Railways to introduce 3,000 trains in five years
RAILWAYS & METRO RAIL

Railways to introduce 3,000 trains in five years

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister, Railway, said he is working on a plan to introduce 3,000 new trains in the next four-five years to raise the railways' passenger capacity from 8 billion at present to 10 billion. He said that for this we need 3,000 extra trains which will make several trips to accomm...

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister, Railway, said he is working on a plan to introduce 3,000 new trains in the next four-five years to raise the railways' passenger capacity from 8 billion at present to 10 billion. He said that for this we need 3,000 extra trains which will make several trips to accommodate this increased number of passengers. In terms of decreasing travel time, he said Vande Bharat's acceleration and deceleration is four times better than other mail and express trains and that's why it saves a lot of travel time and has better average speed. Since it will take time to introduce Vande Bharat on all routes, the railways is working out an intermediate solution, a technology known as push-pull configuration, to improve acceleration and deceleration. It is being introduced on all coaches which are being manufactured now and long distance trains will be upgraded, saving significantly on travel time. Also, instead of having a train with separate coaches attached together, the railway is working to have a train with integrated 22 coaches (a train set with 22 coaches), which will offer multiple benefits for passengers.

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