With the adoption of an upgraded system, the Indian Railways will now be able to operate more Vande Bharat (VB) trains at a time. This upgraded electric traction system which is globally adopted, is used by countries like France, Germany, South Africa and China.
Not only VB but other trains in India will also run using the new electrification system, reads a letter, dated June 7 , issued by railways.
The letter accessed by HT read, “All future electrification works (NL,GC, DL/ Tripling/ Quadrupling ) to be sanctioned with 2×25 kV traction system. In all sanctioned RE works, where tenders have not yet been called, 2×25 kV traction system to be adopted. In all sanctioned RE works, where tenders have not yet been invited, 2×25 traction system may be proposed as material notification.
