The Vande Metro will also have several new features keeping in mind the travel needs of the city dwellers, they said, adding the Indian Railways aims to roll out the Vande Metro trains by the end of this year and trial runs will begin as soon as July.
Vande Metro: Bolstered by the massive success of the semi-high speed Vande Bharat trains, the Indian Railways will soon launch cutting-edge Vande Metro trains in the country in a bid to transform intra-city transportation system.
Officials said the Vande Metro, which is built using the latest cutting-edge technology, is equipped to handle high acceleration and deceleration, making it capable of covering more stoppages in much lesser time compared to the current Metro trains.
The Vande Metro will also have several new features keeping in mind the travel needs of the city dwellers, they said, adding the Indian Railways aims to roll out the Vande Metro trains by the end of this year and trial runs will begin as soon as July.
“All preparations are going on to start its trial run from July 2024 so that its services can be offered to people as soon as possible,” said an official.
“We have set a target to roll them out this year. Its testing will start in another couple of months. Besides having automatic doors and high comfort quotient, it will have many such features which are not available in currently running metro trains,” the official said, adding the details of its additional features along with pictures will be shared for people very soon.
Citing Railways sources, a PTI report said the Vande Metro will have a unique coach configuration in which four coaches will constitute one unit and a minimum of 12 coaches will make one train.
The Railways is mulling to launch a minimum of 12 Vande Metro coaches and will increase coaches up to 16 as per the demand on the route, the report said.
“Initially, we will have a 12-coach metro but it can be extended to 16 coaches depending on the demand and need of the city,” a railway official said, adding the city which will have the first Vande Metro is also being worked out.
(With PTI inputs)