Mumbai to get two new Vande Bharat trains ahead of next launch

Prior to its introduction the following week, one new Vande Bharat train will arrive in Mumbai on Friday and another on February 6: Officials: One of the two upcoming Vande Bharat Express trains from Mumbai is anticipated to arrive in the city by Friday morning, and the other is anticipated to arrive on February 6, according to railway authorities. On February 10, according to reports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to introduce the Vande Bharat Express trains on the routes between Mumbai and Shirdi and Solapur. At the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, both trains were built. These trains will be given parking brakes, and then they will do tests in the mountainous ghat portion outside of Mumbai to see if they need to send out more locomotives to navigate the terrain.A Vande Bharat train arrived at Pune yard this morning and is anticipated to arrive in Mumbai tonight or early the next day. After being equipped with parking brakes, the train would go through testing in the ghat portion, a senior railway official informed PTI. He stated, "The second such train is anticipated to arrive on February 6." The Vande Bharat Express is anticipated to travel the 455 km between Mumbai and Solapur in 6.35 hours, most likely passing via the Bhor ghat (found between Karjat and Khandala on the route to Pune). The Mumbai-Shirdi semi-high-speed railway, on the other hand, is anticipated to travel a distance of around 340 miles via the Thal ghat (near Kasara, on the suburbs of Mumbai).miles separated them in 5.25 hours, according to them. Both Bhor and Thal ghats are among the worst railway ghat parts in the county, according to authorities, with a gradient of 1:37, which means for every 37 metres of run, there is a metre of increase. As a result, at the moment, extra locomotives (known as bankers) from the Mumbai side are used to pull up all trains going over these ghats. According to them, the additional locomotives are employed to push trains from the back in high-gradient locations on ghats (mountain inclines or slopes). Bankers are employed in ghat portions to push trains and prevent cases of train rollover when carriages diverge.

However, attaching and disconnecting bankers requires at least a few minutes, lengthening travel time because of technological delays, a representative said. The railroad authorities have chosen to operate these semi-high-speed trains on both lines without attaching bankers, nevertheless, in an effort to reduce travel time. The official stated that both Vande Bharat Express trains would be equipped with parking brakes, which will prevent the train from sliding down a gradient in Mumbai, to eliminate bankers in ghat portions. Bhor Ghat, also known as Khandala Ghat, is around 25 km long and extends between Karjat and Khandala Stations, whereas Thal Ghat, also known as Kasara Ghat, is 14 km long and extends between Kasara and Igatpuri Sections. There are several tunnels and challenging terrain on each of the high grade ghats.high via-ducts, etc. Eight Vande Bharat Express trains have already been introduced, including one that connects Mumbai and Gandhinagar, on a variety of interstate routes. Vande Bharat Express is a 16-coach, semi-high-speed, self-propelled train set that was created in India. In under 140 seconds, the train reaches 160 kmph, providing passengers with enhanced riding comfort. Every coach on the train is equipped with a passenger information and multimedia system, and the train includes a control management system for controlling the air conditioning. The train has bio-vacuum toilets that resemble those seen on aeroplanes, as well as touch-free sliding doors within coaches and automated plug doors with sliding stairs. A train collision prevention system called "kavach" is also installed on the train.