Commuters to soon enjoy faster & safer long-distance train travel
The Statesman Bhubaneswar|January 04, 2025
New year is all set to bring faster and safer rail travel to commuters in India.
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After successfully giving faster, safer and world class travel experience to people travelling short and medium distance chair car trains, Indian Railways is making this a reality for long distance trains also.

The Vande Bharat sleeper train has achieved a peak speed of 180 km per hour in its multiple trials in the last three days. The trials will continue till this month-end before this world class travel for long distance travel is made available to the rail commuters across the nation.

Sharing a video of a successful trial in Kota Division, Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on X mentioned the speed in his post.

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