India's Fastest Train, Talgo, To Undertake Final Trial On Delhi-Mumbai Route On September 10th
Final trial run of Delhi-Mumbai Talgo train slated to be on September 10. Talgo aims to reduce travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to less than 12 hours. Currently the super-fast Rajdhani Express train takes around 16 hours between New Delhi andumbai.
To reduce the travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to less than 12 hours, the final trial run of Delhi-Mumbai Talgo train at 150 km per hour speed is slated to be on September 10 from here.
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The Spanish Talgo train is expected to start at 2.45 PM from New Delhi station on Saturday and scheduled to reach Mumbai at 2.29 AM early morning next day, said a senior Railway Ministry official.
Talgo train with nine coaches aims to reach the destination in 11 hours and 44 minutes at 150 km per hour speed in its final trial.
Meanwhile, the Talgo train reached Mumbai yesterday 18 minutes late in its third trial.
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Travelling the 1,384 km stretch between New Delhi and Mumbai, the train at 140 km per hour speed reached at 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.
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Railways had conducted the first trial run of Talgo trains on the Bareilly-Moradabad stretch in Uttar Pradesh followed by the second trial run, 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.
