Amrit Bharat Express to be launched from Ayodhya soon

• The first Amrit Bharat train with push-pull technology will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Ayodhya soon, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

• The minister inspected its coaches and loco at New Delhi station.

• A lot of new features have been introduced for the comfort and convenience of passengers.

• The railway minister said that two types of technology which are used world over in the running of trains are distributed power technology and the push-pull technology.

• In distributed power technology, every second or third coach has a motor which runs with the help of electricity supplied through overhead equipment. Vande Bharat trains are based on distributed power technology.

• The second technology is push-pull which means the train has two engines, one in the front side and the other one at its end. While the front engine pulls the train, the back engine, at the same time, pushes the train ahead.

• A lot of changes were introduced in the train to incorporate push-pull technology which provides better acceleration and deceleration.

• Better acceleration and deceleration help save time at bridges, curves and other points where trains have to run with a restricted speed.

• Amrit Bharat’s another significant feature which is the use of the latest technology to join the two coaches in such a way that it negates the jerk effect when the train starts and stops.

• In the old technology, which used to be practised in the 1990s, the coaches of the train were joined with the help of a kind of coupler due to which passengers felt a jerk when the train stopped or started.  

• The Amrit Bharat trains have a special type of coupler called semi-permanent coupler which negates jerk effect. It is safer in terms of operation of the train as well.

• Since it is a non-AC train, if it runs at any speed more than 100, it will face air pressure. So to minimise that, the space between the two coaches are completely covered and the whole train looks like one train-set.

• Special attention has been paid to design toilets to save as much water as possible. 

• Engines have been modified to give comfort to the locopilots. They are completely air-conditioned. Seat positions have been modified so that the driver gets maximum comfort while driving the train. Even the vibration inside the engine has been controlled with the help of technology so that it causes minimum fatigue to the drivers.

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