7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Delhi Meerut RRTS Shatabdi Nagar Namo Bharat Platform: Anshumalii· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Namo Bharat Train at Guldhar Station: Anshumalii· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Namo Bharat Train: Government of India· GODL-India
- 4. Namo Bharat trains at depot: Government of India· GODL-India
- 5. Namo Bharat Trains together: Government of India· GODL-India
- 6. Namo Bharat Trains: Government of India· GODL-India
- 7. PM Narendra Modi alighting Namo Bharat train at New Ashok Nagar RRTS Station: Government of India· GODL-India
what is it?
The Namo Bharat is an Indian electric train built for Namo Bharat Regional Rapid Transit services. The train was designed by the French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom at its engineering centre in Hyderabad, Telangana, and was manufactured in Savli, Gujarat. The train has an aerodynamic design which reduces the drag when it travels.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 3 years ago, in 2023.
- Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 13 minutes.
- 22 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 1,061: 21 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2023
- in service from
- 2023
- status
- in service
- number built
- 1,114
- kind
- EMU
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- builders
- Alstom
- designer
- Alstom in Hyderabad
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn
- top speed
- 180 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25000 V AC
- formation
- 3, 6 and 9 cars per trainset
- length
- 22 m
- capacity
- 1,061 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q119438293, Wikipedia: Namo Bharat (trainset) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.