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Train 18
Why is it in the news?
- India’s first engine-less train, known as Train 18, crossed the 180 km per hour (kmph) speed limit during a trial run.
- Train 18 will replace the current Shatabdi Express—a day train.a
More about Train 18
- Train 18, the Rs 100 crore train, when made operational, it will become the country’s fastest train.
- Train 18 has aerodynamically designed driver cabins at both ends for quicker turn-around at destinations.
- Train 18 sports an advanced regenerative braking system which saves power.
- Train 18—the fully air-conditioned train—offers better passenger comfort and safety, as all equipment are fixed under the carriage, so that more space is available on board.
- The Trainset does not require a locomotive as it is a self-propelled on electric traction, like metro trains.
- With 16 coaches, the train will have the same passenger carrying capacity as that of the Shatabdi Express.
- The ICF will roll out one more Train 18 this fiscal and four by the next fiscal.
Source
LiveMint