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  • WATCH: Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat express begins trial run, launch on Nov 11

    WATCH: Chennai-Mysore Vande Bharat express begins trial run, launch on Nov 11

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    The trial run for South India’s first Vande Bharat train between Chennai and Mysuru started on Monday. The train will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The trial run for the indigenously-built high-speed rail began at MG Ramachandran Central Railway station, Chennai.

    Sharing a video of the trial run, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said: “Countdown to the flag-off of South India’s first #VandeBharatExpress has begun. Here is a clip of the trial run of the express. Prime Minister @narendramodi Ji will flag off the train on November 11.”

    The train, which will run six days a week, will depart from MGR Chennai Central at 5:50 am and reach Bengaluru City Junction at 10:25 am. From Bengaluru, it will depart at 10:30 am and reach its final destination Mysuru at 12:30 pm. It will cover around 497 km in 6 hours 40 minutes.

    All 16 coaches of the train are equipped with automatic doors, a GPS-based audio-visual passenger information system, onboard hotspot Wi-Fi for entertainment purposes, and very comfortable seating.

    The Prime Minister will unveil the 108-foot-tall statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founder of Bengaluru.

    India’s first semi-high-speed train between New Delhi and Varanasi was flagged off in February 2019.
     

    Also read: Mumbai-Ahmedabad ‘Vande Bharat Express’ hits cow again on track, third such incident in a month

    Also read: Vande Bharat Express collides with cattle again, third such incident in three days

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  • Vande Bharat Express 2.0 hits cow in Gujarat; Railways files FIR on cattle owners

    Vande Bharat Express 2.0 hits cow in Gujarat; Railways files FIR on cattle owners

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    In the second such incident in two days, the newly-inaugurated Vande Bharat Express 2.0, which PM Modi launched on 30 September, hit a cow near Anand in Gujarat while on its way to Mumbai on Friday.

    The incident took place at 3.49 pm between Kanjari and Anand stations, around 433 km from Mumbai, said Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer of Western Railway. All the passengers were safe, he added.

    Senior PRO Pradeep Sharma said the train resumed its journey within ten minutes after halting.

    “RPF inspector Pradeep Sharma posted at Vatva railway station said the FIR was filed under section 147 of the Railways Act, 1989, which deals with unauthorised entry into any part of a railway and misuse of its property,” the official said.

    “There is no damage to the train, except a minor dent on Nose Cone Cover of front coach i.e Driver coach. Train is running smoothly. This will be attended at the earliest,” the railways said.

    In another incident on October 6, the engine of the newly launched Vande Bharat Express, which was on its way to Gandhinagar in Gujarat from Mumbai, was damaged after the train hit four buffaloes that strayed onto the railway tracks between Vatva and Maninagar stations at 11.15 am. Railway authorities said there was no disruption to rail traffic.

    However, the impact killed “two-three buffaloes” and delayed the train “by about half an hour in reaching the Gandhinagar station”, said Jitendra Jayant, senior public relations officer (PRO), Western Railway, Ahmedabad division.

    “Two-three buffaloes have died in the Vande Bharat clash. The train got delayed by about half an hour in reaching the Gandhinagar station,” said Jayant. An FIR has been filed in this incident too.

    Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, while speaking at an event at Anand on Friday, said that collisions with cattle on the tracks were unavoidable. The train, which can reach the top speed of 160 kmph, has been designed keeping the possibility in mind, he added.

    (With inputs from Milan Sharma)

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