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Metro Rail News December 2016

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Indian <strong>Rail</strong>ways is all set to experiment with<br />

Spain's high speed Talgo trains<br />

- By Shreya Biswas<br />

Hold your horses, passenger! We may soon get to enjoy the luxury of Spanish<br />

coaches on the Rajdhani and Shatabdi express trains. Indian <strong>Rail</strong>ways is all set to<br />

experiment with high speed Talgo trains which, if successful, will lead to the<br />

replacement of the existing LHB coaches with these fancy Spanish beauties.<br />

The first Talgo train trail run is expected to head from Mumbai to Delhi. If all goes well with it,<br />

following gauging results, Talgo trains will be rolled out on the other routes.<br />

What is Talgo?<br />

Talgo is one of the leading companies in the Spanish railway sector. It started out in May<br />

1941, and has now has businesses almost all around the world. Talgo's headquarters lie in Madrid,<br />

Spain.<br />

<strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> <strong>News</strong> | <strong>December</strong> <strong>2016</strong> | www.metrorailnews.in 53

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