A recent video posted by the official Southern Railways handle on X has stirred controversy online. It captures a group of women singing the Tamil song ‘Kanmani Anbodu’ by Ilaiyaraaja and A R Rahman aboard the Vande Bharat Express train from Chennai to Mysuru. Wearing ID cards and Continue Reading
The newly launched semi-high-speed train Vande Bharat Express, in headlines for the last three days for hitting cattle, today hit a snag in the wheels because of jammed bearings. While the earlier accidents with cattle were with the train on the Gandhinagar-Mumbai route, this hiccup was on the one running the New Delhi-Varanasi route. “The […]Continue Reading
The Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express train’s front section, which was damaged after it ran over some buffalo in Gujarat, has been replaced, a railway official announced today. After the mishap, the Vande Bharat train was fixed in less than 24 hours. When a herd of buffalo was struck by the freshly launched Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Vande […]Continue Reading
During a test run on Friday, India’s Vande Bharat Express train went over the 180 kph speed limit. Union Railway Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw announced on Twitter that the VandeBharat-2 speed trial had begun between the Kota-Nagda line at 120, 130, 150, and 180 kph. Washing and cleaning were done in the washing pit during the […]Continue Reading