Vande Bharat Trail Run: The trial run of the first Vande Bharat train with 20 coaches started between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. This train will run at a speed of 130 km per hour.
Vande Bharat Trail Run: The trial run of the first Vande Bharat train with 20 coaches between Ahmedabad and Mumbai has started. This Vande Bharat ran at a speed of 130 kilometers per hour in the first trial run. The train left Ahmedabad at 7 am. It is worth noting that the current Vande Bharat train has 16 coaches in big cities and 8 coaches between small cities. Till now two Vande Bharat trains with 16 coaches each were running between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
Train left at 7 o’clock, reached Mumbai Central station at 12.15 pm
The 20 coach semi high speed train left Kalupur railway station at 7 am. The train reached Mumbai Central station at 12.15 pm via Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat. Additional four C coaches have been added along with 14C+2E for the trial run. Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel were deployed at railway crossings and stations between Ahmedabad and Mumbai to deal with any kind of emergency during the trial run.
Vande Bharat is being operated in every state, Vande Metro will be run soon
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had earlier said in Parliament that Vande Bharat trains are being operated in every state and no discrimination has been made. He announced in the House that it has been decided to run Vande Metro on the lines of regional trains between short-distance cities, the distance between which is 150 and 200 km, which has been designed and testing is going on. Vaishnav said that Vande Metro will be inaugurated soon and it will prove to be a boon for the passengers with many features.
102 Vande Bharat train services are running in the country, being operated in a distance of 760 km
Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said, ‘As of July 29, 2024, Indian Railways is running 102 Vande Bharat train services, connecting states with broad gauge (BG) electrified network. These trains are currently being operated over a distance of 760 km.’ MP C V Shanmugam had asked whether Vande Bharat trains will replace Rajdhani and other super fast trains? The Railway Minister said, ‘New Vande Bharat services have been started without replacing the existing train services.’
