RE:India, any lessons
by Rohit Bahl on Apr 03, 2007 08:30 PM Permalink
No offense meant, but Indian trains are far better than the land record setting trains. If you read the complete coverage, the train took two engine for 3 bogies. The new generation Rajdhani train engines normally clock around 150 KMPH with a single engine, and 15 bogies. Need to check the speed of the TGV in those situations.
Moreover, just for the testing purposes, the electicity tenstion in overhead cables was increased from 25000V to 31000V.
Just for information, the train which set the fastest speed, normally runs at 300 KMPH in the normal circumstances.
RE:India, any lessons
by Augustine Alemcherry on Apr 03, 2007 09:22 PM Permalink
Double the speed, or more than it. India can get such trians, it is no big deal. But that would require the overhaul of complete railway system and increase the travelling cost by 300%-400% atleast. Would that be acceptable?
You must conside the changes done to tracks, complete fensing which we can not do even for mumabi local trains. There would be requirements to upgrade evey security and signal system. These are massive and would take away the cost adavntage. For a country like india, if the rail ticket rates go anywhere near the europian system, that would not only take trains out of reach of most people, but it would affect the inflation and prices of all sorts of goods.
What india needs is electrification of all railway lines, double lines thoughout, cleaner and relatively faster trains. For a country like us, it is not required or is practical to run bullet trains. We have a long way to go i terms of per capita income as well as standard of living to compare ourselves to japan and france.
RE:India, any lessons
by manas bhardwaj on Apr 03, 2007 08:47 PM Permalink
Correct!!! but the Indian trains are always overloaded with boggies and people...So, you can not expect this from our trains. Plus, we do not have distinguised tracks for oru Rajdhanis and shatabdis. So, on the usual tracks, I feel they are working superbly. Bhai logo, har cheez mein buraiya nikalna band karo...
RE:India, any lessons
by bhanu pratap on Apr 03, 2007 08:45 PM Permalink
well... if we attach as many bogies to this train (usually double), then the speed is reduced to half i.e., 150 KMPH, isn't it?
RE:India, any lessons
by Ajay Pandey on Apr 03, 2007 09:47 PM Permalink
its not that linear ! the avg speed of french TGV with as many coaches as Pyagraj express stands above 250km/hr.
RE:India, any lessons
by Sunil Varughese on Apr 03, 2007 09:17 PM Permalink
Dear friend... May I know what great lesson India should learn from this "record breaking experiment"??? For a developing nation like India, which has to take care of millions and crores of people still living below the poverty line.... this type of "experiments" are not relevant. If somebody has to trave and save mone y, time and energy, they can better travel by flight.... A better clean and comfort railway with more frequent service is more helpful for the normal citizens of India.
