Vande Bharat Express Train Accident: The Vande Bharat Express train, which left for Gandhinagar Capital in Gujarat from Mumbai Central in Maharashtra, collided with a bull on Saturday.
Vande Bharat Express Train Accident: The Vande Bharat Express train, which left for Gandhinagar Capital in Gujarat from Mumbai Central in Maharashtra, collided with a bull on Saturday. This collision with the Vande Bharat Express and the bull took place near Atul in the Central Railway zone at around 8.17 am. The front panel of Vande Bharat Express train got damaged in this accident. Due to which the train was stopped there for 15 minutes. Let us inform that this is the third such accident with Vande Bharat Express running between Mumbai Central and Gandhinagar Capital.
A cattle runover incident occurred with passing Vande Bharat train today near Atul in Mumbai Central division at 8.17 am. The train was on its journey from Mumbai Central to Gandhinagar. Following the incident, the train was detained for about 15 minutes: Indian Railways pic.twitter.com/b6UoP3XrVe
— ANI (@ANI) October 29, 2022
Accident happened due to stampede in cattle herd
The reaction of Indian Railways has come on this entire accident. Indian Railways has said that the Vande Bharat Express going from Mumbai to Gandhinagar has not suffered any significant damage in the collision with the bull. Only the front panel of the train was damaged in the collision. The train is running smoothly. Railways has said that attention will be given to this at the earliest. The railway said that a herd of cattle had a stampede due to the arrival of the train, due to which a bull involved in the herd collided with the train.
Accident happened for the third time within a month
This is the third accident in a month with Vande Bharat Express running between Mumbai Central and Gandhinagar Capital. Earlier, the Vande Bharat Express going from Mumbai to Gandhinagar collided with a herd of buffaloes in Ahmedabad on 6 October. A day after this, i.e. on 7 October, there was a collision with the cow of Vande Bharat in Anand, Gujarat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Vande Bharat Express on the Mumbai Central and Gandhinagar Capital routes on 30 September.
