The two new Vande Bharat Express trains, to be introduced on CSMT-Shirdi and CSMT-Solapur routes, are equipped with “additional parking brakes” and “traction motor system” that will enable these trains to stop in case of signalling or emergency, and prevent it from rolling down on both routes comprising Ghat sections, said a senior Central Railway officer.
No other Vande Bharat is equipped with the said advanced systems, said the official, adding that the two trains have the systems to enable them to cross the ghat section which is the steepest in gradient. The officer further explained that express trains passing through the Ghat sections are attached with a banking engine that eliminates chances of uncoupling or the train rolling down the gradient.
