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Vande Bharat Express is a medium to long-distance superfast express service operated by Indian Railways.It is a reserved, air-conditioned chair car service connecting cities that are less than 800 km (500 mi) apart or take less than ten hours to travel with existing services and a planned reserved, air-conditioned sleeper service connecting cities that are 800 km (500 mi) to 1,200 km (750 mi ...
The existing service of Vande Bharat takes about eight hours, while the Silver Line is slated to cut the journey time by half to four hours. A week after the railway ministry had shown doubts if the state government had abandoned the project, Kerala wrote a letter to the central government seeking approval in February 2024.
It is the second Vande Bharat Express in Kerala as well as India's first saffron coloured semi-high speed train (replaced with White Blue Vandebharat rake of the pairing train after extension to Mangalore Central). The first Vande Bharat train in Kerala started its service between Kasaragod and Thiruvananthapuram via Kottayam route in April 2023.
The Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said that 25 improvements have been incorporated into the trains, including anti-climbing devices. These anti-climbing devices will also be added to trains other than Vande Bharat. In August 2024, trial runs of 20-car Vande Bharat were conducted on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad route. [49]
Introduced in 2019, Vande Bharat Express is the fastest express train in India. In December 2009, the Ministry of Railways of Government of India envisaged the implementation of regional high-speed rail projects to provide services at 250–350 km/h (160–220 mph), and planning for corridors connecting commercial, tourist, and pilgrimage hubs.
It is the fifty-third 2nd Generation and thirty-seventh Mini Vande Bharat 2.0 Express train which was designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India Initiative.
The 22415/22416 Varanasi - New Delhi -Varanasi Vande Bharat SF Express is India's 35th Vande Bharat Superfast Express train, connecting the city of Varanasi with the capital city of India, New Delhi. [1] [2] [3] This will be the 2nd Vande Bharat Express train which will run on the New Delhi-Varanasi train line after 15 February 2019. [4]
The new upgraded Vande Bharat version 2.0 was first introduced on 30/09/2022 between Gandhinagar and Mumbai Central. The train set boasts of several passenger friendly features. Today, Western Railway runs four Vande Bharat trains viz: Gandhinagar - Mumbai Central; Indore- Nagpur; Okha - Dwarka - Ahmedabad; Sabarmati - Jodhpur; Ahmedabad ...