Vande Bharat Sleeper Train Hits Peak Speed Of 180 Kmph
The Vande Bharat sleeper train, planned for long and medium-distance journeys, has achieved a peak speed of 180 kilometres per hour during multiple trials in the last three days, the Ministry of Railways said on Friday.
The trials will continue till January-end, before world-class travel is made available to people across the country, it added.
In a post on X, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared a video of a successful trial in Kota division. "Vande Bharat (Sleeper) testing at 180 kmph," he wrote on the micro-blogging site.
The 32-second video shows a full glass of water adjacent to a mobile on a plain surface inside a Vande Bharat sleeper train. The static water level can be seen in the video as the train achieves near constant peak speed of 180 kilometre per hour.
