(LiveMint)
The Indian Railways has manufactured a high-speed locomotive that can run at a speed of 180 km per hour. The high-speed engine was developed in West Bengal’s Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW). Railway minister Piyush Goyal shared this news on social media site Twitter. The new locomotive is produced under the ‘Make in India’ initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. “Railways has manufactured a high speed locomotive in West Bengal’s Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, achieving a top speed of 180km/hr. Watch the video,” he tweeted. Piyush Goyal also attached a video with his tweet, displaying the speed at which the train is running through a speedometer. “It will speed up trains like never before,” Goyal tweeted from his official Twitter handle.