The Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat Express train is expected to be formally inaugurated for public service on November 11 and will be the first such indigenously-built high-speed rail in the southern part of India and the country's fifth.
According to the Indian Railways, this Vande Bharat train was heading from Mumbai Central to Gandhinagar in Gujarat when the incident occured at 8.17 am.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a visit to Karnataka on November 11 and flag off the first Vande Bharat Express train in South India, along with the launch of several other projects.
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The new version of the Vande Bharat Express train is a game changer for rail development projects in the country, Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw told ANI on Thursday during a journey onboard the newly launched Vande Bharat Express.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], October 13 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha flagged off the railway extension of the Guwahati-Kolkata-Guwahati train up to Agartala from Agartala Railway Station on Thursday.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 13 (ANI): Aaranyak, a leading biodiversity conservation organisation, expressed grief at the recent hitting of a herd of elephants in Jorhat by the Rajdhani Express train on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Friday took note of the recent Vande Bharat Express train accident and said that the frontal part of the train was repaired and no severe damage was done to the wagon.
Maninagar (Gujarat) [India], October 7 (ANI): No functional part of the newly-launched Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express train was damaged after it met with an accident when a herd of buffaloes came on the railway line, said officials on Friday.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the updated version of the Vande Bharat Express train from Gandhinagar-Mumbai and took a ride on the high-speed train to Kalupur station in Ahmedabad.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], September 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Express train at Gandhinagar on Friday.
Ankapalli (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 14 (ANI): A final year medical student helped a woman give birth to a baby while traveling on the Secunderabad Durantho express train on Tuesday.