Overview
- TS#01 has logged about 2.9 million kilometres and carried more than 60 million passengers, surpassing the 6 crore mark this year, according to DMRC.
- The train began as a four-car set in 2002 and was lengthened to six cars in 2014 and to eight cars in 2023 to handle growing demand.
- Mid-life work in 2024 added an IP-based public address and information system, CCTV, integrated emergency alarms, LCD route maps, refurbished doors, fire detection, relay panel upgrades, charging outlets and fresh paint.
- DMRC reports a mean distance between failures of roughly 85,000 kilometres for TS#01, exceeding the 40,000 kilometre contractual requirement.
- The MRM Consortium built the train in South Korea before shipment via Kolkata to Delhi, with the initial four-coach set costing about Rs 24 crore and featuring regenerative braking that recovers roughly 40% of power used.