Indian Railways is set to launch the Vande Bharat Sleeper service soon, the long-distance version of the indigenously developed semi-high-speed train.
The current version of the Vande Bharat train provides faster, safer & world-class travel experiences to people travelling short & medium-distance chair car trains, and now the Indian Railways is making this a reality for long-distance trains also.
In preparation for the launch, trials of the sleeper trains have been going on.
According to a press release issued by Indian Railways, the Vande Bharat sleeper train has achieved a peak speed of 180 km per hour in its multiple trials in the last three days.
The trails will continue till this month’s end before this world-class travel for long-distance travel is made available to rail commuters across the nation.