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    26-Nov-2022 06:33 AM


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    India to have ‘tilting trains’ by 2026 to help maintain speed on curves: Official

    The Indian Railways plans to introduce ‘tilting trains’ by 2026 with an aim to maintain higher speed on curvy stretches, railways officials said on Friday.
    “Around 100 Vande Bharat trains will be equipped with this technology by 2024.
    We will tie up with a technology partner and get this over the next two to three years,” a railways official said, adding that these trains with sleeper coaches will be operational by the first quarter of 2024.
    A broad-gauge (distance between the rails) railway track is broader than the standard 1,435-mm used by the railways.
    Such locomotives operate in the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, China, Germany and Romania.
    “The railways is also constructing a 59-km testing track between Gudha-Thathana Mithri in Jodhpur Division (near Jaipur) to carry out test runs with a maximum speed of 220 kmph.
    Source: Hindustan Times