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Fasten those metaphorical seat belts. Spanish train-maker Talgo’s series 9 train is arriving at the Mumbai port on April 21.

“The train, being shipped from Spain, had started its journey last week. It will touch base at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) port on April 21. From there, the train will be brought to Delhi for pre-trials on the Delhi-Palwal section before a full-fledged trial on the Delhi-Mumbai route, later this month,” a senior rail ministry official told Business Standard.

Talgo is known globally for lighter and faster trains. The train maker had in July last year stated its interest in shipping its Series-9 train to India at its own cost, as a demonstration of the firm's unique technology.

The train can run at speeds of 160-200 km per hour, and is expected to cut the travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to 12 hours.

According to the report in Business Standard, "Talgo trains are best known for their unconventional 'articulated' passenger cars mounted on Talgo's patented Jacob's bogies. The wheels in Talgo coaches are mounted in pairs but not joined by an axle and the bogies are shared between two coaches, compared to the conventional design in which bogies are fitted underneath individual coaches."

"This allows a railway car to take a turn at higher speed with less swaying. Also, as the coaches are not mounted directly onto wheel bogies, the coaches are more easily insulated from track noise. Talgo trains can also change rail gauge, as they are fitted with variable gauge axles," said a ministry official.

So, will it be dinner in Delhi and breakfast in Mumbai?