Occupancy strength of Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express enhanced with more coaches
The train will now operate with 20 coaches, in place of earlier 16, adding four additional AC Chair Car Coaches.
The train will now operate with 20 coaches, in place of earlier 16, adding four additional AC Chair Car Coaches.
As the Vande Bharat Express left New Delhi Station on the cold morning of February 9 and as I was settling in my window seat with a newspaper, hoping to gain some insight into the debacle of the AAP in the Delhi Assembly elections whose results were just declared
With her eyes constantly scanning the tracks to move forward and her hands effortlessly guiding the Vande Bharat Express to reach its destination, Ritika Tirkey, a female loco pilot, drove the Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat train on its maiden journey on 15 September.
The Deoghar-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express, originating from Deoghar, under Asansol division of Eastern Railway, was virtually flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, along with six other Vande Bharat trains that will operate on key routes such as Tatana
Anil Kumar Mishra, general manager, South Eastern Railway has conducted footplate inspection in Howrah-Kharagpur section by Howrah-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express today.
This new express train will run on newly-laid track along Patna-Jehanabad-Gaya-Hazaribagh-Barkakana-Koderma-Tatisilwal-BIT Mesra-Ranchi route covering a distance of 378 km.
Earlier, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that Vande Bharat trains will start covering all the states by June.
She was angry over claims being circulated on the number of deaths during her time as Rly minister
It will connect Guwahati with New Jalpaiguri. "The NDA government in nine years has made achievements unthinkable earlier," says Prime Minister Modi.
This new service will cover the distance of 411 km between Guwahati and New Jalpaiguri in 5 hours 30 minutes reducing the present shortest journey time by the speediest train significantly.
