Indian Railways is working on mission mode to introduce two more versions of Vande Bharat by the end of the financial year 2023-24. Railways Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Chennai is making efforts to produce Vande Bharat Sleeper Verge as well as Vande Metro coaches. After visiting ICF, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav told that the process of making Vande Bharat Metro and sleeper coaches is going on well.
Significantly, apart from ICF, Indian Railways will also produce semi-high speed trains at its two factories, Modern Coach Factory in Rae Bareli and Marathwada Rail Coach Factory in Latur. The national transporter has set a target of starting 75 services of these new age trains by August 15, 2023.
Sleeper coach of Vande Bharat Express
The sleeper version of Vande Bharat Express will operate for journeys of more than 550 kms. It will replace superfast trains like Rajdhani, Duronto. It is expected that the sleeper vehicle version train will be ready by February 2024. Vande Metro will run at a distance of less than 100 kilometers. In the coming time, the plan of the Railways is to replace the local trains with it.
How many versions of Vande Bharat Express
Vande Bharat Express train is completely indigenous. Now there will be three versions of Vande Bharat. The first version will be Chairyan, the second will be Sleeper coach and the third will be Vande Metro version. All three versions will enhance and enhance the passenger experience.
How many Vande Bharat Express are running in total
Vande Bharat Express train is being run in most parts of the country. A total of 25 Vande Bharat Express trains are running across the country. These are New Delhi-Varanasi, New Delhi-Katra, Mumbai-Gandhinagar, New Delhi-Amb Andaura, Chennai-Mysore, Bilaspur-Nagpur, Howrah-New Jalpaiguri, Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad, Mumbai-Solapur, Mumbai-Shirdi, Delhi-Rani Kamalapati, Secunderabad-Tirupati, Chennai-Coimbatore, Delhi Cantt-Ajmer, TVC-Kannur, Howrah-Puri, Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri, Anand Vihar-Dehradun, Rani Kamalapati-Jabalpur, Khajuraho-Bhopal-Indore, Madgaon-Mumbai, Dharwad- Bengaluru, Ranchi-Patna, Gorakhpur-Lucknow and Jodhpur-Sabarmati.
