway managers (DRM) of Delhi and Agra divisions and other senior officials involved with the semi-high speed project will be on board. The train will return on the same day," said Bhupendra Dhillon, PRO, Agra railway department. 
Presently, the Bhopal Shatabdi runs at speeds of up to 150kmph on that route. 
The train would come as a boon for tourists visiting Taj Mahal as the travel time between Delhi and Agra is expected to come down significantly. 

 

There are about 16 speed restriction areas and curves on the Delhi-Agra route which are being upgraded to improve the speed of trains crossing the cities. There will be fencing for a stretch of 27-km along the track between Delhi and Agra to prevent obstruction and ensure speed. 
"The maintenance and construction work for the project is going on from past two months. If all goes well, the semi-high speed trains will start in the month of November," the PRO added.