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PM Modi is going to Ukraine by Rail Force One. Every luxury facility is available in this train.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a visit to Poland. After this, he will leave for Ukraine on Thursday night. He will travel by train and not by plane. This will be a special train, named ‘Rail Force One’. It is known for its luxury facilities and world class service.
PM Modi will reach Kiev after spending 10 hours in this train. It will take him the same time to return. Actually, due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, airports are closed, travelling by road can be risky. This is the reason why whenever the world’s big leaders go to Ukraine, they prefer to travel by train.
Many leaders including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian PM Georgia Meloni have traveled in Rail Force One.
5 pictures of the trains by which Modi will reach Kiev…
The picture is of Ukraine’s Rail Force One train. Modi will travel in this train for 20 hours during his Ukraine visit.
The President of America visited Ukraine on 20 February 2023 via Rail Force One.
US President Biden working at a conference table in a compartment of Rail Force One during his visit.
On 24 February 2024, on the completion of 2 years of the Ukraine war, Italian PM Georgia Meloni also reached Kiev via this train.
French President Emmanuel Macron, then Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and German Chancellor Olof Scholz arrived together in Kiev in June 2022.
Train made for tourism, now used by world leaders
Most of the leaders, journalists, diplomats who go to Ukraine travel by Rail Force One. This is a slow moving luxury train which runs only at night. It travels 600 km from Poland to reach Kiev.
Ukraine’s rail network is more than 24 thousand km long. It is the 12th largest rail network in the world. Different trains run in Ukraine but Rail Force One is the most special. It was designed for tourism in Crimea.
Russia occupied Crimea in 2014. Since then it is used to transport world leaders and VIP guests. This train is equipped with weapons. It has extremely secure communication systems. There is a team of high-tech security personnel present all the time, who constantly monitor the security. This is the reason why till now no complaint has been received regarding the security of this train.
Rail Force One was built in 2014 for tourists in Crimea.
Luxurious hotel like rooms in train
The interior of Rail Force One is very beautiful. Its rooms are like a luxurious hotel. The compartments of Rail Force One are made of wood. There is also a large conference table for important meetings. Apart from this, there is also a luxurious sofa and TV.
During the war that has been going on for two and a half years, Russia has targeted Ukraine’s rail network several times. About 400 railway workers have died in this.
To make train travel easier during war, Rail Force One has diesel engines instead of electric engines. In fact, Russia attacks Ukraine’s electric grid along with the railway line. In such a situation, if the train has an electric grid installed, it will stop. Whereas this will not affect the diesel engine.
The credit for the success of Rail Force One goes to former Ukrainian Railways CEO and now minister Alexander Kamyshin. It was he who named this train Rail Force One after Biden’s journey.
Kamyshin (centre) became part of Ukrainian Railways just months before the Ukrainian war began.
Ukrainian trains are punctual
Kamyshin became the CEO of the Ukrainian Railways company 6 months before the Russia-Ukraine war began. Ukrainian Railways is known for running trains on time. When Biden arrived in Ukraine on 20 February 2023, some trains were late due to security reasons.
Kamishin had apologized for this by tweeting on social media. He said that today (on February 20) only 90% of the trains were able to run on time, for which he is sorry.
After this tweet, the American public made fun of Biden and the American Railways on social media. The rail service in America is under the ‘Amtrak’ company and it is infamous for its delays.
According to CNN, freight trains are used more in America. They are long and run slowly. This is why passenger trains get delayed. Amtrak’s Website According to the data, only 20 percent of trains were able to complete their journey on time in 2023. American trains were late by 9 lakh minutes (more than 1.5 years) in the whole year.
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