Vande Bharat Express: Vande Bharat Sleeper trains and Vande Metro trains will soon run in the country. General Manager of Integral Coach Factory BG Mallya said that in this financial year the country will get the gift of Vande Bharat Sleeper Express and Vande Metro. Let us know the details.
Indian Railways is rapidly working to expand the network of Vande Bharat Express. Along with this, Railways is also preparing to run the country’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train and Vande Metro. According to BG Mallya, General Manager of Integral Coach Factory, Vande Bharat Sleeper Train and Vande Metro will be launched in this financial year.
Vande Metro will run in January 2024!
Sleeper coaches of Vande Bharat will be started in the current financial year. Running of Vande Bharat sleeper trains will provide relief to passengers during long journeys. They will be able to complete their journey comfortably while sleeping comfortably. The first Vande Metro train is expected to arrive in January 2024 but it will be ready in this calendar year. BG Mallya said that this train for non-air conditioned passengers will be launched before October 31 this year. Let us tell you, ICF is also developing Vande Metro. Vande Metro will be a 12-coach train, which will be used for short distance travel.
#WATCH | Indian Railways to launch sleeper version of Vande Bharat Express
B G Mallya, General Manager of Integral Coach Factory says, “We’ll be launching the sleeper version of the Vande within this financial year. We’ll also be launching the Vande Metro in this financial year.… pic.twitter.com/49q61cScIb
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Madhya Pradesh will get another Vande Bharat
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav recently informed that Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh will soon get Vande Bharat Express. Addressing the public in Neemuch, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had said that now the time has come to run Vande Bharat on this route. Your MP Sudhir Gupta has already requested for this. He said that soon Vande Bharat Express train will run on this route.
Let us tell you, Vande Bharat Express is providing its services in all the rail-electrified states across the country. A few days ago, Railways had shared some pictures of Vande Bharat Express in which its appearance seemed to have changed. Till now the color of Vande Bharat trains running in the country is white and blue.
The new 8-coach Vande Bharat Express, manufactured by the Railways’ Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF), is painted orange (saffron) and grey. Apart from this, the logo of cheetah in Vande Bharat train has been changed. On 27 January 2019, services using Train 18 sets were renamed as Vande Bharat Express. The first service of Vande Bharat train started on 15 February 2019.
