Watch: Vande Bharat sleeper train achieves peak speed during trials, it was…
The trails will continue until this month’s end before this world-class long-distance travel is made available to the rail commuters across the nation.
The new Vande Bharat sleeper train will hit the track soon. Indian Railways is conducting trials of the new train these days. The Vande Bharat sleeper train has now achieved a peak speed of 180 km per hour in multiple trials over the last three days on a 40-km stretch in Rajasthan, the Railway Ministry said on Friday.
“The trails will continue until this month’s end before this world-class long-distance travel is made available to the rail commuters across the nation,” it said in a press statement. The ministry also highlighted a recent video shared by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on X. Check out the video here:
Vande Bharat (Sleeper) testing at 180 kmph pic.twitter.com/ruVaR3NNOt
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) January 2, 2025
“The video shows a nearly full-to-brim glass of water adjacent to a mobile on a plain surface inside a Vande Bharat sleeper train. The water level remaining static can be seen in the video as the moving train achieves near constant peak speed of 180 km per hour exhibiting the element of comfort in the high-speed rail travel,” the ministry said.
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The ministry stated that Vande Bharat sleeper trains are designed with features like automatic doors, ultra-comfortable berths, onboard WiFi and an aircraft-like design. “With these successful trials, rail commuters can hope for a world-class travel experience in long-distance travel like Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Delhi to Mumbai, Howrah to Chennai and many other routes also,” the ministry said.
(With inputs from PTI)
