"Sleeper coach of Vande Bharat will be rolled out in the current financial year where the first train is under production and will be rolled out in March 2024," said BG Mallya, General Manager of Integral Coach Factory.
The total number of passengers who travelled in Vande Bharat trains in the Central Railway region from August 15 to September 8 is 1.22 lakh, said a press release by Central Railway on Saturday.
The letter further stated, "After careful consideration of the present circumstances, from henceforth, it is directed that no air travel is allowed to Delhi. All the officials travelling to Delhi would travel by Shatabdi and Vande Bharat trains. Further, officials will stay at UT Guest House
Atish Dhar Chaturvedi, a passenger on his first journey on the Vande Bharat train said, "I want to thank PM Modi and CM Yogi who chose Gorakhpur for Vande Bharat. It was very important to run this train from here, we were also waiting for this train that there should be some special train fr
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated flagged off two new and upgraded versions of Vande Bharat Express trains at Gorakhpur Station in Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off Vande Bharat Express train in Gorakhpur and said that leaders from across the country are requesting Vande Bharat trains to be run from their region.
The PM will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 12,100 crore in his home constituency, Varanasi, and will inaugurate the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Junction-Son Nagar railway line of the Dedicated Freight Corridor, the release said.<
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the proposal in the national interest allowing the removal and transplantation of trees to clear land for project construction in the national capital.
Passengers who reached Indore after travelling in the Vande Bharat train shared their journey experience and claimed that it was like an aeroplane journey. The passengers also appreciated the facilities provided in the train.
A person has been run over by the Vande Bharat train near Firozabad district's Tundla. The accident took place somewhere between Jalesar town and Pora village.
Following the Balasore tragedy, the Indian Railways has started on a positive note, as today, 5 Vande Bharat trains were launched simultaneously across the country which was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. These Vande Bharat trains will connect six states in the country.