PM Modi in Himachal: PM Modi also dedicated to the nation the Indian IIT-Una and flagged off the new Vande Bharat Express from Amb Andaura in Una district to New Delhi.
This is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ninth visit to Himachal Pradesh in the last five years. The assembly election is due later this year in the state.
The train will run between Una and Delhi and is an advanced version compared to the earlier ones, being much lighter and capable of reaching higher speed in a shorter duration.
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The Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express hit a cow near Anand station in Gujarat, resulting in minor damage to the train's nose panel. A day before, the newly-launched semi-high speed train had hit four buffaloes and its nose cone had to be replaced.
Vande Bharat Express accident: RPF inspector Pradeep Sharma posted at Vatva railway station said the FIR was filed under section 147 of the Railways Act, 1989, which deals with unauthorised entry into any part of a railway and misuse of its property.
Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express met an accident days after being flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The first Vande Bharat Express from Delhi to Varanasi was launched in 2019.
Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat: The train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Gandhinagar on Friday morning. He also travelled on it from Gandhinagar to Kalupur station in Ahmedabad.
PM in Gujarat: Heralding a new era of comfortable and enhanced rail travel experience, the new Vande Bharat Express, the most awaited newly made semi-high speed train, is now ready for a commercial run.
Sources said the IRCTC, in two letters in August and September, said the clash in timings will "defeat" the very purpose of introduction of the Tejas Express which is the Railways' premium corporate train.
Third Vande Bharat train: Taking to Twitter, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tweeted that the trial of India's third Vande Bharat train is being performed at 90Kmph. He also shared a video of the same.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi this August 15 had announced that 75 Vande Bharat Express trains will connect every corner of the country in 75 weeks of the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence.
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw travelled in Vande Bharat Express from Katra to Jammu on September 13 and interacted with the passengers. "Passengers expressed their satisfaction regarding Vande Bharat trains. They acknowledged government's emphasis on cleanliness on trains," he said.
Puri is one of the most popular tourist and religious destinations in the world and has rich cultural significance. Development of Puri station is underway and plan is there to bring Vande Bharat Express to Puri, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said during his Odisha visit last week.
The trains will also have four emergency lights in each coach which can be used in a disaster situation if the normal lights fail during that time.
India's premium train Varanasi-New Delhi Vande Bharat express train no. 02435 was detained near the Prayagraj division (Prauyagraj-Kanpur Central), North Central Railway after smoke was reported from the train.
The New Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express will once again resume its services from January 1, months after the services were stopped due to Covid pandemic.
The railway's ministry has opened the bidding process for the supply of electrical equipment and other items for 44 sets of 16 coach Vande Bharat train. This current tender was floated on December 22 last year by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, and was opened on Friday (July 10).
The wheel of the Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express developed some technical glitch due to which a Tejas rake was run on Friday replacing the state-of-the-art train, a spokesperson said.
The train's AC stopped working 10 minutes before reaching Allahabad station at 4:50 pm. The defect was rectified, cooling ensured and it left at around 6.00 pm, they said.
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