Semi-high speed train News

While the top speed of the semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express is claimed to be 180 kmph, all the five trains have achieved an average running speed less than 100 kmph. 

The tender has been cancelled as a Chinese firm emerged as the only foreign player among the six contenders when the tender was opened last month The five other firms which took part in the bidding are state-owned BHEL, Bharat Industries, Sangrur, Electrowaves Electronics, MEDHA Servo Drives, Powernetics Equipment India Pvt Ltd CRRC Limited is a Chinese government company that took part in the global tender process announced by Integral Coach Factory, Chennai

Indian Railways currently operates two world-class Vande Bharat trains. The first train runs between New Delhi and Varanasi and the second between New Delhi and Katra. 

The train will travel from Delhi to Varanasi in nine hours and forty-five minutes. 

The launch of Nizamuddin-Agra Gatiman Express, the first semi-high speed train to run at a maximum speed of 160 km per hour, today is the beginning of the execution of the Railways' ambitious aim to increase the speed of the trains.

The Indian Railways on Monday announced that the country's first semi-high speed train -- Gatimaan Express -- will be run from Tuesday.

Semi-high speed train between Delhi and Agra, Gatiman Express, which will run at a maximum speed of 160 kmph and cover a 200-km distance in about 105 minutes, will be operated by Railways for a year on a pilot basis.

Decks have been cleared for the launch of India's first semi-high speed train Gatiman Express that will run between Delhi and Agra at a speed of 160 km per hour and will complete the 210-km journey in just around one-and-half hours.