Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on December 29, 2020 announced that the newly designed Vistadome tourist coach successfully completed 180 kilometre per hour during speed trial.
- The Vistadome coaches are made with see-through glass rooftops and wide windows that offer a panoramic view.
- These coaches mostly run on India’s tourist and scenic rail routes.
- Indian Railways has 13 Vistadome coaches that are currently operational in select routes in India.
- These routes are; Dadar and Madgaon, Araku Valley, Kashmir Valley, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Kalka Shimla Railway, Kangra Valley Railway, Matheran Hill Railway and Nilgiri Mountain Railway.
