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PM Narendra Modi flags off India's first all-electric high-speed train in Bihar: 5 facts
Besides the first all-electric high-speed locomotive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also dedicate the state-of-the art Madhepura factory, which is a high-value FDI joint venture with French rolling stock giant Alstom to the country.
Updated : Apr 10, 2018, 12:17 PM IST
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched India's first all-electric high-speed locomotive in Bihar. The addition of all-electric high-speed locomotive in Bihar will be a giant leap in PM Modi's govt initiative 'Make in India'.
The electric locomotive, with a 12,000 horsepower (HP), will be flagged off from Bihar's Madhepura loco factory by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Before the launch of high speed locomotive train, the most powerful electric engine in India was of 6,000 HP.
Besides the first all-electric high-speed locomotive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated the state-of-the art Madhepura factory, which is a high-value FDI joint venture with French rolling stock giant Alstom to the country.
Below we have listed the five facts about India's first all-electric high-speed locomotive.
1. In line with the PM Modi government's and Indian Railways' target of 100-per cent electrification and towards sustainable mobility, these new locomotives will not only bring down the operating cost for the railways, but significantly cut down greenhouse gas emissions as well.
2. The first locomotive is part of a 3.5-billion euros order for 800 electric double-section locomotives, signed in 2015, part of the Ministry of Railways' public-private partnership programme to modernise the country's rail infrastructure.
3. The 12,000-hp, double-section locomotive, part of Alstom's Prima locomotives family, has a hauling capacity of 6,000 tonnes and is capable of running at a speed of 120km per hour, allowing a faster and safer movement of heavier freight trains across the country.
4. Besides, Alstom had also announced three new contracts worth approximately 75 million euros -- a power supply contract from the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL), a contract for new train-sets from the Chennai Metro Rail Corporation and another power supply contract from the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation.
Bihar: PM @narendramodi flags off #ChamparanHumsafar Express train between Katihar-Delhi. pic.twitter.com/Lv7oKWX0Dv
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) April 10, 2018
5. PM Narendra Modi is also likely to flag off a new bi-weekly train, Humsafar Express, connecting Katihar to New Delhi.
