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02/10/22 09:37 AM IST

Vande Bharat Express 2.0

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  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi, flagged off Gandhinagar- Mumbai Vande Bharat Express at Gujarat's Gandhinagar station and took a ride on the train to Kalupur railway station in Ahmedabad. 
Key features 
  • The latest version has cost over Rs 115 crore – Rs 15 crore higher than the previous version.
  • The new train can reach the maximum speed of 160 km per hour in 129 seconds, around 16 seconds faster than the other Vande Bharat trains.
  • It needs to run almost a km less to reach the maximum speed.
  • It weighs just around 392 tonnes, 38 tonnes lighter than the previous version.
  • This train has improved riding index of 3.26 at 180 km per hour from the earlier 3.87. A lower riding index means better comfort and steadiness provided by the train while in motion.
  • It is equipped with Kavach, an automatic anti-collision system. This is not available in the previous versions of the Vande Bharat trains.
  • The coaches have disaster lights and their battery backup lasts for 3 hours. The previous version has only one-hour battery backup.
  • The new train is higher, providing protection against floods up to 650 mm, an increase from 400 mm.
  • The exterior has 8 flatform-side camera and the passenger guard communication facility in coach has automatic voice recording feature.
  • All seats in this train are recliner seats, as opposed to the previous versions having fixed backseats in lower class.
  • Executive coaches have the additional feature of 180-degree rotating seats.
  • Internal air is filtered through photo catalytic ultra violet air purification system with UV lamp that deactivates 99 per cent of germs. Earlier versions do not have these air purifiers.
Vande Bharat Express
  • Two Vande Bharat trains are currently operational – one from New Delhi to Varanasi and the other in New Delhi to Katra.
  • The first Vande Bharat Express train was launched in 2019 on the New Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi route.
Source- PIB

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