In an endeavor to improve and offer best facilities to passengers, the Indian Railways, through a recently shared press released announced that the department will be introducing a 'new avatar' of high speed train Vande Bharat trains in the country.
Termed as 'Vande Bharat 2,' this will be equipped with more advancements and improved features like 0 to 100 Kmpl speed in just 52 second, maximum speed up to 180 Kmph, lesser weight of 392 ton instead of 430 ton and Wi-Fi content on demand.
New Vande Bharat will also have 32-inch LCD TVs which was of 24 inch in earlier version. 15 percent more energy efficient ACs with dust free clean air cooling of traction motor will make the travel more comfortable. Side recliner seat facility which is being provided to Executive Class passengers, will now be made available for all classes.
In the new design of Vande Bharat Express, photo-catalytic ultra violet air purification system is installed in the roof mounted Roof Mounted Package Unit (RMPU) for air purification. As recommended by Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), Chandigarh, this system is designed and installed in both ends of RMPU to filter and clean the air free from germs, bacteria, virus, etc. coming through fresh air and return air.
Vande Bharat Express was launched in 2018 and was designed to run at a maximum speed of 160 kmph which can be achieved in 140 seconds on commercial purposes. As per reports, the train exceeded the 180kmph during the testing phase, however, authorities realised that the operational tracks assigned for the trains were not capable of supporting such high speeds.
As of now, the train is operated at 130 km/h and the department has informed that Gatimaan Express is the fastest train of India which operates at 160 km/h followed by the Shatabdi Express which operates at a maximum permissible speed of 150 kmph.
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