When will India's first Vande Bharat Sleeper run? Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav says..., shares...
The Vande Bharat Sleeper is a new type of train. It is touted to bring a revolutionary change to Indian Railways. He also said that the country's first bullet train service will start very soon. This will reduce the travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to 2 hours and 7 minutes and will cover a distance of 508 km.
People are eagerly waiting for the sleeper Vande Bharat train. Currently, more than 50 pairs of Vande Bharat trains are running in the country. But only a chair car facility is available in them. This is the reason why these trains are being run on the route of Shatabdi. But the sleeper Vande Bharat can be run on the route of the Rajdhani. Which new trains were flagged off?
Vaishnav was in Bhavnagar on Sunday, 3 August, where he digitally flagged off Ayodhya Express, Rewa-Pune Express and Jabalpur-Raipur Express. He also said that 8 Amrit Bharat trains have been newly started. What did Ashwini Vaishnav say on the makeover of Indian Railways?
The Union Minister said that the Railways is being transformed during the tenure of the Modi government. For the first time in the history of Indian Railways, more than 12 km of railway track is being laid every day. More than 34000 km of new railway track has been laid. 1300 stations are being redeveloped. Also, trains like Vande Bharat, Amrit Bharat and Namo Bharat are being run. So far, eight Amrit Bharat trains have been run. These have facilities like Vande Bharat, but their fare is lower.
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