Last Updated on 25/07/2024 by wccexam Desk
Construction of 5 new Vande Bharat trains
five new Vande Bharat Trains, The railway network is continuously expanding across the country and along with this, new Vande Bharat Express trains are also being introduced. Soon five Vande Bharat trains will be ready and will start running from the Integrated Coach Factory (ICF). The Railway Board will soon decide their destination. The final inspection of these orange coloured trains is currently underway. Each of these trains has 16 coaches. An ICF official said that the Railway Board will decide on which routes these Vande Bharat trains will run.
ICF Chennai has manufactured 70 Vande Bharat rakes since 2018
Since 2018, ICF Chennai has manufactured 70 Vande Bharat rakes. ICF has produced around 75,000 rail coaches in over 500 designs. For this financial year, ICF plans to produce 3,515 rail coaches, including 1,536 LHB coaches and over 650 Vande Bharat coaches. Currently, Vande Bharat trains have eight or 16 coaches. In future, Vande Bharat trains with 20 and 24 coaches will be introduced. An ICF official said that Vande Bharat Metro has also been tested.
Vande Bharat runs between these cities from Chennai
Vande Bharat trains currently run from Chennai to Tirunelveli, Mysuru, Coimbatore and Vijayawada. According to the Times of India, R Pandiya Raja, a former member of the Southern Railway’s Zonal Rail Users Consultative Committee, has called for a Vande Bharat service between Chennai and Nagercoil. He also wanted a Vande Bharat train connecting Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram via Tenkasi, which could benefit passengers travelling to Madurai and Trichy.
This was planned during the Sabarimala season, Pandiya Raja said. Two rakes should be operated, one leaving from Chennai in the morning and the other from Thiruvananthapuram at the same time. Another suggested route is from Tirunelveli to Bengaluru, which will benefit passengers from the southern districts.