Tag: Vande Bharat Express

The woman, who was scheduled to travel alone, got the company of her loving husband, all thanks to Vande Bharat’s automatic doors.

It is the third Vande Bharat train launched in Odisha so far. This train will run six days a week except Saturdays. As per reports, the train service was initially envisioned to operate between Visakhapatnam and Puri. But the originating station was changed later to Bhubaneswar.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will launch the initiative on October 1 which has been named '14 minute miracle'.

PM Modi virtually flags off nine Vande Bharat Express trains connecting 11 states.Odisha's second Vande Bharat train between Puri and Rourkela was also flagged off on the occasion.

Apart from Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off eight more Vande Bharat Express trains, to help improve connectivity across 11 states namely Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Jharkhand and Gujarat.

The train will have stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Sambalpur City and Jharsuguda.

It is said that the regular train operation of the second Vande Bharat Express is likely to start from this month end between Puri and Rourkela.

The stone pelting incident on Thiruvananthapuram bound Vande Bharat Express took place between Thalassery and Mahe in which window panes of C-8 coach got smashed. However, no one was injured during the incident.

While addressing the gathering, Vaishnaw announced that second Vandhe Bharat Express will roll soon in the state. The Vande Bharat Express is scheduled to run from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar.

After his bad experience, Qadir alleged that he had to go through the ordeal due to the absence of an emergency system in Vande Bharat Express trains.

Bhopal railway department said a technical team has reached the spot and is monitoring the situation.

The discount shall be implemented with immediate effect.

This is for the first time so many Vande Bharat trains have been launched in one day.

Along with the semi-high speed train, Modi also dedicated New Bongaigaon--Dudhnoi--Mendipather and Guwahati--Chaparmukh electrified sections to the nation. He also inaugurated the new DEMU/MEMU (workshop for trains) shed at Lumding.

The train will be flagged off virtually by Modi at 12 noon when it commences its journey from Guwahati railway station, an official release said here on Sunday.