Talgo train final trial on Delhi – Mumbai route through Gujarat successful

New Delhi: To reduce the travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to less that 12 hours, the final trial run of Delhi-Mumbai Talgo train at 150 km per hour speed which started yesterday was completed today morning.

Spanish Talgo train left New Delhi station yesterday and reached Mumbai early morning today.

Talgo train departed New Delhi at 14.45 hrs and arrived Mumbai at 2.33 hrs in successfully conducted trial at 150 kmph.

Talgo completes journey between New Delhi and Mumbai Central in less than 12 hrs. It took just 11 hrs 48 minutes.

In the second last trial the Talgo train had reached Mumbai 18 minutes late. Travelling 1,384 km stretch between New Delhi and Mumbai, the train had at 140 km per hour speed reached 3.15 AM instead of scheduled arrival at 2.57 AM.

Talgo aims to reduce travel time between Delhi-Mumbai by four hours. Currently, the super-fast Rajdhani Express train takes around 16 hours between New Delhi and Mumbai.

Railways had conducted the first trial run of Talgo trains on the Bareilly-Moradabad stretch in Uttar Pradesh followed by the second trial run was conducted on the Palwal-Mathura section of the North-Central Railway.

The nine-coach Talgo train consists of two Executive Class cars, four Chair Cars, a cafeteria, a power car and a tail-end coach for staff and equipment.

Besides railway staff, technicians from Talgo are onboard during the trial.

With inputs from agency