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Vande Bharat Express
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Vande Bharat Express is a medium-distance superfast express service operated by Indian Railways. It is a reserved, air-conditioned chair car service connecting cities that are less than 800 km (500 mi) apart or take less than ten hours to travel with existing services. The train entered commercial service on 15 February 2019.
Vande Bharat Express | |
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Vande Bharat Express trains in different liveries | |
Overview | |
Service type | Inter-city semi-high-speed rail |
Status | Active |
Predecessor | Shatabdi Express |
First service | 15 February 2019; 5 years ago (2019-02-15) |
Website | indianrail |
Route | |
Line(s) used | 51 |
On-board services | |
Class(es) | AC Chair Car (C) AC Executive Class (E) |
Seating arrangements |
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Catering facilities | On-board catering |
Observation facilities | Wide windows |
Entertainment facilities |
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Baggage facilities | Overhead racks |
Other facilities | |
Technical | |
Rolling stock | Vande Bharat (trainset) |
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge |
Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line |
Operating speed | 160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum) 83 km/h (52 mph)[1][2] (average) |
Average length | 384 m (1,260 ft) (16 coaches) 192 m (630 ft) (8 coaches) |
The trainsets are self-propelling Electric Multiple Units (EMU)s with eight or sixteen coaches. The trainset was designed and manufactured by Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. Introduced in 2018, the trainsets achieved semi-high speeds of 183 km/h (114 mph) on trials, and crossed target trial speed of 180 km/h (110 mph) on trials, but the maximum operational speed is 160 km/h (99 mph) which is achieved by the Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj)–Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express and Hazrat Nizamuddin-Khajuraho Vande Bharat Express on the Tughlakabad–Agra section. Apart from these two, only Gatiman Express has the same mentioned maximum permissible speed which is also over the same mentioned part of its route. So, as per maximum permissible speed, these three trains are the fastest trains on Indian rail network excluding local rail network of RapidX. A notable feature of the train is its faster acceleration and deceleration, because of which its second version or Vande Bharat 2.0 can go from 0 to 100 km/h in just 52 seconds during trial which is quicker than some bullet trains of that time of first trial of this achievement. [3]