March 29, 2017 5:46 PM

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Railways opts for global shopping for 200 kmph locos

The Railways will go for global shopping to acquire high speed locomotives with a 500 crore rupees project to run trains at 200 km per hour on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata routes.<br/><br/>A senior Railway Ministry official said that global tender will be floated for acquiring 10 high speed electric locomotives, which can haul trains at 200 kmph and beyond.<br/><br/>At present, Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains are running at a speed up to 130 kmph. Only one train, Gatimaan Express, is running at 160 kmph between Delhi and Agra.<br/><br/>The acquisition project involves purchase of high speed locomotives, transfer of technology and maintenance for 13 years as per the bidding requirement.<br/><br/>In order to match the loco capacity, railways has started manufacturing Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches with speed potential of 200 kmph.

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