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Letsdiskuss Indian Railways is the fourth largest railway network in the world by size with 121,407 kms. 49% of these are electrified. Indian railway runs more than 20,000 trains daily from more than 7000 stations across India. The latest additional feather in the cap of Indian Railways is Train 18or T18.

Train 18 is the first made in India engine less Train. Indian railways ran its train run on 29th October. It is a significant leap in the history of Indian railways in terms of innovation and technology.

The features of Train 18 are :-

The Train 18 is a all air-conditioned chair car, has 16 coaches including 2 executive coaches with seating capacity of 1128 passengers. It has modern looks and continuous windows at both the sides.

It is capable of running with a speed of 160 kmph, with a self propulsion module without a separate locomotive.

The ritzy 16 coach engine less train is faster than Shatabdi. It takes 15% less time than Shatabdi express. But to achieve the high speed the tracks of Indian railways should also be modernised.

Train 18 was developed by Chennai's Integral Coach Factory. Passengers can see engine driver's cabin in this new era train. The cost of this first train is 100 crores. But it will be reduced once they produce more of its kind.

Train 18 has diffused lightings, automatic doors and footsteps, and GPS enabled coaches. the driver can monitor the movement in the platform while closing the automated doors as his cabin is enabled with CCTV camera.

The footsteps at the doorway of the coach will slide outward when the train stops at the station. This will help the elderly and ailed passengers in climbing the train safely.


Some of other features are onboard Wi-Fi system, disabled-friendly toilets, roller blinds and diffused LED lights. The journey in Train 18 will be a memorable and entertaining one.



image courtesy - images.indianexpress.com

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