Already approved for fast trains, the home-grown technology has got a new lease of life, more than four years after it was first successfully introduced. The “push-pull” train, in which two engines instead of one pull a set of coaches, is in the final stages of roll-out. The two engines, hard-wired to function as one, not only provide additional power to the train but also significantly reduce the train’s acceleration and deceleration times, making higher average speeds possible. But while … Continue reading Here’s how a indigenous train technology could become a game-changer for rapid mobility