Spanish Talgo train completes Delhi-Mumbai trial run in less than 12 hours

Superfast Spanish train Talgo on Sunday completed its trial run on the key Delhi-Mumbai route in less than 12 hours, at a speed of 150 km per hour.

The train started at 2.45 pm from New Delhi station on September 10 and reached at Mumbai at 2.34 am early morning today, taking time of 11 hours and 48 minutes.

Talgo is a Madrid-based Spanish leading manufacturer of semi-high speed (160-250 kmph) and high-speed (350 kmph) passenger trains, which are energy-efficient.

The 1,384-km distance between the metropolitans takes usually 17 hours but the Talgo train could reduce it to just 12 hours. Currently, the super-fast Rajdhani Express train takes around 16 hours between New Delhi and Mumbai.

The train not only cuts travel time but also reduces energy bill by almost 30 per cent.

Railways had conducted the first trial run of Talgo trains on the Bareilly-Moradabad stretch in Uttar Pradesh followed by the second trial run was 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.

Besides railway staff, technicians from Talgo were onboard during the trial.