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In a move to revamp the travelling experience for passengers, Indian Railways is set to roll out world class facilities for new trains. Railways is looking to unveil new services in the new year as part of which passengers will be treated to cuisines curated by a celebrity chef coupled with ultra modern facilities to make it a world class journey. “Despite challenges, we undertook several initiatives in 2016 which will bear fruits later. In 2017, we are looking to progress on the many new initiatives we have launched,” Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has said. Recently we launched Hamsafar Express. Before that Mahamanya and Gatimaan Express were also launched. Tejas will be launched in 2017. - Suresh Prabhu, Railways Minister, India Redefining passengers’ travel experience, Tejas coaches will be equipped with 22 new features, including entertainment LCD screens for each passenger along with headphones sockets. Have a look at this Video posted by a Facebook user: ...

Spanish Train manufacturer Talgo recently did a trial run of it's light weight train for Indian Railways. Talgo claimed that their train can achieve a speed of 180 kmph without any major change in existing infrastructure. Talgo did all the trial, transportation at it's own cost. Trail was successful as train did achieved 180 kmph mark in it's third trial run between Indian cities Mumbai and Delhi. Current fastest train between this route takes 16 hours to cover  1,400 km distance. Talgo did this in 12 Hours and authorities claimed that trial and presentation is nearly successful.  Train went under rigorous trial in terms of load and technology. Indian trains run on broad gauge since this talgo train can run on both standard and broad gauge it wasn't a problem to the operator.  Indian Railway has not given any contract or signed any agreement with Talgo yet but a possibility for a possible collaboration can't be denied. Take a look at below trial run video from...