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Vande Bharat’s appeal goes well beyond speed | Mint Primer | Mint

Trains Running On Time Have Been Overtaken By Speed As A Talking Point. When Exactly This Happened Is Hard To Identify. On A Timeline Stretching All The Way Back To Steam Engines, We Can Pin The Shift On Japan’s Bullet Trains. Flagged Off In The 1960s, Their Clever Branding Gave Them Instant Fame Around The World—And Other Railways A Fast-Moving Target To Chase. It Was Decades Later That China Zipped Ahead With Its Sudden Maglev Acceleration. As Visitors To Shanghai Testify, Magnetic-Levitation Travel Is A Marvel Of Technology. Freed From The Friction Of Track Contact, A Maglev Train Ride Is A Smooth Glide At A Whizzy 400 Km Per Hour. By Most Accounts, It’s A Sensation In A Class Of Its Own. Its Engine Does Not Have A Bullet-Like Snout, But A Sleek Aerodynamic Front. This Is A Look Sported By The Indian Railways’ Vande Bharat Trains As Well.

10 Jul 2023
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Train 18 to begin operations in January 2019: Report

Train 18, which is set to replace the Shatabdi series, has the potential to run between 160 kmph to 200 kmph

1 min read27 Dec 2018
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Train 18 pelted with stones during trial run

The country's first engineless train will replace Shatabdi trains and will run between Delhi and Varanasi

1 min read20 Dec 2018

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