New Delhi ∙ Indian Railways productively finished the examination operate of India’s longest freight educate ‘Super Vasuki’ with 295 wagons. As element of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, the South East Central Railway inaugurated the practice on August 15.
The very first journey was from Korba in Chhattisgarh to Rajnandgao in Nagpur. The train remaining at 1:50 pm on Monday and took around 11:20 am to deal with the length of 267 km. Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav shared a movie of the coach passing via Kothari Street Station on Twitter.
Super Vasuki is developed by combining 5 freight trains into 1 unit. The 3.5 km long teach has six engines. It can carry up to 27,000 tons. The coach takes about 4 minutes to cross a station. Super Vasuki is in a position to supply coal for just one working day for a 3,000 MW electricity plant in a person journey. Now, a freight teach in India can have a greatest of 9,000 tons of coal. Super Vasuki will supply three moments this sum.
Previously this 12 months, a coal lack plunged the state into an power crisis. Railways consider Tremendous Vasuki will help prevent shortages of uncooked materials these as coal in power crops.
Summary in English: Tremendous Vasuki: the longest Indian prepare of 3.5 km with 6 locomotives and 295 wagons
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