You must have read and heard many news about the high-speed bullet train corridor, but today we are telling you about the indigenous bullet train. Which will run at a speed of 280 km per hour. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, in response to a question asked in Parliament, said that this train will be built with the collaboration of Integral Coach Factory, Chennai and BEML (Bharat Earth Movers Limited).
Ashwini Vaishnav said in her written reply that after the success of Vande Bharat Express, the government is going to make a train running at a speed of 280 km per hour. He told that the design of this train will be aerodynamic which will help it to run at high speed.
price of coach of indigenous bullet train
A few months ago, Rs 867 crore was released to BEML for developing indigenous bullet train coaches, in which the company will prepare two train sets of 8 coaches each. According to this, the cost of one coach of indigenous bullet train will be Rs 27.86 crore.
Coaches of indigenous bullet train will have these features
Talking about the features of the coaches of the indigenous Bullet Train, they will be more hi-tech than the coaches of Shatabdi, Rajdhani and Vande Bharat Express. Passengers will be provided facilities like revolving chair, onboard infotainment system, CCTV, air conditioner, mobile/laptop charging point in the coaches of the indigenous bullet train. Let us tell you that at present the fastest running train of India is Vande Bharat Express and its top speed is 160 km per hour.
When will the trial of indigenous bullet train take place?
Trial of indigenous bullet train can be done on Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor. Let us tell you that this track of Bullet Train is being built with the help of Japan. At the end of 2026, indigenous bullet train can be tested on this track.