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Vande Bharat Express damaged once again after miscreants throw stones at driver’s screen, windows in UP's Achalda
• 6 years agoThe main driver's screen and some side windows of the Vande Bharat Express were damaged when the train was hit by stones during its Varanasi-New Delhi journey
Train 18 runs into a spot: Vande Bharat Express hits motorcycle, cattle in one journey; reaches Delhi 95 minutes late
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe newly launched Train 18, named Vande Bharat Express, was damaged again Wednesday when two cows strayed on track and got hit by the superfast train running at a speed of around 130 kilometres per hour, reports said.
Day after inaugural run, Vande Bharat Express stops on tracks; Railways claims 'cattle runover', reports say technical snag
Fp Staff • 6 years agoEarly on Saturday, a day after it was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the controls of the Vande Bharat Express failed, leaving India's fastest train stranded 15 kilometres from Tundla junction in Uttar Pradesh.
Indian Railways reduces proposed fares of Train18 tickets; prices to include meals served on board
• 6 years agoThe Train18 is scheduled to be flagged off by Narendra Modi on 15 February. The train has two classes of tickets - executive class and chair car - and will have differently priced meals.
Train 18’s Delhi-Varanasi AC ticket to cost Rs 1,850 to Rs 3,520; Narendra Modi to flag off rail service on 15 Feb
• 6 years agoVande Bharat Express or Train 18's air-conditioned chair car ticket would cost Rs 1,850 for a Delhi to Varanasi trip
Narendra Modi to flag off Vande Bharat Express, also known as Train 18, on 15 February from New Delhi Railway station
• 6 years agoTrain 18, which was recently named Vande Bharat Express by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, has been manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.
India's fastest train, Train 18 to begin operations from January 2019, claim reports; likely to run from Delhi to Varanasi
• 6 years agoTrain 18, India's fastest train, will begin operations in January 2019 at a curtailed speed of 130 kmph, sources said Thursday. Train 18, which is set to replace the Shatabdi series, has the potential to run between 160 kmph to 200 kmph. At trials, it breached the 180-kmph mark.
Days before Train 18 launch, stone-pelters damage glass window during trial run; Indian Railways hopes to nab culprits
• 6 years agoThe Railways' fastest train — Train 18, which is scheduled to be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29 December, was pelted with stones on Thursday during a trial run between Delhi and Agra
Narendra Modi to flag off Train 18 from Delhi to Varanasi on 29 Dec: India's fastest will replace Shatabdi
• 6 years agoTrain 18, the fastest train from railways' stable, will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29 December likely from his constituency Varanasi, sources said on Wednesday.
Piyush Goyal shares video of steady bottles on whizzing Train 18; China responds with balancing coin act on high-speed rake
Fp Staff • 6 years agoRailway minister Piyush Goyal, who's often faster than the fastest running train on Twitter, also shared a video on 2 December showing how a few bottles of water didn't spill over despite Train 18 hurtling at a speed not known in India's railway history.