There is good news for rail passengers. In the next budget i.e. budget 2023-24, the government can announce 300-400 Vande Bharat trains. The announcement of new Vande Bharat trains will be in addition to the already announced plan to introduce the next 475 cm high-speed trains.
According to sources, the government aims to sanction 300-400 such trains annually to meet the growing demand and provide better experience to passengers. Along with this, the government is constantly making efforts to provide better facilities to the passengers.
First set of trains with tilting technology
An official of the Ministry of Railways said that India will get the first set of trains with tilting technology by 2025-26, which means that passengers will now get more convenience. Let us tell you that this technology will be used in about 100 Vande Bharat trains out of 475 already approved, which will help in turning the trains at high speed. This will make train travel easier.
First Vande Bharat with sleeper coach
The biggest good news for the passengers is that now Vande Bharat will also have sleeper coach. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the first Vande Bharat train with sleeper coach will be started in the first quarter of the calendar year 2024. At present all these trains are for broad gauge network. An official of the Ministry of Railways said, ‘We will manufacture such trains that can run on the standard gauge network. A test track with a speed of 220 kmph is being developed in Rajasthan to conduct the necessary tests.
When will the first bullet train come?
Recently Vaishnav had said that the country’s first bullet train will start by 2026. Currently five Vande Bharat Express trains are running in the country. It started in 2019 with Vande Bharat, which started between New Delhi and Varanasi. The maximum speed of these trains is 180 kmph, but at present it is being run at a speed of 130 kmph. The first bullet train project is being built between Gandhinagar and Mumbai, which will have a speed of 320 km per hour.
400 trains approved in the budget
In the last budget, 400 trains were approved and before that 75 trains had been approved. The Railway Minister said, ‘We will achieve the target in the coming three years. Many countries have shown interest in this train, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants further improvements in it.
