Indian Railways: Engineer who designed Vande Bharat Express is unhappy with Amrit Bharat Train due to….
Indian Railways is planning to run 100 Amrit Bharat trains on major routes of the country. The government is promoting it heavily as a low-cost high speed train.
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Indian Railways: Engineer who designed Vande Bharat Express is unhappy with Amrit Bharat Train due to....
The Indian Railways has inducted its newest Amrit Bharat trains into its fleet. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently flagged off four non-AC Amrit Bharat trains, giving the gift of high-tech trains to the people after the Vande Bharat trains. The Railways is planning to run as many as 100 Amrit Bharat trains on major stations. It is a non-AC sleeper class train which has 12 sleeper class coaches and 8 general class coaches. However, former General Manager of the Integral Coach Factory, Sudhanshu Mani, the person who made the Vande Bharat Express, is not happy with the Amrit Bharat trains. According to Mani, there should be no place for such non-AC trains in developed India.
According to media reports, Mani said that the time has come to decommission non-AC sleeper class trains as they do not match the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's developed India.
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'Earlier such things were being said that the railways will make only AC trains. I liked this idea because with this, even a poor man can travel in AC. It was like Garib Rath. Today the poor do not have money, so they should be given the facility of traveling in AC at a low fare. Tomorrow, when the country develops and the poor also have money, then you can raise the rent,' he said,
How Will The Loss Of Railways Be Compensated?
As per Mani, poor people also deserve better facilities. Now it is shameful to talk about non-AC trains in developed India. He advocated for government intervention to improve the travel experiences of marginalised people, suggesting that the government can give the poor a chance to travel in Garib Rath or at a lower fare. Talking about the loss to Railways, he suggested that it can be compensated by trains like Vande Bharat.
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Increase Vande Bharat Trains Speed
The former railway official suggested that passengers can pay a higher fare if the speed of Vande Bharat trains is increased. Currently, the average speed of Vande Bharat trains is 70 to 90 km, which can be increased to 100 to 150 km.
The Amrit Bharat train is a push-pull train. This means these trains have engines on both the front and back sides. The Railway Ministry promotes Amrit Bharat trains as low-cost, high-speed trains.
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