It's more to do with safety. People, "educated" people cross railway crossings like they are crossing their colony Street. And that's in urban and semi urban areas with basic safety measures like closing off gates ( pipe ).
Vande Bharat class of trains are basic requirements as train sets for the following reasons: 1) Less requirements of seperate locomotives which actually reduces consumption of electricity, 2) Regenerative Braking Technology to reduce the energy loss during Braking, 3) Door safety with automatic doors, 4) Improved Surveillance inside train to tackle issues life Theft, harrasment, unauthorised & illegal travel etc., 5) Better Amenities, 6) Improvement in average speed in comparison to existing trains... We can't have 180 kmph - 200 kmph operational speed unless we change the entire track system, Stopping Cattles, animals and Human movements on Railway tracks... The permanent solution is not only in Railway development but taking actions on Social disarrangement like illegal encroachment of Areas of railways, Building illegal slums beside railway tracks, treating public places like railway platforms and tracks as litter box, dustbin,Basin, toilets and bathroom... Common public has no internal feelings to keep these areas clean... Public uses railway tracks to go from one platform from another inspite of having Overbridges/subways.... How can you operate at higher average speed in these situations?
