Four new Vande Bharat trains were flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi on November 8. With this, Indian Railways is now operating a total of 164 Vande Bharat Express trains across the country.

The Vande Bharat Express is seen as a major achievement under India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. However, if we talk about global high-speed railways while comparing China’s vast network and the speed of its trains, there is a significant gap between the two. Let’s understand how much faster our trains need to run on the tracks to compete with China.

The maximum speed of Vande Bharat trains is 180 km per hour, which is much lower in comparison to China’s CRH or Fuxing trains. China’s trains are capable of running at speeds between 350 km per hour and 450 km per hour. On many r

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