Engineless Train

Vande Bharat Express, India's fastest train, has reduced its fares a day after the pocket pinch for the country's first engineless train was announced. The Delhi-Varanasi train will now have a reduced fare of Rs 1760, down from Rs 1850, for chair car and Rs 3310 instead of Rs 3520 for executive class, a railways order said today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off India's first engineless train Vande Bharat Express on February 15 from the New Delhi Railway station, a senior official of the ministry told PTI on Wednesday.

Train 18, an ingenuously built engineless train, has officially become the fastest train in the country after it managed to cruise at a sustained speed of 180 km per hour during a trial run.

With Train 18 speeding up to 180 kmph between Kota Junction and Kurlasi station during a trial on Sunday, efforts are on to launch the first indigenously-built Trainset on December 25 from New Delhi to Varanasi.

India's first locomotive-less train or Train 18 on Sunday breached the 180 kmph speed limit during a test run, a top official said in Chennai. In the process, the Rs 100 crore indigenously designed train has become the country's fastest,

Train 18, the country's first engine-less semi-high speed train, is likely to start operating by December 15, a senior railway ministry official told PTI.

The first trial run of indigenously developed Indian's engineless train, the "Train 18" was successfully conducted on tracks at Moradabad-Rampur section of Northern Indian Railways on Sunday morning. During the trial run, the train was made to run at different speeds and its breaking was also checked.

Train 18, India's first engine-less train, has a potential to travel up to the speed at 160 kmph as against 130 kmph of Shatabdi.

India's 'fastest'train, seen as a successor to the 30-year-old Shatabdi Express, will make its debut on the tracks today with trial runs. The much-awaited Train 18 will roll out of Chennai's Integral Coach Factory.

India's first engineless, self-propelled train, the Train-18 trainset, makes its debut on the tracks today. Engineless trains till now ran in big cities as part of the Metro network, but Train-18 will be the first semi-high speed train to offer a comfortable inter-city ride. The swanky 16-coach prototype will travel at 160 kmph and is expected to c...

The engine will be used to haul trains like Rajdhani Express, Gatiman Express and Shatabdi Express.

Train 18, the country's first engineless train, is being regarded as a successor to the Shatabdi Express.

The Indian Railways will start trials for indigenously-built and much-awaited semi-high speed 'Train 18' from next month, a senior official of the ministry said, three months after its scheduled unveiling.

Deaths and injuries from train collisions or derailment in the country more than halved to 254 people last financial year from a year ago, railways data showed, amid attempts to improve its shoddy safety record through mega investments and recruitments.

Close to 1,000 passengers were in a train that rolled on for nearly 10 km without its engine in Odisha on Saturday night. After 22 coaches of the Ahmedabad-Puri Express got detached from the engine and sped backwards for miles before being stopped, seven railways officials were suspended for lapses that led to the freak accident.

Vande Bharat Express, India's fastest train, has reduced its fares a day after the pocket pinch for the country's first engineless train was announced. The Delhi-Varanasi train will now have a reduced fare of Rs 1760, down from Rs 1850, for chair car and Rs 3310 instead of Rs 3520 for executive class, a railways order said today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off India's first engineless train Vande Bharat Express on February 15 from the New Delhi Railway station, a senior official of the ministry told PTI on Wednesday.

Train 18, an ingenuously built engineless train, has officially become the fastest train in the country after it managed to cruise at a sustained speed of 180 km per hour during a trial run.

With Train 18 speeding up to 180 kmph between Kota Junction and Kurlasi station during a trial on Sunday, efforts are on to launch the first indigenously-built Trainset on December 25 from New Delhi to Varanasi.

India's first locomotive-less train or Train 18 on Sunday breached the 180 kmph speed limit during a test run, a top official said in Chennai. In the process, the Rs 100 crore indigenously designed train has become the country's fastest,

Train 18, the country's first engine-less semi-high speed train, is likely to start operating by December 15, a senior railway ministry official told PTI.

The first trial run of indigenously developed Indian's engineless train, the "Train 18" was successfully conducted on tracks at Moradabad-Rampur section of Northern Indian Railways on Sunday morning. During the trial run, the train was made to run at different speeds and its breaking was also checked.

Train 18, India's first engine-less train, has a potential to travel up to the speed at 160 kmph as against 130 kmph of Shatabdi.

India's 'fastest'train, seen as a successor to the 30-year-old Shatabdi Express, will make its debut on the tracks today with trial runs. The much-awaited Train 18 will roll out of Chennai's Integral Coach Factory.

India's first engineless, self-propelled train, the Train-18 trainset, makes its debut on the tracks today. Engineless trains till now ran in big cities as part of the Metro network, but Train-18 will be the first semi-high speed train to offer a comfortable inter-city ride. The swanky 16-coach prototype will travel at 160 kmph and is expected to c...

The engine will be used to haul trains like Rajdhani Express, Gatiman Express and Shatabdi Express.

Train 18, the country's first engineless train, is being regarded as a successor to the Shatabdi Express.

The Indian Railways will start trials for indigenously-built and much-awaited semi-high speed 'Train 18' from next month, a senior official of the ministry said, three months after its scheduled unveiling.

Deaths and injuries from train collisions or derailment in the country more than halved to 254 people last financial year from a year ago, railways data showed, amid attempts to improve its shoddy safety record through mega investments and recruitments.

Close to 1,000 passengers were in a train that rolled on for nearly 10 km without its engine in Odisha on Saturday night. After 22 coaches of the Ahmedabad-Puri Express got detached from the engine and sped backwards for miles before being stopped, seven railways officials were suspended for lapses that led to the freak accident.