Watch: Vande Bharat train's stability test at 180 km/h with glass full of water
The Southern Railways lauded the trial run and wrote, 'Take a look at the new Vande Bharat rake on trial run clocking 180-183 Kmph. A glass filled to the brim with water stays stable even as the train speeds at 180 Kmph'
Screenshot taken from video. Twitter/ @GMSRailway
A trial run was held for the new Vande Bharat Express wherein the train clocked in speeds of over 180 km/hr. The video of the trial run was shared by Southern Railways on their official Twitter handle today, 6 September. The video shows a glass full of water remaining still while the train was speeding along its route. The Southern Railways lauded the trial run and wrote, “Take a look at the new Vande Bharat rake on trial run clocking 180-183 Kmph. A glass filled to the brim with water stays stable even as the train speeds at 180 Kmph”.
The video has been viewed over two lakh times since it was first posted.
Check the video here:
Take a look at the new Vande Bharat rake on trial run clocking 180-183 Kmph. A glass filled to the brim with water stays stable even as the train speeds at 180 Kmph pic.twitter.com/La9LO7zmcB
— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) September 5, 2022
The video garnered a variety of reactions, with several people praising the efforts of the Southern Railways.
Great achievement 👏 pic.twitter.com/AYGWFm81Og
— Vignesh (@v_V1GnesH) September 5, 2022
Some congratulated the organisation for this test but also questioned the lack of enclosures around the tracks.
Congratulations to the team which built Vande Bharat coaches. Looks majestic and great. Is it not necessary to make enclosures or fencing throughtout the track as seen in Europe railways. Here in our country it is a common sight cattles and villagers cross tracks recklessly
— Raghavan (@aurodv) September 6, 2022
Others were critical of the step, and commented that such high-speed trains could be run only on specific routes.
The real question is how many sections in INDIA are fit to run this Train Set at 180kmph 2-3? May be a maximum of 10 routes. Stop bragging about running at 180kmph , no doubt it’s a achievement but we need to focus on enabling more and more routes for handling speed of 180kmph
— Aman (@AmanSriv30) September 5, 2022
A few individuals wrote they were looking forward to the facilities.
Looking forward to best in class Rail facilities in our country. I respect the effort and hardwork of the engineers and all other services putting in to achieve it.
— AG (@ARPGEL) September 6, 2022
Currently, there are two Vande Bharat trains running in India- from Delhi to Katra and from Delhi to Varanasi. The final trial run for the third route, Mumbai- Ahmedabad, is scheduled to be conducted from 7 September, as per reports. Under the trial, also known as the Time Table trial, the Vande Bharat rake will be filled with sandbags.
The project is set for a massive expansion, with the Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory aiming to build at least 75 new Vande Bharat trains within a year. The Vande Bharat project falls in under the Make in India campaign and aims to build semi high-speed trains indigenously. The trains will be self propelled and will not have a separate engine
In her Budget 2022 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that the country will manufacture 400 new Vande Bharat trains over the next three years. The new trains will mostly be made of aluminum.
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