Hydrogen-powered prepare by subsequent Independence-day: Ashwini Vaishnaw

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: India will roll out its first indigenously designed, developed and manufactured hydrogen-powered prepare on the subsequent Independence day, Union Minister for Railways, Communication, Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw mentioned right here on Thursday.

Speaking at a program ‘Modi@20-Dreams meet Delivery’ organised at SOA to mark 20 years of management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vaishnaw mentioned India has been in a position to construct trains that are among the many greatest on the earth and the subsequent large factor will likely be when the hydrogen-powered prepare is rolled out on August 15, 2023.

A prepare, constructed on the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, lately is among the many greatest 5 on the earth, he mentioned including it travelled at a pace of 180 km per hour which amazed the world.“This train is better than all others on multiple parameters and a glass of water kept in the driver’s cabin remains unspilled even when the train moves at maximum speed indicating its stability,” the Railways Minister mentioned.

Referring to the Vande Bharat Express prepare, he mentioned it took solely 52 seconds to maneuver from zero pace to 100 km per hour whereas the famed bullet prepare in Japan takes 55 seconds for a similar.Although initially railway engineers thought to import the prepare elements from developed nations, Vaishnaw mentioned it was the Prime Minister, who insisted that the prepare must be designed and in-built India. Two trains which have been launched in 2019 had carried out exceedingly nicely and the gap they’d lined up to now would equal 18 journeys around the earth with none main breakdown, he mentioned.

IIT-Madras, the Minister mentioned, is growing the hyper-loop, which he described as probably the most promising transport. “The biggest factor in transport is friction between the vehicle and air. If you create a vacuum and move the vehicle in that vacuum the energy required for movement would be less and the vehicle can reach a speed of 700 km per hour,” he added.
 

BHUBANESWAR: India will roll out its first indigenously designed, developed and manufactured hydrogen-powered prepare on the subsequent Independence day, Union Minister for Railways, Communication, Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw mentioned right here on Thursday.

Speaking at a program ‘Modi@20-Dreams meet Delivery’ organised at SOA to mark 20 years of management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vaishnaw mentioned India has been in a position to construct trains that are among the many greatest on the earth and the subsequent large factor will likely be when the hydrogen-powered prepare is rolled out on August 15, 2023.

A prepare, constructed on the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, lately is among the many greatest 5 on the earth, he mentioned including it travelled at a pace of 180 km per hour which amazed the world.“This train is better than all others on multiple parameters and a glass of water kept in the driver’s cabin remains unspilled even when the train moves at maximum speed indicating its stability,” the Railways Minister mentioned.

Referring to the Vande Bharat Express prepare, he mentioned it took solely 52 seconds to maneuver from zero pace to 100 km per hour whereas the famed bullet prepare in Japan takes 55 seconds for a similar.Although initially railway engineers thought to import the prepare elements from developed nations, Vaishnaw mentioned it was the Prime Minister, who insisted that the prepare must be designed and in-built India. Two trains which have been launched in 2019 had carried out exceedingly nicely and the gap they’d lined up to now would equal 18 journeys around the earth with none main breakdown, he mentioned.

IIT-Madras, the Minister mentioned, is growing the hyper-loop, which he described as probably the most promising transport. “The biggest factor in transport is friction between the vehicle and air. If you create a vacuum and move the vehicle in that vacuum the energy required for movement would be less and the vehicle can reach a speed of 700 km per hour,” he added.