Travel from Bengaluru to Chennai in 4 hours: Indian railways to upgrade speed limits
Live MintIndian Railways' Vande Bharat Express will soon complete the Bengaluru-Chennai route in just four hours – 25 minutes faster than its current travel time. The speed limit upgrade will benefit two Vande Bharat and two Shatabdi trains operating daily on this high-density corridor. New sleeper Vande Bharat trains The first prototype of the Vande Bharat sleeper trainset has been manufactured and will undergo field trials soon, the government informed Parliament on Friday. Vaishnaw highlighted some of the distinguished features and amenities of these trains, such as the automatic train protection system Kavach, latest fire-safety standards compliance, crashworthy and jerk-free semi-permanent couplers and anti-climbers, a regenerative braking system for energy efficiency, higher average speed with quick deceleration and acceleration, among others.