Indian Railways all set to introduce world-class high-speed trains soon
New Delhi: While Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project – Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train is a few years away, the Indian Railways is all geared up to introduce a couple of high-speed trains. These two kinds of trains “Train 18” and “Train 20” would replace Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains. According to reports, these two world-class trains, which would be fastest in India when introduced, are being developed at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai and Indian Railways is planning to roll out two ‘Train 18’ by August this year. Rail Coach Factory (Representation Image) Statements given by concerned officials- While ‘Train 18’ would replace Shatabdi trains, ‘Train 20’ will take place of Rajdhani trains in a phase-wise manner. Train 20 is likely to be rolled out on tracks by 2020. during trial runs the two trains clocked 176 km per hour speed. However, they will run at a maximum speed of 170 km...