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Train 18 Based Designed Rake Of AC EMU Arrives Virar in Transit With BZA WAG5 23472.
Train 18-like Mumbai AC local! Banking on the success of Train 18 during trials, Indian Railways has now rolled out a new fully air-conditioned Mumbai local train that has Train 18-type bogies and underslung equipment!
The 2nd AC Local for Western Railways zone of Mumbai Suburban Network, entered Mumbai on 27th February 2019. The Rake is manufactured by Medha Servo Drives PVT LTD at the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative, and will serve for Western Railways as like the First Air Conditioned Local.
The Train is based on the design of the newly introduced Vande Bharat Express, or the Train 18, having underslund Equipments, which makes this Rake possible to have all the 12 Coaches internally connectd via vestibule passages.
Designed to run at a maximum speed of 110 kmph, the new AC local has several passenger-friendly features such as; sealed gangways for easy movement between coaches, comfortable seats, sleek luggage racks, stainless steel handholds, sliding doors etc. The new Mumbai AC local makes use of the next-generation Train 18 bogies with fully suspended traction motors. It has an indigenous 3-phase electrics based on IGBT propulsion technology aerodynamic profile driving end. Some of the salient features of the new Mumbai AC local train are:
Sealed gangways for easy passenger movement
Sleek luggage racks, comfortable seats
Stainless steel handholds, screwless interior paneling finish
Rubberised, anti-skid flooring
Automatic and wide sliding doors
GPS based Passenger Information System and announcement system.
CCTV surveillance in all coaches
Passenger talk back and emergency alarm
Stainless steel body coach designed with straight sidewalls
Regenerative brake means 35% electrical energy savings
The new AC EMU has 12 fully air-conditioned cars including the driving cabs. It allows for faster acceleration and deceleration with 50% powering unlike 33% powering in present Mumbai AC local. This means that the new train would take lesser time between stops and would therefore compensate any time lost due to automatic door closing and opening.