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Posted: Nov 03 2016 (23:07)
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Last Response: Nov 07 2016 (17:14)
16 Responses
Last Response: Nov 07 2016 (17:14)
According to Financial express, Talgo, the Spanish manufacturer of high-speed trains, is all set to lease out 2-5 trains to Indian Railways in less than a year’s time. Sources with knowledge of the matter told FE Online, that Suresh Prabhu-led Indian Railways is awaiting a final approval of Niti Aayog, before officially telling Talgo to lease out its trains to India. Once the contract is signed, it will take Talgo less than a year to supply anywhere between 2-5 trains. “The train is likely to be of around 26 coaches each, so that the total capacity matches that of the existing Shatabdis,” sources told FE Online.
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Delhi - Mumbai
65%
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Delhi - Amritsar
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Mumbai - Ahemdabad
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Delhi - Lucknow/Jaipur/Bhopal/Chandigarh
25%
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1 Public Posts - Thu Nov 03, 2016
13 Public Posts - Sun Nov 06, 2016
IR shall lose money if they convert 21 LHB coached (500M long) Mum/HWH Rajs into 26 Talgo coached (340M long) rake or replace LHB with Talgo in shatabdies.
It will be better if Raj/Shat with LHB coaches are operated at 160kmph.
IF current MUM raj is operated at 130kmph and given overriding priority which was given to Talgo train during trials, it can easily save 1-1.5 hrs i.e. do journey in 14.5- 15 hrs. And if speed is kept 160kmph like Gatiman, 12-13 hrs seems possible.
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It will be better if Raj/Shat with LHB coaches are operated at 160kmph.
IF current MUM raj is operated at 130kmph and given overriding priority which was given to Talgo train during trials, it can easily save 1-1.5 hrs i.e. do journey in 14.5- 15 hrs. And if speed is kept 160kmph like Gatiman, 12-13 hrs seems possible.
Huge...
more...
1 Public Posts - Mon Nov 07, 2016